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All around her people laughed. Everywhere she looked people were smiling, but she was numb, even the alcohol she drank tasted flat and seemed to have no effect on her. She felt heavy, like all the shattered pieces of her world were sitting on top of her, holding her down and threatening to bury her deep beneath its sorrow.

"Kate, I think you're had enough." Dwayne said to her. "Maybe you should slow down on the wine."

Kate looked at the table in front of her. There were a half dozen empty glasses that she didn't remember drinking. "I don't feel like I've drank anything, but you're right. I have had enough wine." she motioned for the waitress. "Can you bring me a mud slide?"

"Are you sure about that?"

"You're right." Kate said. "Can I get a shot of tequila?"

"Kate." Dwayne knew Kate had always strictly managed her drinking both in public and private, never drinking more than her limit. Her sudden desire to drink away her pain worried him. He touched her hand. "Are you sure you don't want to talk?"

"Talk about what?" She asked. "This train wreck of my life right now."

"That's a good place to start."

She sighed. "I don't know where to begin." She said as the waitress brought the drink. She quickly downed the shot.

Dwayne could only stare in disbelief as she asked for the bottle. This was definitely not like the Kate he knew. He watched her pour another drink.

"Are you going to join me?" She asked him. "I feel bad drinking alone."

"Sure." Even though he knew it would hinder his ability to fight his own demand, he still wanted to be in her world, even if it was short-lived.

"Great." She smiled and poured him one. "So, let's toast to forgetting our troubles and enjoying this trip." He touched her glass and wrinkled his nose as the strong solution burned his throat. "Tequila not your drink?"

"Not really." He replied. "But is it really your drink?"

"Come on Dwayne." She leaned forward with the first real smile he had seen since she had learned of her husband's deception. "Don't tell me a big man like you can't keep up. Man up, boss." she poured him another shot.

"I can keep up." He laughed as he took the glass.

"Alright then." She smiled and pour a glass for herself.

After a few more shots he felt burning in his stomach. "We should order some food if we're going to continue to drink like this." He said and ordered one of their large dinners and some appetizers.

"That's a lot of food. You will so be sorry tomorrow." She laughed and looked around at the restaurant and saw many of the couples dancing with the music and the sound of the ocean. "I have an idea. Since we have to wait on the food. How about let's see what kind of moves you have on the dance floor?"

"I'm afraid I'm not that drunk, sweetheart." He flashed a big smile.

"Oh come on." She smiled. "We're suppose to be having fun. And it's slow dancing from the looks of things."

"Now that I can do."

She smiled and grabbed his hand and dragged him to the dance. He put one hand on her back and took her hand in the other one. She put her hand on his shoulder as they swayed to the music.

The D.J. must have been in a romantic mood and wanted it to spread to the atmosphere around him because the next three selections were also slow and romantic. He pulled Kate into him and she slipped her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder. "Look." He said as he looked down. They had never left the balcony and as the moon lit the night he glanced at the ocean and the tide that touched the wooden pedestals beneath them.

She lifted her head and looked at the ocean. "It's so pretty at night." She looked to the where tide had come up to the balcony. "Well, I guess someone is here with their soul mate." She laughed a little bit looking at the other couples on the balcony.

"You know my grandparents used to come here." He stared into her eyes. "My grandfather said that he had refused to marry any woman unless the tide came in." He laughed. "On their first date it happened and he dropped to one knee and asked her to marry him. They were happily married for sixty years."

"That's long time." She said quietly. "Most marriages don't last that long. It's an great accomplishment to have a marriage for that long."

"That's not the amazing part." He smiled. "It was amazing that they never once had an argument. sure they didn't see eye to eye all the time, but they said they always ended up laughing."

She couldn't help but smile. "Then they must have been soul mates." She replied.

"I have no doubt." He whispered, then leaned in and kissed her. She didn't pull away as he did and they were soon lost in the kiss. All thoughts of anything was lost as the alcohol clouded their judgment and both surrendered to the kiss. Alcohol had always done that to her. Always threw her reason out the window.

Dwayne held her tighter. Every fantasy he'd ever had started the same way. With a simple kiss shared between them.

Kate let herself get swept away with the kiss and the heat of it. She knew inside it was probably too soon for anything like this. But she found herself wanting more. She pressed herself against him. Wanting and needing to be closer to him.

"Would you think less of me if I spent the night with you?" She asked meekly when they pulled away. Dwayne gently swayed her with his forehead softly pressed against hers.

"I would only love you more." He replied.

"What?" She asked wondering if she heard him right or if it was the alcohol clouding her hearing.

"I- I .." he stuttered. "I could never think less of you. are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, I'm sure." She said softly. "I'm sure I want too."

"Then let's get out of here." Roman's warning was still in his head, but he refused to let her slip out of his grasp. Kate was a good looking woman and he knew she would not stay single long and he did not want to wait and miss his chance. Even though her divorce wasn't final yet and she was technically still married.

He paid the restaurant bill and took her hand as they headed back to the hotel. Once they arrived back at it, they headed up to her room. He didn't want to give her a chance to change her mind.

Once inside she was the one to make the first move. He thought she seemed hungry, and unexpectantly eager to get his clothes off. She kissed him as she quickly unbuttoned his shirt and it fell to the floor. She pulled away from him and slipped off her dress and let fall to the floor.

He scooped her up and pressed her against the wall. She moaned as he did. She felt his lips on her neck and move to her shoulders and collarbone. She felt his hand moving up her thigh as he pressed her against the wall. And she loved the feeling of it. The effects of the alcohol hitting her and it did what it always did. Made her oversexed and horny. She wasn't thinking about anything except what was happening.

He laid her down and trailed the tip of his tongue from her neck to her belly button. She moaned as he kissed every inch of her. She felt him remove the rest of what little she still had on and felt his mouth on her most intimate place and she felt heat rising up within her as he did.

"If you're not ready, now's the time to say something." He whispered as he again found her lips.

"I don't want you to stop." She said softly to him. "I want this and you."

Her words made all the hesitations he felt fade away and he slipped inside of her. She moaned when he did. The feel of him inside her was incredible. He started to thrust in and out of her and she moaned as he did.

"Oh God, yes." She moaned out. "Harder. Yes, harder. Oh god, I love the feeling of you inside me." He hadn't expected her to be so vocal during sex but he couldn't say it bothered him.

She moaned as he continued and she was loving the feeling of him as he thrusted in and out of her. She felt herself getting close and he thrusted into her one more time as they both came together.

They laid together when they were finished the first time but rest was short-lived before they again enjoyed each other. They spent the rest of the night locked away making love. The consequences far in the back of their minds.

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