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He let out a relieved breath. “And, yes, Luce. I’m sure I want to be here with you.”
He kissed her briefly and wrapped his fingers with hers as they made their way to the lodge.
* * *
William would die a slow death at the hands of Lucy. She took her time over dinner—long enough to dry out. She laughed and clearly savored their time together. He should’ve enjoyed himself, too, but his mind looped their plans for the rest of the evening on replay.
“Let’s head back, yeah?” he asked.
“Uh-huh.” She stretched her arms over her head, giving him a front row view of her breasts tight against the now dry T-shirt.
He had lost his mind. Poof. Gone.
Given that any semblance of coherence disappeared, he couldn’t be sure, but it seemed he dragged her back to the cabin like a caveman.
If he were a cartoon villain, he’d be rubbing his sinister hands together.
She stopped abruptly. “Wait, you didn’t use your key?”
“The door wasn’t locked.” He turned the handle to show her.
“I locked it when we left.” She was adamant.
“Luce, we were both upset. It was a mistake. No harm done.” All this talk of doors and locks put a serious kink in his evil genius plan.
Her face paled. “No, you don’t understand. I’m sure I locked it.”
He gave her a reassuring squeeze. “Wait here. I’ll go in and check it out.”
“I’m not waiting out here alone.” She stuck close behind him.
When he flipped the switch, lights flickered on. Normally, he wouldn’t think anything of the way they wavered. But with Lucy freaking out, the subtle dim and flare gave off a seriously creepy vibe. She gripped his back pocket, and subsequently his ass, as she shuffled with him through the cabin. “We were both upset when we went out. I’m sure?—”
“I could’ve sworn I locked it. This is getting ridiculous.” She paled and crossed her arms around herself protectively. He preferred where her hands had been before.
“What’s ridiculous?” He moved to her.
“I keep seeing things that aren’t there. It’s part of the traumatic stress stuff. It’s getting worse.” Her lip trembled. “I thought I saw the guy. The one who hurt me. I thought I saw him at the lake. But I didn’t. Just an illusion.”
He rested his hands on her shoulders. “Luce, you lived a nightmare. Of course, it affects you. But I won’t let anything bad happen.”
Her eyes got misty as she nodded.
He kissed her forehead. “Let’s see if anything’s missing.”
They’d planted a few pieces of jewelry and several hundred dollars throughout the room. It didn’t take more than a few seconds to realize the cash had been lifted. He shouldn’t have been excited, but his instincts clicked on high alert, and he went straight to the cameras.
“Should we call the police?” Lucy asked, checking the lock on the door for the second time.
“Not yet. We’ll check the video and then we’ll talk to management.”
“We should check on Sarah and Max. See if they’re missing anything.” Lucy crossed her arms across her chest and rubbed at her shoulders.
He gave her his best not-a-chance look.
“Or we could just do it your way.” She helped set up the computers to run the video. Three clicks and…
“It’s that front desk lady.”
