obviously didn’t occur to me to talk with them and you because I wanted to be with just you. I’m sorry.”
She blushed that pretty shade of pink he knew covered her whole body, and he shifted as his cock hardened.
“Since most of the people in town are currently staring at us, we can’t talk about everything in private. I’m sorry I wanted us to be in public. I guess that didn't make much sense.”
Jackson grinned, and he heard even more gasps. He knew he didn’t smile much, but, hell, people really needed to mind their own business. He looked over his shoulder and glared. Everyone quickly turned away and busied themselves.
Finally.
“Since we’re not going to talk about everything we need to talk about, including the tension currently between us,” Jackson began, “let’s talk about you. It’s been eight years, Honor. What did I miss?”
“Well, I finished graduate school, and now I’m here to open up a family-friendly, eco-friendly camp.” She smiled, and he blinked.
“Really? In Holiday?”
She nodded. “Yep. Aunt Clementine said Holiday was dying down because you guys needed more jobs and more men. Her words, not mine. Since my degree is in helping to direct marketing, tourism, and outdoor activities, I thought Holiday was the perfect place for me to work. The camp will bring in hotels and cabins, restaurants and more. All of those will bring in more jobs.”
“You’re going to bring more people into Holiday.”
“Yes. I didn’t know the condition of the town, but Aunt Clementine told me. I’ve already talked with the town council over the internet and phone calls. The plans are already made and most everything is signed. I’m just getting ready to finish the last plans before I hire people to build, design, and do other things. My job is to organize and the fact that I know about the environment helps that.”
She leaned closer. “I’m also going to bring in more people like you said. Magical and non-magical. The area is beautiful, Jackson, and we’re not using its beauty to bring people in safely. I want to open an environmentally friendly outdoor area where the town will thrive. This way people will come in, spend money, and leave without disrupting the town and surrounding area’s ecosystem.”
She smiled as she described it, and Jackson knew he was in love with the woman just like he had been before. No, he’d always loved her; he’d just tried to forget it all.
“That sounds like a big project.”
“It is, but I can do it.”
“I know you can.”
“You always did believe in me,” she said, and then she drank from her glass of her water.
“Of course, Honor. Where are you going to build this place?”
She grinned at him, and he held back a groan. That was her naughty grin. Hell. “Oh, you know the place—the lake by your place.”
He closed his eyes as images of how the moonlight danced along her naked body as they skinny-dipped late at night flooded his mind. They’d made love in that lake, near that lake, and around that lake countless times.
He still remembered a time where a fish got a little too friendly…
Honor threw her head back and laughed, catching the attention of the diner again. “You’re remembering the fish, aren’t you?”
Jackson rested his face in his hands. “God, that damn fish.”
“You always get this little line between your brows when you remember that frisky fish.”
Thankfully, the waitress stopped by and took their order before he had to talk about the fish that knew a little too much about certain parts of his anatomy.
“So the lake is owned by the town and I already have the permits saying we can build on it. The town will own the camp and I’ll hire people to run it. This way the money goes directly into the community, not someone’s pockets.”
They talked about her place in California and how she was looking for a place in Holiday now. They talked about her aunt and her crazy hair. They talked about Jackson’s
She blushed that pretty shade of pink he knew covered her whole body, and he shifted as his cock hardened.
“Since most of the people in town are currently staring at us, we can’t talk about everything in private. I’m sorry I wanted us to be in public. I guess that didn't make much sense.”
Jackson grinned, and he heard even more gasps. He knew he didn’t smile much, but, hell, people really needed to mind their own business. He looked over his shoulder and glared. Everyone quickly turned away and busied themselves.
Finally.
“Since we’re not going to talk about everything we need to talk about, including the tension currently between us,” Jackson began, “let’s talk about you. It’s been eight years, Honor. What did I miss?”
“Well, I finished graduate school, and now I’m here to open up a family-friendly, eco-friendly camp.” She smiled, and he blinked.
“Really? In Holiday?”
She nodded. “Yep. Aunt Clementine said Holiday was dying down because you guys needed more jobs and more men. Her words, not mine. Since my degree is in helping to direct marketing, tourism, and outdoor activities, I thought Holiday was the perfect place for me to work. The camp will bring in hotels and cabins, restaurants and more. All of those will bring in more jobs.”
“You’re going to bring more people into Holiday.”
“Yes. I didn’t know the condition of the town, but Aunt Clementine told me. I’ve already talked with the town council over the internet and phone calls. The plans are already made and most everything is signed. I’m just getting ready to finish the last plans before I hire people to build, design, and do other things. My job is to organize and the fact that I know about the environment helps that.”
She leaned closer. “I’m also going to bring in more people like you said. Magical and non-magical. The area is beautiful, Jackson, and we’re not using its beauty to bring people in safely. I want to open an environmentally friendly outdoor area where the town will thrive. This way people will come in, spend money, and leave without disrupting the town and surrounding area’s ecosystem.”
She smiled as she described it, and Jackson knew he was in love with the woman just like he had been before. No, he’d always loved her; he’d just tried to forget it all.
“That sounds like a big project.”
“It is, but I can do it.”
“I know you can.”
“You always did believe in me,” she said, and then she drank from her glass of her water.
“Of course, Honor. Where are you going to build this place?”
She grinned at him, and he held back a groan. That was her naughty grin. Hell. “Oh, you know the place—the lake by your place.”
He closed his eyes as images of how the moonlight danced along her naked body as they skinny-dipped late at night flooded his mind. They’d made love in that lake, near that lake, and around that lake countless times.
He still remembered a time where a fish got a little too friendly…
Honor threw her head back and laughed, catching the attention of the diner again. “You’re remembering the fish, aren’t you?”
Jackson rested his face in his hands. “God, that damn fish.”
“You always get this little line between your brows when you remember that frisky fish.”
Thankfully, the waitress stopped by and took their order before he had to talk about the fish that knew a little too much about certain parts of his anatomy.
“So the lake is owned by the town and I already have the permits saying we can build on it. The town will own the camp and I’ll hire people to run it. This way the money goes directly into the community, not someone’s pockets.”
They talked about her place in California and how she was looking for a place in Holiday now. They talked about her aunt and her crazy hair. They talked about Jackson’s
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