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I shivered down to the soles of my feet.
He bent, his hand shifting to my jaw. His mouth burned over mine, and despite my churning emotions, I moaned against his kiss. When he pulled back, it hit me what he’d said.
“A week?” I whispered.
He lifted his head, fixing his gaze out the window. “There’s a winter storm coming tonight. We’ll be snowed in for at least a week.”
I stared, stunned. “What?”
“You heard me, cariad.”
Indignation rose in my chest and I squirmed fruitlessly under him.
“You knew. And you didn’t tell me.”
He was in a mood, not jealous anymore. Something else, something I was equally unprepared to deal with. He shifted his hips and pushed his naked erection against the inside of my thigh. Grinding my leg like he was trying to prove a point.
Our eyes locked.
“Stop humping me,” I said.
He froze. “What?”
“You’re humping me,” I said, swatting at his shoulder.
He burst into laughter and fell onto his back. The spell was broken and when he rolled onto his side, the old Merrick was back. His finger slid up between my breasts and tilted my chin back. He kissed my mouth discreetly.
“I’m going to shower,” he said.
He stood, naked and breathtaking. I pushed myself up into a sitting position, forgetting I was also naked, and swung my legs over the side of the bed. His eyes skimmed over me and his cock went hard again.
I hadn’t realized it had a hair-trigger on it.
“Hold on, I’m not done talking to you,” I said. “You could have just asked me to stay a week, I would have said yes.”
He shrugged. “That’s why I didn’t bother asking.”
I found I didn’t mind. The last thing in the world I wanted was to leave this fantasy.
He wiped me down with a warm washcloth and I pulled on one of his t-shirts and climbed back into bed. He went into the bathroom, leaving the door wide open, and turned on the shower. I lay curled against the cold window, listening to the wind pick up outside, and watched him stand beneath the streaming water.
Lathered in soap. Water glistening on his body. Streaming down between his abs.
I could get used to this.
He must have come to bed at some point because suddenly I was awake with bright light piercing my lids. There was a heavy weight draped over me. A naked arm lay over my body. Fingers hung loosely before my eyes.
I’d never imagined being crushed by over two hundred pounds of warm, lean muscle could feel quite so good.
I stayed still for a moment, thrilled just from being in bed with him. I’d wanted this so badly for the last few weeks. It was every bit as perfect as I’d hoped.
Outside, the wind howled. I dug my way up from the swathe of white blankets and peered out the window.
The whiteness was blinding. He hadn’t been lying about a winter storm. As far as I could see, coating the pine forest, was at least three feet of snow. Down below, the SUV was just a bump in the drifts.
Excitement thrilled through me and I squeezed out of his grasp. He mumbled in his sleep and rolled onto his back. The cover had fallen down to his hips, revealing the most delicious line of black hair disappearing beneath it.
My core pulsed and I shifted my hips.
