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He rolls his eyes. “Fine. Where are they?”
“Meeting the village council.” Cam’s picked up a sheet of paper from the table. “Micah, you should look at this. I think it could work.”
“It’s just a sketch,” Zac starts, but I take the sheet and scan over it. Zac’s got a good understanding of how mountains work, so it’s not surprising that he’s considered most of the risk factors people usually overlook when planning something like a ski resort.
“This could definitely work.” I’d want to see a land survey first, of course, but it looks possible. “I didn’t know you were thinking about this.”
My cousin shrugs. “It was never feasible, with us being cut off all winter. There are more accessible places to ski. Even we don’t really ski around here, with it being so risky.”
“But now that Garrett’s looking into ways to get people here during winter…”
“It’s an option we might want to consider.”
“What’s an option we might want to consider?” Asher asks, coming into the kitchen and stealing the coffee mug from my hand. Family is such a burden.
“Nice beard burn” is all I say. Complaining about the theft would just make him happy.
“Don’t be jealous because my sexy husband wants me.” He nods toward the paper in my hand. “What’s that?”
“Zac’s got an idea for a ski resort,” Cam enthuses. “What a perfect way to bring more people to the village! I’ve never skied before.”
My head throbs lightly at the thought of the harm Cam could come to—and cause—on skis. “I’ll teach you.” The words are out before I can stop them, and I can’t regret them when they made him smile so big.
“Really? I’m not too clumsy?”
I hesitate. “You might fall a few times.” Or a few hundred. Hopefully he’ll be so sick of getting his ass wet, he’ll give up before we have to leave the bunny slope. If we have a bunny slope. The area’s not really bunny-slope-friendly.
His beautiful brown eyes are all soft and trusting as he gazes up at me. “That’s okay. You’ll help me up.”
No matter what, there will be a bunny slope.
CHAPTERTWENTY-TWO
Cam
“It’ll bea few years before it’s up and running,” Zac says, smashing my tender moment with Micah. “Does that mean you’ll be back to visit us, Cam?”
Okay, I can forgive him for butting in, since he’s just given me the perfect opening to say how much I like it here. “Oh, for sure! The cave is here, and Garrett says the village is gorgeous in summer. I have to see that. Plus, I have friends here now… right?” Suddenly, I’m not so confident. What if they’re all impatiently waiting for me to leave so they never have to see me again?
“Chloe and Isaac would cry if you never came back,” Asher informs me. Then he grins wickedly, big enough that I have no problem seeing it. “Zac, did you hear about what Isaac said today?”
“Asher,” Micah warns. Asher ignores him.
“Apparently Aunt Hilda likes Cam so much, she thinks no child of hers could be stupid enough to let him go.”
Oh yeah. I’d nearly forgotten that. Good to know Hilda is on my side. I should mention that to Alistair when he calls.
If he ever calls. We’re going to the cave soon, and there’s no signal up there. What if I miss his call?
“Cam is pretty great,” Zac’s saying, a teasing glint in his eye. “But I’m not sure Micah’s that smart. Has Aunt considered a DNA test?”
“I hate you both,” Micah says flatly, then turns to me. “Ignore them. They’re children.”
Ignore them? What does that mean? That he doesn’t want to keep me and considers that the intelligent decision?
This no longer seems like a positive thing. I need Micah thinking of how well I fit in with his family, not that the idea of me staying is childish.
Before I can think of a response, Asher claps his hands. “Garrett said to be waiting. Let’s go.”
