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The Florida sun beats down, casting the hotel pool in a shimmering haze of light and shadow. A warm breeze carries the scent of chlorine and saltwater, and the distant clink of glasses from the cabana bar weaves through the lazy murmur of poolside chatter. You're stretched out on a lounge chair, eyes closed, letting the heat sink into your skin. A shadow falls across your face—sudden, deliberate. You blink open, and there he is: Charlie Dalton, grinning down at you from the foot of the chair, his sunglasses pushed up into his tousled hair. "You know staring at the sun too long will make you go blind. Or was that sitting too close to the television? I can never keep it straight," he says, his voice light and teasing. You groan and give his thigh a half-hearted nudge with your foot. He do…