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.”Her eye lit and she punched him.“Hey,” she said.“I combed it and blew it dry for you.”He angled his head.“You did that for me?”“Well I couldn’t go out with it wet,” she said, like she was trying to backtrack.“It gets cold in the mountains at night.”“Yeah, you’re right.” He pointed toward her food.“Now finish your sandwich.”She nodded and took another bite, smearing mustard all over her mouth.She licked it off and said, “I’m so full.I don’t think I’m going to be able to finish it.” She held the other half of her sandwich out to him, a pleading look in her eye.“Help?”“You sure?” he asked.“Positive.” As he took it from her and caught the warm smile on her face, he fought the urge to lean in for a kiss.Christ, she was so sweet, so…everything.For a brief moment he thought about asking where she was the other night, but he didn’t.Except asking meant he was letting others get into his head, and he refused to do that.He finished eating then crinkled the foil, tossing it into the bag.He leaned back on his elbows and glanced around at the clearing.Crickets chirped in the distance and a noise sounded in the underbrush.Melody stiffened and he wondered if it had more to do with the way he’d shifted closer than the animal lurking nearby.“You okay?” he asked.She wrapped her arms around herself and stared at the sky.Ryeland followed her gaze and took in the streaks of pink and purple bruising the horizon.She rubbed her hands over her arms.“Yeah, it’s just, the sun is going down and the temperature is dropping.”“We could always get in the hot springs.”“I don’t have a suit.”“We can wear our clothes.”“I guess it wouldn’t be the first time you caught me soaking wet and fully dressed.”“Then I take that as a yes.” He jumped to his feet and pulled her up.She yelled when he scooped her into his arms and carried her to the edge.“No, I was kidding.” She whacked him and wiggled to get free.Jesus, he wished she wouldn’t wiggle like that.“And we just ate.”“Don’t care.” He jumped, and she wrapped her arms around his neck to hold on as the warm water enveloped them.She pushed away from him and they both came up sputtering.Laughing, she swiped her hair off her face and swam away.“You’re crazy.”“You think?”“Yeah, I think.”He moved closer when she stopped swimming, watching the way the water dripped down her face, making her look so sexy, so damn tempting.His cock thickened, need propelling him forward and urging him to act on what he was feeling.Her smile fell and her mouth opened slightly as his gaze dropped to her lips.He took a breath and let it out slowly as he closed the distance between them, standing so close he could feel the pounding of her heart.“You want to know what I think?”She stared into his eyes and he could almost hear her brain buzzing.She opened her mouth and closed it again.When she finally spoke, her voice was so soft, so quiet he had to strain to hear it.“Okay,” she whispered.With his heart picking up tempo, he ran his thumb over her cheek then cupped her chin.“What I think is I’d like to kiss you.” When she didn’t flinch, he leaned forward and pressed his mouth to hers.His lips moved over hers, reveling in the warmth, the softness.“Ryeland,” she whispered into his mouth.“Yeah?” he asked, barely able to think straight as she melted against him.His body tightened, pleasure racing through him.Her breath grew shallow, her chest rising and falling quickly against his.“What are we doing?”“We’re kissing.”“Friends don’t kiss.”“Friends kiss,” he murmured.“No, they don’t.”Breathing hard, he rested his forehead against hers, working to keep his shit together.“Do you want me to stop?” he asked, his voice so tortured he barely recognized it.“If you want me to stop, I will.Just tell me and I will.”She didn’t speak for a long moment, then she finally whispered, “I don’t.”Thank you, Jesus.He pressed his lips back to hers, his hungry mouth coming down hard this time, savoring, tasting, his tongue slashing urgently against hers because he couldn’t quite get enough.Fuck.She tasted like candy and sugar and honey all rolled into one.In fact, she tasted so goddamn good, so incredibly sweet, his body screamed for more.His cock thickened, aching to be inside her [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]