A Wild River Retreat by Jennifer Snow

Author:Jennifer Snow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2020-06-11T12:23:01+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

AS DIFFICULT AS being around Nolan was before, it was even more excruciating now.

The guy hadn’t ghosted her, he’d just copied her number down incorrectly. Unbelievable. Three months of suffering, second thoughts, doubts, resisting temptation to reach out, countless tubs of ice cream and more tears than she’d ever admit to were all the fault of a misunderstanding.

All night she’d tossed and turned in their uncomfortable shelter, fighting the urge to bring down the divider and snuggle up with him. She needed to talk to him. There was so much she wanted to say, but how could they move forward until they knew the answer to the biggest question of all—was an office relationship possible now?

That morning, Kendra knew Nolan hadn’t slept either—he looked adorably sexy-sleepy as they ate a breakfast of wild berries he’d tracked down nearby. The same irresistible way he’d looked the morning after their night together when they’d reluctantly parted ways in the hotel lobby.

Her stomach flip-flopped when he glanced at her across the fire and gave her a small smile. She couldn’t stop looking at him. Being angry had helped her resist him. What could she cling to now?

“Hi,” he mouthed.

“Hi,” she mouthed back.

Oh God, she was in trouble. Her boss had her heart.

“Good morning!” Mike said, approaching the group with that damn clipboard.

Kendra nodded in greeting. All around her, mumbles about it not in fact being a good morning made Mike smile as though he derived great pleasure from their suffering.

“Hope everyone slept well,” he joked. “If you’re wondering where your boss is, Roger and his partner tapped out around two a.m. and Cassie took them back to town. They are sleeping comfortably in a hotel room.”

For real? This was bullshit. If Roger could quit, they should all be able to.

“So before we start the day—anyone else want to give up?” Mike asked as Cassie returned and joined them.

Yes! She desperately did. She was exhausted and hungry and dirty. She craved a comfortable bed and hot shower, but Nolan was sending her a look from across the fire that said they needed to stick it out... She couldn’t decide if it was for his competitive spirit or another reason.

Either way, looked like she was staying.

“Great!” Mike said when no one bailed. “Well, today’s first challenge is our orienteering race. Each team will be headed to the same finish line checkpoint, but taking different equal-distance, equal-challenge routes to get there.” He walked around, handing out their maps.

Nolan stood and approached her as Mike came toward them.

“Either one of you good with a map?” the guide asked.

The day before she’d have lied and claimed to be an expert, but truthfully, she’d get lost driving to work if it weren’t for her GPS, so she glanced at Nolan. Hopefully he was better at reading a map than he was at copying a phone number. “Not really,” she said.

Nolan nodded. “Yeah, I can figure one out.” He stood and accepted their map from Mike.

“Great. The race starts in five minutes.

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