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The chapter I’ve been in is truly over and I need to start a new one. I guess I have writer’s block or something because it feels like I’m staring at a blank page, not knowing what to put on it.
Maybe I need to start somewhere fresh, I tell myself as I step outside and look around at the adorable mountain town.
I can see myself living in a place like this. Every day would feel like a charming movie with the cobblestone sidewalks, cute little shops and restaurants, and with the majestic mountains jutting into the sky everywhere I look. It’s spectacular.
It’s late in the summer, so all of the flowers planted around the old-timey antique street lights are overflowing with gorgeous colorful petals. Families and happy people are walking everywhere. I spot a young couple with a cute little kid walking hand in hand. The man is a muscular giant with a long beard and short-cropped hair.
I smile as I look at his lucky wife. Maybe that’s what my next chapter should be—settling down with a hunky man and having a beautiful child.
“Let’s go, Kylee!” Nerf shouts as he bangs the side of the Jeep with his palm. They’re all packed in there, waiting for me. “It’s time to fly. Literally.”
I suck in a breath, give the happy family one last look, and then hop into the Jeep to await my fate.
Just as I get into the Jeep and close the back door, a Search and Rescue truck pulls into the spot beside us.
“Whoa,” I whisper to myself when the driver steps out and looks at us. He’s gorgeous. Striking blue eyes on a stunning face. His brown hair is long and messy in a wild, sexy kind of way. I’m not going to forget this man anytime soon. He’s big and tall with broad shoulders and muscular arms. The navy blue Search and Rescue shirt he’s wearing is clinging to his body, showing off his massive chest and tattooed biceps. I can’t look away.
A fantasy of being lost in the wilderness and having this gorgeous hottie find me pops into my mind where I know it won’t easily leave. He is so dreamy.
I lick my lips and sink a little lower into my seat as he turns and looks at us. He spots Nerf first who’s behind the wheel about to drive away. Nerf starts the engine and loud rock music blares out of the speakers.
The man’s eyes narrow. I get an urge to explain to him that I don’t normally hang out with these guys and that I didn’t choose the volume of the obnoxiously loud music.
But he hasn’t even looked at me yet. He doesn’t know I exist.
His beautiful eyes finally make their way to the back seat where I’m sitting and his mouth drops open when he spots me. His eyes widen and he gets all stiff, staring at me in shock.
We’re both staring at each other in stunned silence as the Jeep starts to roll backward. I’m about to scream at Nerf to stop, but the man darts forward and races around his truck.
“Hold up,” he says to Nerf with his hand up.
Nerf ignores him, so I put a hand on his shoulder. “Wait a second. Please.”
I can feel the annoyance coming from my cousin, but he stops the Jeep and turns down the volume. “Are you a cop?”
“No,” the man says as his eyes dart back to me. “Search and Rescue.”
“Well, we don’t need either, so thanks.” Nerf goes to back up again, but I squeeze his shoulder and he hesitates.
“Are you guys hiking in the mountains?” the man asks. I love his voice. It’s so deep with a little bit of a growl in it. He’s so freaking hot.
“Parachuting,” Shully says. “Our plane’s waiting, bro.”
“You’re going parachuting?” he says as he stares right at me. He looks worried all of a sudden, like the thought of me jumping out of a plane is making him sick.
“Yeah,” I say, probably sounding as worried as he looks.
“It’s too dangerous,” he says with an air of desperation in his eyes. “There’s fierce gusts of wind swirling around the mountains today. Where are you landing?”
“It’s all good, bro,” Shully says with a roll of his eyes. “We’re landing in the valley on the east side.”
He’s staring right at me. Those blue eyes are locked on me with a fierceness that has my breath caught in my throat.
“Don’t go,” he says. “Please.”
“We’ll be fine,” Nerf says as he turns the music back up and hits reverse. “We’ve done this a gazillion times before.”
The man doesn’t seem concerned about them at all. His heated eyes are fixated on me as I’m thrust backward and onto the street.
