Although she knew she had every right to be there, she still felt embarrassed being in the cabin alone.
“It’s just me,” Noah replied.
He wore old jeans and a faded black t-shirt that stretched across his muscular chest. He wasn’t wearing glasses today and his laid-back look reminded her of many weekends with him, the two of them cuddled up on the couch or wrapped around one another in their tiny tent while they camped in the mountains. Love of the outdoors was one of the many things the two of them had in common and they spent many weekends during their summers together setting up tents, hiking the sides of mountains, making out under the stars with a campfire blazing nearby. The thought of them in the mountains made her blush - they hadn’t always been great together, but the sex had been unforgettable, almost uncontrollable. He’d somehow managed to make her feel at once like a wild thing and truly feminine.
“How’s it going?” he asked. He lay a set of blueprints on the counter and rolled them out.
“Fine, so far.”
“Did you see the master?”
“Yeah, you’ve gotten a lot done already.”
“I wanted to get it done quickly for you.” He looked up at her. When their eyes met she felt heat spread from her core through her entire body. She wished she wouldn’t have started thinking about making love to him. It was so hard to stop, once she started.
“Thanks.” Although she was itching to look at the plans, she kept to the other side of the room, not trusting herself with her own feelings or her body’s reckless arousal.
“I brought the final design plans. I thought you might want to see them.”
Damn. So much for staying away from him.
“Oh, yeah, sure.”
Lily came up beside him, trying to ignore the closeness of his body, and bent over the plans.
Noah turned sideways and leaned against the counter to make more room for her but he kept his eyes only on her.
Lily flipped through the stack of drawings, carefully inspecting each area where he’d made changes.
“Wow, Noah, these are beautiful.” She glanced up at him and he smiled. His eyes on her made her hot all over. She gave him a quick smile in return and turned back to the plans.
“I especially love this new connection you’ve made to the master bath. The two-sided fireplace is really going to open that room up.”
As she studied his plans he eased away from the counter and stepped around behind her to look over her shoulder.
“The kitchen’s going to take the most work. The whole thing has to be gutted. But at least you won’t have to do much in the way of design work in here once I’m done.”
She didn’t realize Noah was so close until she turned and almost ran into his chest. He had her trapped against the old counter and she froze, wondering whether to stay where she was or duck sideways. She smelled the warm manliness of his body. He was so close that if she wanted to, she could lean ever so slightly and brush his neck with her lips. She remembered how much he used to like being kissed there.
His eyes turned slightly darker, more serious. He took a step closer and she lost her breath. In that moment, she wanted so badly to grab him, pull him into her, feel his strong hands on her skin. She closed her eyes.
“Lily,” he whispered, and her knees went weak. “I need to say something.”
She started to shake her head no but he grabbed her chin. Her eyes flew back open.
“I only want to say that I’m sorry about how everything turned out. That I still miss you.”
Her lips parted as his hand continued to hold her chin. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking as his gaze moved from her open mouth back to her eyes. He shifted the hand that held her jaw and ran the pad of his thump over her soft lips, very very lightly.
“I should have said it a long time ago, and I’m sorry for that too.”
He rubbed her cheek with his knuckles and she shivered under his touch.
He stepped back suddenly, breaking the
“It’s just me,” Noah replied.
He wore old jeans and a faded black t-shirt that stretched across his muscular chest. He wasn’t wearing glasses today and his laid-back look reminded her of many weekends with him, the two of them cuddled up on the couch or wrapped around one another in their tiny tent while they camped in the mountains. Love of the outdoors was one of the many things the two of them had in common and they spent many weekends during their summers together setting up tents, hiking the sides of mountains, making out under the stars with a campfire blazing nearby. The thought of them in the mountains made her blush - they hadn’t always been great together, but the sex had been unforgettable, almost uncontrollable. He’d somehow managed to make her feel at once like a wild thing and truly feminine.
“How’s it going?” he asked. He lay a set of blueprints on the counter and rolled them out.
“Fine, so far.”
“Did you see the master?”
“Yeah, you’ve gotten a lot done already.”
“I wanted to get it done quickly for you.” He looked up at her. When their eyes met she felt heat spread from her core through her entire body. She wished she wouldn’t have started thinking about making love to him. It was so hard to stop, once she started.
“Thanks.” Although she was itching to look at the plans, she kept to the other side of the room, not trusting herself with her own feelings or her body’s reckless arousal.
“I brought the final design plans. I thought you might want to see them.”
Damn. So much for staying away from him.
“Oh, yeah, sure.”
Lily came up beside him, trying to ignore the closeness of his body, and bent over the plans.
Noah turned sideways and leaned against the counter to make more room for her but he kept his eyes only on her.
Lily flipped through the stack of drawings, carefully inspecting each area where he’d made changes.
“Wow, Noah, these are beautiful.” She glanced up at him and he smiled. His eyes on her made her hot all over. She gave him a quick smile in return and turned back to the plans.
“I especially love this new connection you’ve made to the master bath. The two-sided fireplace is really going to open that room up.”
As she studied his plans he eased away from the counter and stepped around behind her to look over her shoulder.
“The kitchen’s going to take the most work. The whole thing has to be gutted. But at least you won’t have to do much in the way of design work in here once I’m done.”
She didn’t realize Noah was so close until she turned and almost ran into his chest. He had her trapped against the old counter and she froze, wondering whether to stay where she was or duck sideways. She smelled the warm manliness of his body. He was so close that if she wanted to, she could lean ever so slightly and brush his neck with her lips. She remembered how much he used to like being kissed there.
His eyes turned slightly darker, more serious. He took a step closer and she lost her breath. In that moment, she wanted so badly to grab him, pull him into her, feel his strong hands on her skin. She closed her eyes.
“Lily,” he whispered, and her knees went weak. “I need to say something.”
She started to shake her head no but he grabbed her chin. Her eyes flew back open.
“I only want to say that I’m sorry about how everything turned out. That I still miss you.”
Her lips parted as his hand continued to hold her chin. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking as his gaze moved from her open mouth back to her eyes. He shifted the hand that held her jaw and ran the pad of his thump over her soft lips, very very lightly.
“I should have said it a long time ago, and I’m sorry for that too.”
He rubbed her cheek with his knuckles and she shivered under his touch.
He stepped back suddenly, breaking the
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