Falling for the Single Dad

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“What’s in there?” Her turn to change the subject.
    He threw open the door. “The master bedroom.”
    She stepped across the threshold as he fumbled for the light switch, revealing circular walls painted a cielo blue, and a mahogany floor minus furnishings.
    â€œIt takes minimalist to a whole new level.” She strolled over to one of the tall windows encircling the room and gazed below at the rhythmic pounding of the surf on the beach. “Literally.”
    He shuffled his feet on the polished floor. “Honey put together Izzie’s room. I haven’t decided how I want my room decorated, so I’ve left it bare for now. More important projects to work on first. I’ll throw in some furniture eventually and call it done.”
    She did a slow three-sixty. “The sea views alone... Above everything with only the sound of the wind... In daylight with the sunshine pouring into these gorgeous windows—”
    Weston propped against the wall with an interesting smile on his face. “My thoughts exactly. Sawyer and Honey think I’m crazy to roost here in this eagle’s aerie of a room.”
    He scratched his head and gave Caroline a slow, steady smile. “’Course most folks think I’m crazy in the first place for rehabbing a derelict lighthouse into a home.”
    * * *
    Weston waited for Caroline’s reaction. And she didn’t disappoint.
    She lifted her chin. A gesture he was finding increasingly endearing. “I know a little something about crazy. Trust me, this isn’t even close.”
    â€œAnd then there’s all those stairs...”
    Her lips quirked. “Well, there is that. They may have a point.”
    â€œSpeaking of stairs, think you can handle one more flight to the lantern room?”
    â€œLead the way, Commander Clark.”
    He found it increasingly impossible not to smile in this woman’s presence. She’d have him grinning like a buffoon all the time if he didn’t watch himself. “Ex-Commander.”
    At the top of the stairs, he leveraged open one final door with his shoulder. He gave Caroline an apologetic look. “A work in progress, remember?”
    She smiled. And he couldn’t help himself. He smiled back. Caroline Duer—aka Turtle Lady—lightened his life in ways he hadn’t experienced since...
    He stepped out of the doorway to allow Caroline through. Since never.
    â€œThe light...” Like steel to magnet, she headed toward the enormous light in the center of the glass-studded room. “I didn’t think the Coast Guard used these anymore.”
    She ran her fingertip over one of the multifaceted prisms.
    â€œThe Coast Guard doesn’t. When they automated most lighthouses in the 1950s, this one was decommissioned. Now with cheaper light stations anchored and floating in troublesome channels, the new systems don’t require the manpower this type of lens demanded.”
    â€œDoes the lens still work?” The awed hush to her voice filled something empty in his soul. Her delight pleased him in a way he hadn’t expected.
    â€œNot yet. But I’m working on it with Coast Guard officials. For rare, ceremonial occasions.”
    â€œYour most amazing project ever.”
    He shook his head. “Izzie is my most important project. The lighthouse is merely a boyhood dream come true. Icing on the cake.” He pulled her toward a glass door in the wall of glass. “There’s more I want to show you.”
    She favored him with a sweet smile. And his heart sped up. He drew her out onto the gallery.
    The wind buffeted them. She wrapped her cardigan around her body. He stepped closer to block the wind. “I should’ve brought my jacket.”
    â€œIt’s fine. You were right. This is glorious.”
    He gestured toward the string of lights to the south. “Kiptohanock.” And to the north, “Maryland.”
    With one arm keeping her

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