Kaylee turned around in a circle, and near dislocated her neck trying to see herself from all sides in the tall mirror. Yeah, it had been worth it, getting a new outfit. It was a little bit plain for her tastes, with no ruffles or anything anywhere, but the fabric had a rainbow-color pattern. Couldn’t beat that. And Kaylee was fairly sure that it would serve its purpose. She smiled at the thought. Heck, she almost squealed. And that was the ultimate goal here, wasn’t it? To have a certain someone make her squeal.

She wrapped a towel around her waist and walked out of the room. That smile on her face remained firmly attached as she noticed how many eyes she turned going through the hotel. Even stepping through the door right onto the beach, where most of the women weren’t wearing any more than she was, Kaylee still got quite some notice.

Now, where was he?

After searching for a minute or so, shielding her eyes from the hot, bright glare of the sun, she spotted him sitting on his towel on the sand. Her smile grew even wider.

Simon was dressed for the beach, too.

Kaylee hurried over to the doctor’s side. What was he doing there? Had he brought his palmtop to the *beach?* She shook her head. And he’d been such a good boy so far during their vacation.

“Simon?”

“Oh, hi, Kaylee,” he said, without even looking up! “Sorry about this, I’ll be done in a second.”

Kaylee put her hands on her hips and fumed.

The only reason she even let him get away with it was because, well, he was sitting right there in front of her, and he wasn’t wearing a shirt.

Kaylee honestly wasn’t that shallow—but c’mon! How often did she get a chance like this with prim’n’proper Simon Tam? She’d accepted that it would take Simon a long time to arrive anywhere near where she wanted him, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t use something to chew on when she was lying alone in bed at night. Strictly metaphorically speaking, of course. So far.

Fortunately though, Simon was true to his word. From the looks of it, he only put away some files before