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I giggle.Holy fuck.I actuallygiggle.
“You’re aware you sound so adorably dorky right now, don’t you?” I say, laughing. I wrap both my arms around her and look down at her flawless beauty. “If you were really a mountain woman, you would know it’s not a house. It’s acabin.”
Hannah glares at me, a playful frown forming as she steps in so close her chest warms my belly. “You’re just jealous.”
“Well,” I breathe, releasing a long sigh. “If you’re taking over the yard duties, I’d better go in and make that tea.”
Hannah gives me a pat on the shoulder, eyes gleaming. “Good idea. I’ll just go and fight a bear and I’ll be back.”
We laugh and I stoop inside, quickly make some tea and trudge back onto the glistening new deck. The steaming mugs swirl in my hand as I see Hannah swinging her legs at the edge, her relaxed gaze cast across the garden.
“Here you are.” I pass her the tea. She slurps and I sink down beside her. “Really, thanks for your help today. I know that report is going to demand restructure, so having you here to help out means a lot.”
Hannah flashes me a look. “It means a lot to be here, Colt.”
Our gazes lock. My heart thunders inside my chest, my blood burning hot against my skin. A cold gust of wind blasts across the garden. It must race from the tip of the mountain and fly through the valley because it’s freezing fucking cold. It’s forceful presence pushes the strands of Hannah’s hair over her face, hiding her eyes from me.
I lean in, brushing her silky soft hair behind her ear.
I take a second to stare into her eyes. I’m not thinking. I’m not feeling.
I’m just in the moment.
Me and her.
Hannah and Colt.
The way it should be.
“The deck looks incredible,” I say softly, allowing my fingers to trail down her cheek. “If you want, I’d love for you to help me fix some other stuff. I can teach you more. Stay for a few days, Hannah.”
I wriggle in and my hand splits between the heat of her thighs. I grip her, hard and firm, pulling her legs so she angles towards me.
“I can see it in your eyes, you’re thinking about home again.” I gulp down, averting my eyes so they stare down at a dirt patch on the ground beneath us. “I hate that. I hate that this isn’t enough for you.”
Hannah dips so her eyes pull me in again. “Colt, you’ll always be enough for me.” I see her lips tighten and I wait for the killer blow. “But I have to go. I’ve been thinking about it while we worked, and I’m going to leave tomorrow. You looked over the car, right?”
I scrub a hand over my face, my body feeling like I’ve just fallen from a cliff.
“Yeah. I looked over it.”
I feel her eyes on me, hope lingering in her expression. Another lie. She knows that I can give her what she wants. She believes that I’ve helped her, the glint in her eyes trusting that I can fix anything.
“Then, Colt…” She grabs my hands and pulls me in. “There’s only one more thing left to fix before I go…”
My hands go to her chest, the heat of her palms holding my hands to the perfect roundness of her breasts.
“Hannah,” I breathe, guilt riddling through me. “Hannah-”
“Make love to me, Colt.” Her voice is breathy, hot and desperate. “I want to feel you again before I go. I need to remember you. The way you fuck me… The way you touch me… The way you make me feel… It will bring me back to the mountain. Over and over again.”
I glance sideways. “It will?”
She nods, her hands sliding from mine. “Always.”
I launch forward, my mouth attacking hers.
Tomorrow she will find out who I am. Tomorrow my lies will be seen. Hannah will see me for who I really am… A cold, desperate man, so lonely I’ll stoop to the lowest level to keep her here.
