A Sinful Gift by Lauren Smith

Author:Lauren Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781962760508
Publisher: Emma Castle

Chapter Five

Mason carried his prize in his arms as he crossed the perfectly manicured lawn belonging to Blake and passed into a garden of wildflowers and homegrown vegetables. Beyond the garden he saw his home, the rough-hewn timber lodge with a large secondary building behind it that housed his carpentry workshop. She shifted in his arms, her gaze taking in the world around them, and he tried to see his home through Hazel’s eyes.

The last week’s storm clouds hadn’t completely vanished from the horizon. All around them everything was a vibrant green. That was his favorite color. Green was life, it was beauty, it was everything that gave a person hope that all would be well after a storm. Hazel’s eyes held beautiful flecks of green mixed with brown, and he loved that green the best. He wondered if Hazel liked green as much as he did.

Light dappled him and Hazel as they walked beneath the shelter of the ginkgo trees that surrounded his estate. It had taken years to grow them to a decent height, but their leaves in the fall would cover the grass with a blanket of pure gold. Hazel silently studied her surroundings, and Mason would have given anything to hear her thoughts. Did she like the way he’d structured his gardens and the woods around the house, creating a wildness blended with planned beauty?

He climbed the steps of his porch and set her down on her feet. She wore no shoes, but he didn’t worry. He had sanded and polished this deck himself. It was utterly smooth. Mason opened the door and gestured for her to go inside. She went ahead of him, and he stared at the tumble of reddish-auburn hair that trailed down her back. His hand flexed as he resisted the urge to grab her hair and use it to spin her into his arms to steal a kiss. That would of course lead to a lot more than a kiss, and he wanted to show her that what he wanted with her wasn’t just sex. She rubbed her arms and glanced around his home before turning back to him as he closed the door.

“It’s so beautiful. It’s warm and cozy, even though it’s big,” she replied.

“You like it?”

She nodded, a delicate blush blossoming on her cheeks. His heart stuttered. He’d already had her in his arms and in a bed, but this . . . having her in his home? It touched something deep within him, like she’d cast a stone upon the still lake of his soul and now he was feeling the ripples of her presence. Mason rarely let anyone into his home. It was his private sanctuary. He’d never brought any woman here before. He hadn’t dated anyone seriously in his life. He had spent nights with women in expensive hotel rooms, or at their homes, but he was always gone the next day. This was different. Because this was Hazel. How many times had Blake told him

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