Billionaire Lumberjack's Beauty: A Standalone Billionaire Mountain Man Age Gap Arranged Marriage Forced Proximity Romance (Lumberjacks in Love Book 4) by Gwyn McNamee

Author:Gwyn McNamee [McNamee, Gwyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

WESTON

I swipe the sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand and finish securing the woodshed for the night after loading in more pieces of the tree I felled the other day.

The sun finally dips behind the trees on the horizon, darkness quickly enveloping the clearing and further chilling the air that already holds hints of the coming fall.

A long, hot shower sounds incredible right now to soothe my aching muscles after days and days of breaking down the massive tree, but I know that isn’t where I will head first…

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Callista, worrying about her incessantly, every waking moment, and unable to sleep when I try. Even though it was my idea—my promise and rule—that she stay away from me, it’s proving harder to live with than I thought it would be.

Knowing it’s best for her and that I was the one who demanded it doesn’t ease the sense of loss I feel each day I don’t see her.

I start to make my way back to the house but only make it halfway across the open expanse toward the path when a preternatural stillness settles over the woods.

Birds stop chirping.

All movement stops.

I freeze and turn to scan the trees.

A chill rolls over me, followed quickly by a feeling I can’t quite put my finger on, but I don’t see anything unusual. Still, my hand tightens around my axe as I keep moving toward the house, where my first stop will be the library to check on Callista before I shower and cook her dinner.

Maybe tonight, I’ll even sit with her while she eats to further torture myself by watching the fork disappear into her mouth when that’s where I’ve been fantasizing about having my cock since our night together.

It stirs against my jeans at the mere thought.

Dinner is a bad idea.

As it stands, I’ll have to end up stroking myself in the shower again to try to relieve some of the tension.

“Weston?”

My name slowly drifting through on the breeze freezes me in place, and I spin toward the sound.

What the hell?

It comes again.

“Weston?”

I’d know that voice anywhere. Have dreamed about it during the few fitful minutes I’ve managed over the past few nights alone in the library.

Panic seizes my chest.

What the hell is she doing out here?

I scan the trees, trying to determine which direction it came from, but out here, sound travels oddly, bouncing off trunks, tumbling through the gorge, echoing across the lake, making it almost impossible to determine which direction it’s coming from.

“Callista?”

My voice booms through the darkening night, and I wait for her reply. But it never comes.

Shit.

“Callista!”

Why the fuck is she out here? Where the fuck would she even go?

What would she—

It comes to me suddenly, and I turn back toward the path that leads from the house to the lake.

She loved it there.

Seemed to enjoy dipping herself in the cool water.

Maybe she went and got lost on her way back. Or maybe—

No.

I shake my head,

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