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Curiosity got the best of me. How could someone like Austin give up someone like Lana?
“Did he lose his mind, literally, and think he could find someone better? Or did you leave too many wet towels on the floor?”
“You’re such a good guesser. Both. Both of those,” she said.
“I’m serious. What could have possibly made him break up with you? What dark secret are you hiding that would drive a man like him away?” I couldn’t keep the laughter out of my voice. “Snoring? Chewing with your mouth open?What?”
When she stopped laughing, she shook her head.
“He thought he could tell me what to do, and when he found out he couldn’t, he’d had enough.” She paused, probably sensing that I was waiting for more detail I wasn’t sure she would give.
Then she sighed. “When he found out I was working with you, he demanded that I drop the campaign. And when he found out about the Colorado trip, he gave me an ultimatum. Cancel it, or we were through.”
I let that sink in. She’d chosen the trip over Austin. I was thrilled they weren’t together anymore, but now hearing that it was really her choice made my heartbeat tick up a notch.
“I’m glad you chose the trip. As long as you really are okay?”
“I really am. And I wouldn’t be, if there’d been anything worth saving there. We obviously weren’t meant to be.”
I stroked her hair, relieved, then rubbed her shoulder.
“You said something like that to me once. That we weren’t meant to be.”
Lana tilted her face up toward mine. “That was different.”
“So you don’t think you and Austin were some kind of star-crossed lovers?” I smiled as I said it, but I held my breath while I waited for her answer.
“No. Not at all.” Lana took a deep breath. “I wasn’t upset at the thought of not seeing Austin again. But you . . .”
I touched her cheek, let my thumb slide down her jaw. “Different story?”
Lana nodded. “Very different.”
I dipped my head, bringing our faces close together.
“You leaving wasn’t easy on me, either. Every day I’ve regretted not telling Todd to take a hike when I came back from talking to the nurse. I kept thinking about that moment, when I could have explained that I was getting a divorce and kept him from winning you over.”
I felt her swallow hard. “Todd had already been pretty charming, you know,” she whispered. “It might not have changed anything.”
“It would have, and you know it.”
I couldn’t resist anymore, so I closed the distance between our lips and kissed her, soft and slow.
The kiss was an apology for screwing up that moment years ago. And it was a promise that I wasn’t going to make a mistake like that again.
I ran my tongue along the seam of her lips and she parted them, letting me kiss her deeper. She let out a small sound that vibrated right down to my cock.
It didn’t take long for the kiss to grow heated with me pulling Lana closer, kissing her harder.
As much as I wanted her right then, a dark stock room and sacks of malt weren’t how I wanted anything like that to happen between us. I pulled back, breathless, and rested my forehead against hers.
Lana obviously felt the same. She put a hand on my chest and leaned back. But in the dim light, I could see her slight smile.
“See, the universe does want us to be together. It even locked us in a room so we can’t be apart,” I said.
She laughed. “I’m starting to think you have a point.”
She rested her cheek against my chest with a sigh, and we didn’t need to talk about anything else. At least not for a while.
