Total pages in book: 19
Estimated words: 17473 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 87(@200wpm)___ 70(@250wpm)___ 58(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 17473 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 87(@200wpm)___ 70(@250wpm)___ 58(@300wpm)
“What about you?” she asks.
I tighten my hand around hers. “What about me?”
“It’s cold, Levi. You should put your coat on.”
I shrug. The truth is, I don’t even feel the cold right now, but my indifference doesn’t faze her. She stops and pulls me to a stop with her. She pulls her hand from mine and grabs the jacket I’m holding. “Put it on.”
She looks at the bar and back at me. It seems she’s come to a decision. “If you want to spend time with me, you don’t need to be getting sick. I’m only here a few days.”
I take the jacket from her and put it on. I’m not used to having someone worry or care about me, and my heart starts to pound in my chest. With a smirk, I grab her hand again. “Truth is, honey, nothing is going to keep me away from you now.”
We walk to the truck, and I help her inside, putting her seatbelt on again. This time, I lean into her, caging her into the seat. I’ve wanted to kiss her again all night, and I don’t want to wait any longer. “I want to kiss you, Gina.”
She cups my face in her hands. “Do you know how bad of an idea this is? I don’t even understand what’s happening. This”—she gestures between the two of us—“doesn’t happen to me, Levi.”
I lean in closer. “This is happening, Gina.”
I stay where I’m at, close enough but not touching her. She hasn’t said yes yet, and I’m dying inside hoping she wants this as much as I do. When she starts to look uncomfortable, I pull back. I don’t want to pressure her. I’ll wait for as long as I have to, but I don’t want the night to be over. Not yet. Hell, not ever. “Come home with me.”
Chapter 7
Gina
“Home with you?” I ask him.
He nods. “Yeah, I know you already ate, but I can make dessert. You don’t want to go back to the lodge, do you? There’s no doubt in my mind your ex is looking for you.”
I shake my head. “He’s not looking for me. That’s over.”
He wraps his fingers around one of my curls. “I saw the way he looked at you, honey. He doesn’t want it to be over.”
I know I shouldn’t. I should go back to my room and call it a night, but how can I? Levi makes me feel things I’ve never felt before. “I’m not sleeping with you.”
He nods. “I understand.” He holds his hand up. “And just to be clear, I want you. I wanted you as soon as I looked at you and even more now that I got to spend time with you today. But I also know that you’re vulnerable right now. I won’t take advantage of that.”
He wants me. I can see the truth in his eyes when he says it. A rush goes through my body, and I can’t stop the tremble. “Okay. Dessert and then I’m going back to the lodge.”
He nods. “Deal.”
He all but sprints around the truck to his side. He’s smiling as he gets in, and I love the fact that I’m the reason that smile is there. We get to the edge of town when the snow starts to fall.
The slick roads don’t seem to faze Levi, and I’m sure he’s used to driving on them. We talk nonstop for a while, and then the further we get up the mountain, both of us get quiet. I can’t help but wonder if I’m making a bad decision, but I shake my head. It’s dessert. I told him I’m not going to sleep with him, and that’s that. We’ll eat, and then I’ll go back to my room at the lodge.
We turn down a side road before we get to the lodge and stop in front of a big cabin. All I see is darkness when Levi turns the truck off.
“Man, it’s really coming down. Stay there and I’ll come around for you.”
I do as he says and wait for him to open my door. Blindly, I follow him, and he has to tell me where the steps are as we climb the front porch.
My teeth are chattering as he unlocks his front door. As soon as he opens it, I am inside clapping my hands together. “Oh my goodness, that was crazy. What were we thinking?”
He’s standing in front of me, not even worried about himself. He’s rubbing my arms and then grabs both of my glove-covered hands and does the same to them.
“Come on. Sit down and I’ll get a fire going,” he says as he starts to unbutton my jacket. He helps me take it off and then grabs a blanket off the back of the couch. While he’s doing that, I take the time to look around the cabin. It’s a cute one-story with big wood furnishings. He guides me to the couch and wraps a blanket around me when I sit down.