Hope Falls: If I Fall (Kindle Worlds Novella) by SJ McCoy

Author:SJ McCoy [McCoy, SJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

When they got back to the motorhome, Jess turned on the stove. She wanted a nice warm drink. It had been a beautiful day, but over the last hour as they made their way back down, the sun had dropped below the horizon, and it had turned cold. She was chilled.

She smiled at Sully. “Hot chocolate?”

“I’d love one. Is it okay if I use the bathroom?”

“Of course. That’s what it’s there for.”

He smiled. “I didn’t know if you had to be hooked up or how it worked. I’ve never been in one of these things before.”

She laughed. She could see that it wasn’t exactly his style. “It’s fine. You only need to hook up to empty the tanks, and in most places you can hook up to the electric supply. I have a generator, too.” She waved him toward the bathroom. “But I can tell you as much as you want to know when you come out.” She pulled two mugs down from the cabinet and emptied the sachets of her favorite cocoa into them.

While the water boiled, she fetched two camping chairs from the storage cupboard and set them up outside. It was chilly, but now she had her jacket and hot cocoa, she wanted to sit out and watch the stars come out as the sky turned dark.

Sully appeared and stood framed in the doorway. She couldn’t quite get used to just how gorgeous he was. He had to be over six feet tall, and he was just the kind of broad shouldered and narrow hipped that got her all hot and bothered when she saw it on TV. When it was standing in the doorway to her motorhome, and looking at her as though it wanted to undress her and spend the night exploring what was going on between them, it left her speechless and a little light headed! “What’s up?” she asked. Trying to get back to normal.

He smiled. “Nothing’s up. Nothing at all. Just thinking how beautiful you are sitting there like that.”

“Seriously?”

He laughed. “Seriously. You don’t take compliments well, do you?”

She shook her head. “No. I don’t like them.”

“Why not?” He came out and squatted down beside her chair.

“I guess I’m just not used to them.”

“Then you’d better start getting used to them, Jess. Because you truly are beautiful, and I don’t think I’m going to be able to stop telling you that.”

She smiled. Was all this too good to be true? It certainly seemed it. She reached out and touched his cheek. “You’re too sweet; do you know this?”

He shook his head. “I’ve been called many things in my time, but sweet was never one of them.”

She laughed. “I can imagine a few other things you might have been called.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Oh, yeah? Like what?”

She lowered her eyes. “Sexy for starters.”

He swaggered his shoulders making her laugh again. “I’m glad you noticed.”

“Hmm, a little big-headed, too, maybe?”

He hung his head with a mock sorrowful look. “On occasion, maybe.”

“And a genuinely good, decent guy,” she added.

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