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“Yeah, well we’re not. I know you’re trying to get a rise out of me, Daisy O’Donnell, but I’m not gonna bite. I know nothing turns you on like my hot American accent. Besides, I bet he comes on to all the women he instructs,” I muttered.
“What you’re saying is either I’m not all that or is Jamie Fontaine jealous of the instructor he insisted I have?” she teased, then poked me in the belly and almost fell over again.
“Of course not,” I scoffed, grabbing her sleeve to steady her. “I’m not insecure about you. I trust you, but I wouldn’t trust that fucker an inch.”
Daisy shuffled forward, slid her skis between mine, and wrapped her arms around my waist. “You have nothing to fear, Jamie. There’s only room in my heart for one man.” I bent and gave her a kiss that was shorter than I’d wanted, but we were in a public place, and so far, no one had really recognized me dressed in all my ski wear.
“Come on, let’s get that hot chocolate you wanted, and we can pick up a few goodies for Felix to take back to the cabin for later.”
“I thought we were eating out?”
“We are, I just figured if my girl wants chocolate licked off her body in the middle of the night, we should definitely have some in the pantry.” I winked and she raised an eyebrow, but I didn’t miss the lusty smile she gave me at the same time.
As we neared the ski lockers, Felix showed his face. He took both sets of skis and boots and swapped them for our walking boots. After we’d changed, we headed down to the little café I knew from a trip to Sugarbush in the past, to test out that hot chocolate I’d boasted to her about.
“What’s next? Daisy asked as she wiped her cute chocolate mustache from her upper lip. Daylight was fading and I knew I was only a few hours away from the main event I had planned.
“We’re having an early dinner, but we have time to fit in a relaxing head and body massage. Then it’ll be straight from the spa to dinner.”
“And after that?” she asked in a seductive tone.
“I thought we’d have a romantic night—you and me naked on that super comfortable bed in front of that big open log fireplace. What do you think?”
“Sounds glorious, but I’d be happy just to go back to the cabin now and let you massage me … with chocolate of course,” she replied with a wink. A smile creased my lips, and I shook my head.
“I’ve well and truly corrupted you, huh?” I probed.
“Maybe just a smidge,” she replied, holding her finger and thumb up to show me a small measure.
“Believe me, there will be plenty of body parts being massaged when we get back up the mountain. But we don’t want to disappoint Felix who went out of his way to arrange a visit to the spa for us. A sports massage will iron out the kinks after your first day of skiing.”
“Well only if I can have a massage therapist that looks like Allessandro for my session,” she teased, and I grimaced.
“Don’t get me started on that guy. But knowing my luck, that’ll be his second job.”
CHAPTER 13
“Bejesus, I think I’m aching more after that massage than I was before I had it,” Daisy grumbled good naturedly. She placed a hand on the small of her back and arched it to stretch her spine outside of the spa before we climbed into the back of the SUV that Felix had arranged to take us to dinner. She nodded toward Felix, then looked at me as he rounded the hood to get into the seat next to the driver.
“Is it really necessary for us to drag Felix along? Poor guy has been working since before we got out of bed today.”
“It is. Trust me. Where we’re going is intimate, but it isn’t entirely private.”
“I see,” she said as I settled in the back of the car and took off my jacket.
“Everything in order?” I asked Felix to ensure nothing had been forgotten.
“Yes, boss.” Felix turned and gave me a protracted grin, narrowed his eyes and turned back to face the front.
“What’s he grinning about?” she asked, smiling. As the car began to pull out from the curb, we could hear the hard packed snow crunching on the road beneath us.
I took Daisy’s jacket and left it on the seat next to mine, made sure we were both buckled in and drew her into my side.
“Apart from the creepy ski instructor and the lumberjack female masseuse, have you had fun so far today?” I inquired with a grin.
Daisy gave me an adoring look and licked her bottom lip. “Not nearly as much fun if you’d been kissing me more often,” she replied.
“Hm, I think I can do something about that,” I muttered as I placed a hand behind her head and drew her closer. Daisy’s adoring gaze flicked from my lips to my eyes and back to my lips. Audibly swallowing she let out a dreamy sigh.
