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The sun was setting and the sky was turning into swirls of red and purple in the distance. When she looked at the lights of the town below, it was a picture-perfect image.
“You must love coming up here, Antonio.”
“Like I said, I like to get away from the city when I can. And from people.”
“From people?”
“Yes. Why, does that surprise you?”
“Well, you seem like such a people person.”
“I do?”
“Yes.” Lucy then thought back to their first meeting at the office. He didn’t exactly seem people-friendly at the time but that was obviously because he was peeved with her about his grandfather’s wedding.
Oh, no. His grandfather’s wedding. Just then, Lucy’s feelings took a serious nosedive.
Lucy kept directing her gaze to the chairlifts going up and down the steep hill, empty. It was sad in a way. Here, Antonio had all this land and it was practically empty. It was like owning an amusement park and not allowing admittance.
“You want a ride?”
“On the chairlift?”
“Come.” Antonio didn’t wait for her to answer.
Oh, my. This was so not how she had planned her evening. It was better. Too bad it was a work night.
Lucy didn’t know why but she just wanted to spend the whole evening with Antonio. Heck, she wanted to spend more than just the whole evening with him. There was something about him that lulled her senses. Something about Antonio that she just couldn’t quite pinpoint.
What was it about Antonio Romero? This man was as elusive as he was sexy and hot as hell. His presence captivated her every time she saw him. Whether in person or in her dreams or her fantasies. And there he was. With Lucy. Alone. Just the two of them.
He had some sort of magical effect on her emotions. Like some sort of sedative that mellowed her mood and relaxed her at the same time. She glanced at his softly defined lips. What would they feel like on hers? As if he could hear her, Antonio escorted her to the chairlift, but before he got on, he glanced into her eyes.
Her legs weakened.
Please kiss me.
Just then, the image of him touching her, caressing her, making love to her, engulfed her mind. God, she really needed to get a life. She really needed not to be celibate right now. How long had it been since she’d been intimate? Way, way, way too long.
Antonio’s cell phone buzzed and shattered the moment. He paused. She thought she heard him curse under his breath. He turned away to answer. It had a distinctive ring so it must have been somebody important.
“Yes, Grandfather. You have a good night, too.”
“Sorry, I wasn’t listening, but that was so…sweet.” There. She said it.
“You’re really something else, you know that?” he said, guiding her to the chairlift.
“Why do you say that?”
“You’re sentimental, for one thing.”
“Thank—" Lucy stopped herself and watched as Antonio’s lips curled into a smile.
The scenic chairlift ride was extraordinary. She grabbed on to Antonio’s arm as he casually leaned back in the luxury seat of the lift gliding all the way down at a swift pace. Lucy was breathing hard, catching her breath but enjoying the sights. How could Antonio be so calm when dangling in the air from a thin cable?
She gripped his biceps and could feel the steel hardness of his muscles. Good God! This man was built solid like a sculpture. Oh, my. What could he be like in bed?
“Are you going to be okay, Miss Shillerton?” Antonio turned to her, grinning.
She playfully rolled her eyes. “I’m afraid of heights.”
The grin vanished. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“No. It’s okay. I’m…I’m with you so...”
He held on to her. “We’ll be down soon.”
Lucy leaned into Antonio. She really did enjoy the scenery, it was just the thought of the cables holding them up so high off the ground worked on her nerves. They must have been at about two-thousand feet above sea level, she guessed. Of course, who cared about sea level? To Lucy it looked like a million mile plummet to earth!
Antonio turned to Lucy and lifted her chin up so that their gaze met. Lucy looked into Antonio’s dark, sexy eyes and she felt oddly protected. He gave her the look that he would not let anything happen to her. But there was also something else in his eyes. Oh, those beautiful dark eyes framed by long, thick lashes.
