AllFreeNovel
Share Us
She pulled her head back to look at me and smiled that sensual little smile. "Let's do more erotic yoga."
"Love to."
What we'd just done had been more than sex. We both knew it.
The sound of a car door slamming made us both freeze.
"What was that?" Eve asked. "There aren't supposed to be guests arriving or leaving today."
"I'll check. Wait here."
I trotted to the corner of the guest house and peered past it to the driveway.
Quentin Smith's truck was backing up, turning around at a dangerous speed. Gravel sprayed up when the vehicle rocketed down the driveway toward the road.
What the hell had Quentin been doing here?
Eve came up behind me, laying a hand on my shoulder. "What is it?"
"Your former handyman just left. Took off like he was running from an erupting volcano."
"He probably stopped by to pick up his last check."
I turned to face her. "I thought you mailed that to him."
"Planned to, but he called and said he'd pick it up. I told him not to." She pursed her lips. "He doesn't listen very well."
No kidding. The man heard only what he wanted to hear. He'd probably hoped to find Eve alone and try to wheedle his way back into her life.
"I left his check in an envelope taped to the door of the house," she said, linking her hands behind my nape. "He's gone. Let's get back to dirty yoga."
I grinned. "Lots more poses to try."
"Command me, oh wise and scorching-hot yogi master."
We both laughed.
After less than a week with Eve, I felt closer to her than I had with anyone else in my entire life. I might've dismissed it as nothing more than the thrill of tempting a straitlaced woman into doing things she'd sworn she would never do. Deep down, I realized what we'd done today had been more than a conquest. It had been more, period.
I had no idea what that meant.
Chapter Twenty-One
Eve
Val stayed, even after the Kittens left. The day before the girls took off in their RV, Val and I walked in on Ollie and Heidi kissing in the downstairs hallway of the guest house. Both of them blushed and stammered excuses they didn't need to make. Afterward, Val and I agreed that Ollie and Heidi made a cute couple and seemed perfect for each other. Later, Heidi confided in me that she had liked Ollie for a long time but thought he didn't like her. They were going to try a long-distance romance.
It was so sweet. They were so sweet. I loved seeing two of my favorite people find happiness together.
After the Kittens left, things quieted down. Some guests left, new ones arrived. The guest house stayed at full occupancy, thanks to the guys finishing the repairs to the water-damaged room. When they'd completed the job, Val sought me out to inform me it was done. He found me in the kitchen making lunch.
"The room is ready," he said, lingering by the door to the outside. "All the repairs are done, and no one will ever guess a pipe had burst in there."
"Great." I put a pan of muffins into the oven and shut the door, brushing my hands off on my apron. "It's a relief to have that fixed. Thank you for helping out."
He shrugged one shoulder. "We were all happy to pitch in."
The way he was loitering by the door made me wonder if he was anxious about something. When he began to shift his weight from foot to foot, I knew he was.
