Beyond the Ridge by L.T. Marie

Author:L.T. Marie [Marie, L.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626392892
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2014-12-17T23:00:00+00:00

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Jay stood on Coal’s front porch holding a fresh bouquet of purple and yellow wildflowers. She couldn’t stop her hands from shaking, considering this whole dating idea was a new experience for her. Maybe the idea was crazy and Coal was right. People like her didn’t date. People with her track record screwed and didn’t commit because commitment meant responsibility and putting someone else’s interests above your own. But here she stood wanting to prove that she could be so much more than someone only good enough to share a bed with for a few hours. With a trembling hand, she raised her fist to knock again when the door swung open, revealing the woman who had been starring in her fantasies for weeks.

“Hi,” Coal said shyly.

Angel exited the house and pushed past both of them with a huge, cat got the canary grin.

“You two have fun,” Angel said from somewhere behind, but Jay was too focused on the hint of cleavage beneath Coal’s sheer scoop-neck blouse to pay any attention to her.

“You look incredible.” Jay held out the flowers. “For you.”

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” she whispered. She cradled Coal’s jaw with her palm and tilted her head for a kiss.

“Mmm,” Coal said when she finally opened her eyes. “That was nice.”

“Nice, huh? I was going for hot and tempting.”

“You are both of those.” Coal wrapped her arms around Jay’s neck.

Jay leaned forward and kissed her again, this time with a bit more urgency. As Coal broke the kiss, she angled her head back giving Jay better access to her neck.

“I see you’re not going to make this easy for me.”

“I don’t want it to be easy. Hard is definitely the plan.”

“Then you’re on the right track and we need to stop. Because dating rules be damned, if those sensual lips touch my skin one more time, I’m going to drag you inside and finish this.”

“Ooh, I think I’m going to like being with someone so forceful.” Jay grabbed Coal around the waist and crushed their bodies together. She could think of nothing but assuaging the aching need within her that she knew only Coal’s touch could banish. “I think I broke one of your rules. What’s the punishment?”

“I can think of several—”

Like a startled cat wary of impending danger, Coal froze and dug her fingers into Jay’s shoulders when the sounds of a car could be heard through the thick patch of trees. The stress was so clearly etched in the deep creases between Coal’s brows that Jay didn’t resist when Coal grabbed her by the hand and swiftly led her to the truck.

“Everything okay?” Jay asked.

Tightly, Coal said, “Of course. Let’s go enjoy that meal you promised me.”

With every mile travelled, Coal’s hands twitched less where they rested on her legs, and she stopped surveying the passing landscape as if she expected someone to materialize out of thin air. This wasn’t the first time Jay had witnessed Coal’s curious behavior, and whatever was causing this tightly coiled tension was obviously taking its toll on Coal.

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