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Thought he’d given up on me.
When he'd brought me back from the island and set my dad free, I thought he was just as bad as his own father. His loyalties were murky at best. But now I saw that was a lie. He was loyal, biding his time, getting things prepared.
He climbed back into the four-wheel drive. His gaze moved to mine. “You okay?”
A flare of desire coursed through me. “Yeah,” I answered, my breaths deepening.
The movement wasn’t lost on him. There was a flicker of a scowl as he searched my eyes, then dropped lower.
My body reacted to him, like it always did. I thought the way I reacted to him had been the thing that held me prisoner. But it wasn’t…it was my head. I took in the rolled sleeves against his forearms. Corded muscles flexed as he yanked the door closed, shoved the Explorer into gear, and drove through the gate.
“The others, they’re coming?” I asked.
“Soon.”
“How long do we have?”
One brow rose before the corner of his lips tugged into a smile. “Long enough.”
He pulled the four-wheel drive up to the cabin, then killed the engine and climbed out, hurrying back to the gate to secure it. I moved to the back, grabbed our bags, and looked around. The place was beautiful and rustic. The sounds of the birds in the trees sounded so peaceful.
“Wait here.” Fin unlocked the door, reached around his back, and drew out his gun before stepping inside.
He came back, barely a minute later, hitting the lights on his way. “It’s clear. You can go in now.”
I hauled our bags inside while he went to the four-wheel drive, carrying in the rest of the bags while I walked around the cabin, taking in the small kitchen, living room with a fireplace and rustic sofa with thick throws and a massive brown rug in the middle of the room.
Then I moved to the room, finding two bedrooms. One equipped with a stunning queen-sized bed that looked like it’d been carved straight out of a tree trunk.
“Where in the hell did you find time to organize all of this?” I couldn’t stop from staring.
He dropped our bags onto the bed and followed my gaze. “The guy who sold me the place did most of it. The rest I handled on my own.”
I glanced at the bed, the comforter in a rose-colored hue…my favorite color. My pulse sped at the sight, then I stepped into the expansive bathroom with slate brown floor tiles and the biggest claw-foot bathtub I’d ever seen.
“That’s new.” He came up behind me. “Took forever to get that through customs from Italy."
I spun, my mouth gaping open. “You had that sent from Italy?”
He just gave a shrug, his cheeks reddening. “I saw it, knew you’d love it. So I bought it, no big deal.”
But it was a big deal…a very big deal—to me.
I stepped closer, pressing my chest against his. But I didn’t reach for him, just stared into those beautiful brown eyes. This was the man I fell for, the broody, quiet, dangerous guy who stole my heart.
His breaths deepened. He inched his mouth closer to mine. “If I knew a tub would turn you on so much, Anna, I’d buy you the entire goddamn factory.”
He could, too…that I knew, without a doubt.
But it wasn’t about money. It was the fact that he'd thought of me.
I reached up, sliding my hands around his neck. “Such a shame to rumple that perfect comforter.”
“Then I’ll take you on the floor,” he answered. “Bent over that tub. How does that sound to you,wife?”
A surge of excitement coursed through me with the word. I swallowed, then slowly reached for the buttons of my shirt. “I think I like the sound of that,husband.”
I tugged off my top, then moved for the button of my jeans, kicking off my boots as I went. Fin undressed in a second, tugging his shirt over his head, before he dropped his hand to the button of his jeans, then surged forward, grabbing me around the waist.
