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Tess did make a moderate effort not to peek, since she had promised that she wouldn’t, but she failed miserably. Silently justifying the broken promise in her mind, she decided that he must have known she was teasing, since he had laughed with such vigor. Besides, she had been quite obviously looking through her hands when he stood and began to undress.
He made short work of removing his shiny black dress shoes and diamond patterned lightweight cotton socks. When he unbuttoned his crisp white shirt and shrugged it off his muscular shoulders, she dropped her hand in the water––not bothering any longer to pretend not to look. Her eyes were drawn to his tanned, toned skin like they were magnetized to him.
His eyes locked with hers as he undid his pants and lowered them. She knew she pro
