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“He sounds like a nice guy.” She turned and snuggled into his neck.
“Hey, no sleeping.”
She yawned. “Sorry, someone kept me up most of the night last night.”
“Speaking of up…I have an idea.”
“What?”
“I’m told there’s an amazing view of the sun setting over the bay from the top of the lighthouse. You up for climbing stairs?”
“My ankle is almost better, so sure.”
Connor stowed his board and Abby’s cooler in his truck, grabbed a flashlight, and met her at the door to the lighthouse.
He extracted a key from his pocket and inserted it into the old lock.
“Where did you get the key from?” she asked.
“Jason gave it to me. Emma’s family still had the key from when Jace used to take care of the grounds here as a teen. He used to come here with Emma when they wanted to get away from everything.”
“Translation: they used to have sex here.”
He laughed. “Probably, although I don’t want to think about what they did here now…or ever.”
He wiggled the key and pressed a shoulder against the old door, pleased when it gave way and opened with a creak.
“Is it safe?” Abby asked, a little worry in her tone.
“I went up there the other day and checked it out. Swept away dirt and bugs.”
Abby pressed against him. “Bugs?”
He was going to enjoy this.
“Hurry or we’ll miss the sunset.”
He turned on the flashlight and shined the bright light on the stairs. Taking her hand in his, he headed up the steep climb.
Two hundred and eleven steps later, they made it to the top landing.
“Well, I got in my exercise for the week,” Abby said, slightly winded.
“It will be worth it. I promise.”
Connor led her over to the side where the windows faced the bay. The sun had started dipping. A colorful kaleidoscope of yellow, red, and purple reflected off the water.
Abby sucked in her breath. “It’s beautiful.”
Connor bent and flicked on the battery-operated string lights he’d bought earlier, along with a couple of flameless candles, and shut off the flashlight.
With Abby in front of him, his arms curled around her waist, they watched the colors change as the sun dropped lower and lower below the horizon.
Connor could stay like this forever. A town and job he loved, surrounded by friends and family, and now with his girl. Abby was his soul mate, and holding her in his arms was the perfect end to a stressful day.
“Thanks for sharing this with me,” she said.
“Next time, we’ll go out to the dock. But there we can’t do this.” He spun her and kissed her, a slow, seductive kiss that quickly grew hot until he pulled away to catch his breath.
