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“Because I know that look,” I said. “And you literally just got dressed. Besides, I’m actually sore.”
“I noticed.” His smile revealed how little remorse he held for that particular ailment of mine. I thought I’d been able to hide it, but apparently walking normally wasn’t on the agenda for this morning.
“My body just isn’t accustomed to the sheer number of times we had sex this weekend.” I took a sip of coffee, looking out to the clear blue sea. I’d really miss this view when we were back home. “What I’d give to wake up to this every morning.”
When Jax didn’t respond, I glanced his way. “You’re looking at me weird.”
“I’m surprised you don’t live on the lake, as much as you love a water view.”
I rolled my eyes. “Working for Finger Lakes Land and Trust is a dream come true, but it doesn’t actually pay the kind of salary that allows for lakeview home purchases. Someday.”
No response. But Jax continued to watch me as if I were some puzzle to figure out. “That’s why you love the inlet so much. It’s like your own little piece of lakefront property.”
Denying it would be dumb. “That, and it is protected land. And the rowing program, obviously.”
“Which could be moved,” he said. “And it’s only protected because the deed hadn’t been looked at in over a hundred years. You know as well as I do, developing that particular piece of property will have very little bearing on the immediate environment.”
“Do we really need to ruin our last hour in Sicily with this?”
Jax frowned. “I don’t want to ruin the best weekend of my life, no. But I’ll be boarding a plane soon, and won’t see you until Tuesday, at the earliest. And I also hate to ruin our reunion but we need to talk, soon. I have a meeting Wednesday morning to meet with Dave to finalize the sale.”
“You have a meeting with Dave Wednesday morning?” I asked, trying to ignore the feeling of a foot being shoved into my chest.
“I do. He thinks the board will approve it tomorrow night.”
“Nice.”
“Natalie—”
“I really don’t want to do this right now.”
But it was too late. The mood was already ruined.
“Fine. We’ll talk about it on Tuesday. Will you come over then? Or Monday night even?”
I’d prefer not to and then just have Jax skip the meeting, not sell the land, and then we could talk about next steps after that. But I kept all of those thoughts to myself.
“Of course,” I agreed. “But the bet will be back on. No messing around.”
Jax stood, walked over to me and hauled me to my feet. “It’s not Tuesday, and we’re still in Sicily.”
I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, more than willing to shove the very real topic of our differences to the side, like we’d been doing all weekend.
“True,” I said. “Which means...”
“Which means, I can kiss you for at least fifty minutes straight.”
As if he were going to make good on that promise, he leaned his head down. His lips were warm and familiar by now, and they glided over me, his tongue wrapped in mine, fitting perfectly. Making out with Jax ranked right up there with having sex with him, Jax between my legs and, wonder of wonders, watching him absolutely explode with pleasure as I took him in my mouth. I loved the sense of power that came with it.
“God, I love kissing you,” he said, finally pulling away.
“Then why aren’t you doing it currently?”
“Because I like looking at you too.”
“Same,” I admitted. “Are all Army Rangers so sexy?”
He laughed. “You’ll get to judge for yourself. If we’re still talking after next week. A friend of mine is coming to Kitchi Falls on Thursday.”
