Total pages in book: 24
Estimated words: 22539 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 113(@200wpm)___ 90(@250wpm)___ 75(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 22539 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 113(@200wpm)___ 90(@250wpm)___ 75(@300wpm)
“He’s right behind you,” Tina says as they snatch the crumpled bills off the counter.
I turn around and gasp when I see Noah, the hot sexy park ranger, walking into the lodge with his eyes fixated on me.
Chapter Five
Megan
This is the third time the sight of this man has stunned me. I cling to the counter as he walks over, wearing dark gray jeans and a tight white t-shirt. His long brown hair is slicked back in a messy kind of way. He looks so good that my heart starts beating so fast it feels like a hummingbird is lodged in my chest.
Those beautiful green eyes are focused on me and only me as he walks over like he’s about to claim me as his own. I can feel the possession radiating off him. He’s looking at me like I’m his territory. Like I belong to him and only him. I wouldn’t argue about that. Right now, I feel like I’m all his.
He walks right up to me and I swallow hard as I stare up at those sexy heated eyes. I didn’t realize he was this big. This tall. He’s massive. He’s gigantic.
I gulp as my eyes roam along his big round shoulders to his giant tattooed biceps. Those arms were carrying me last night.
He picked me up like I was weightless and carried me through the forested mountains. I knew he was strong if he was able to do that, but I didn’t realize how large he was up close. The first time I saw him, it was from a distance and the second time was late at night, so it was dark and I wasn’t exactly fully with it.
“Hi, park ranger Wright,” Tina says from behind me.
“Hello,” he answers, but he never takes his eyes off me, so I’m not sure who he’s talking to.
“I wanted to… thank you, for… um, saving me. Last night.”
My brain is a mess of jumbled thoughts and emotions with this sexy man’s attention on me. It seems like I forgot how to act like a human.
Even my hands are moving non-stop. I put one hand on my hip, but that feels funny, so I put it on the counter, but that feels awkward, so I rub them together until I realize that it probably looks really creepy. I shove them into my pockets and force out a nervous laugh.
“Are you okay?” he asks in a smooth sexy voice. It’s as deep as thunder and as electric as lightning. I get a shiver from hearing it again.
“I’m good,” I say, nodding my head excessively. “Never been better.”
The Megan of yesterday probably would have chickened out by now and made an excuse to run away, but I don’t want to be that way anymore. I tap into that bold adventurous feeling I felt last night and let it guide me.
“I’m heading into town to get a bite to eat,” I say as I stare at my fidgeting hands. “Would you like to join me?”
I can’t even look in his eyes. It’s too intimidating. I may not be fully bold and adventurous yet, but I asked him out, so it’s a start.
“I would love that,” he says in that smooth masculine voice.
My eyes dart up to his. “Really?”
“Really?” Tina and Tiffany echo behind me.
He smiles and my knees nearly give out. “Of course. I know a great burger place in town. Want to hop in my truck?”
“Yeah! Okay! I’ll just tell my mom. I’ll meet you outside.”
His sexy green eyes linger on me for a long moment before he smiles and then walks to the door. I stare at his huge V-shaped back with all of those taut tempting muscles visible through his t-shirt. My hungry eyes continue down to his nice firm ass that looks so damn good in those jeans.
He shoots me a glance over his big shoulder before disappearing outside.
“Did you just ask him out?” Tina says in shock.
“Maybe we should get ourselves lost in the mountains like dumb city girls,” Tiffany says as she stares at the door.
They’re still holding the twenty dollar bills and both of them are distracted. I shoot my hands out like snake strikes and snatch both of the bills out of their hands.
“Hey!” they both whine.
“You might want to get lost in the mountains some other time,” I say as I shoot them a smirk while walking away. “Because the park ranger is going to be busy falling in love with this dumb city girl.”
They both frown as I stick my tongue out at them and leave.
“So, what does a park ranger do?” I ask after the waitress takes our menus and leaves.
“You mean besides saving beautiful women from the forest?”
My cheeks heat up as he smiles at me. “Yeah, besides that.”
He has a really nice smile. It gives me a fluttering feeling every time I see it.