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Max tipped his head and kissed her more intently, his tongue brushing against hers until she was clinging to him, lost to the kiss and him the way it had been between them since the first time they were together. Back then, they’d been so young that the desire had come almost as a shock to them. To go from having never experienced it to something so incendiary had been amazing and terrifying and wonderful all at the same time.
“Mmm.” He withdrew slowly from the kiss. “I’ve needed that since the second you left the other day.”
“I’ve needed it, too. Isn’t it the weirdest thing to be completely addicted to each other again after just a few days together?”
“Weirdest, best thing ever.”
Lexi leaned her head on Max’s shoulder. “For sure. Being with you again has made the epic struggle to survive worth it.”
Max tightened the arm he had around her. “Thank you for not dying.”
Laughing, Lexi said, “You’re welcome.”
When they returnedto Lexi’s house, Max checked his watch and saw that he needed to call Caden to catch him before bed. “I’ll just be a minute,” he told Lexi.
“Take your time. Tell him I said hello.”
“I will.”
Max called the barn and wasn’t surprised when his son answered the phone. “Hi, Dad. What’s up?”
“That’s what I’m calling to ask you.”
“Grandpa-Great and I are watchingCobra Kai. Don’t worry, he said it’s okay for kids to watch.”
Max smiled at how Caden knew exactly what he’d say. “How is it?”
“It’s pretty cool. He said we’ll watchThe Karate Kidthis weekend.”
“I love that movie.”
“He said that you guys have watched it a million times.”
“At least a million. How was school today?”
“It was good. Joey got a bloody nose, and Maisy pinched Molly.”
“Molly is having a rough week.”
“I know,” he said, giggling. “Cooper had to call and apologize to her, and he has to do extra chores to pay to get her hair fixed.”
“It’s not funny.”
“It’s a little funny. Admit it.”
“I won’t.”
“How’s Houston? And where is that anyway?”
“I told you. It’s in Texas, and it’s good. It’s still warm here. Oh, and Lexi said to say hi to you.”
“It’s freezing here,” Caden said, breezing over the message from Lexi. “Grandpa-Great says it’s gonna snow like crazy tomorrow. Uncle Will said maybe we can ski this weekend.”
“That’d be fun,” Max said, feeling a pang about missing the first ski outing of the season. But there would be plenty of others.
“I gotta go. Grandpa-Great is gonna fall asleep if we don’t finish this episode.”
Max laughed. “You’d better get to it, then. Don’t stay up too late.”
