Wanted by Her Lost Love

Shortly after noon, Ryan let himself into the roomand looked around for Kelly. He called out to her butgot no answer. He checked the bedroom in caseshe was napping, but found that the maid servicehad already come through to make the beds.He sighed, knowing she hadn’t paid the least bitof attention to his concern over her going onto thebeach without him. It wasn’t as if he thought anythingwould happen to her or that she was incapable ofbeing alone, but her medical condition concernedhim. And yeah, he was probably being a littleoverprotective, but he found with Kelly—just as healways had—he tended to overreact.He stepped out onto the patio and scanned thebeach, looking for any sign of her. When he didn’timmediately spot her, he began walking toward theumbrellas that dotted the sand.When he got to the third, he saw her lying on herside, eyes closed and looking so damn beautiful—and vulnerable—that it made his chest ache.He watched the soft rise and fall of her chest. Themound of her belly moved in a ripple across the floral