Chapter 69: Catch and release backfires.

Mason sipped his beer and stared out at the ocean, his thoughts beating at his mind in time to the waves, wearing him down.

There were some things a man couldn't come back from.

Being with Hannah might be one of them. He wanted her. There was no doubt there. But it worth it? Could he come back from this weekend, be with her, and still be whole? Or would she take a piece of him, never to return it? Could he live without that bit of his soul? Or his heart? If he couldn't have the whole thing, did he want a taste?

He sensed her presence the moment before Hannah threw her arm around his waist and leaned against his shoulder.

"There you are." Her words were muffled by the breeze and his shirt. He couldn't deny the raw sense of pleasure it gave him that even after earlier she still came back to him.

"Yup. Having a good time?" He peered down at her blonde head.

"Yeah."

The two lookers Hannah had hooked up with seemed to be pros at catch and release when it came to guys on the da