It Started with a Kiss (A Sequoia Lake Novel) by Marina Adair

Author:Marina Adair [Adair, Marina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503939684
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-01-31T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

A gentle spring breeze clung to the late-morning chill, awakening the flowers and melting the frost into drops of dew that sparkled in the sun. Taking in a fortifying breath, Avery shut the office window and settled back at her desk.

She had spent the first part of the week identifying tasks that needed to be accomplished before the inspection, and that morning dividing the tasks into three separate lists. One list covered the food and lodging details for the event, one covered equipment and supply status with details of numbers needed and who to order from if they came up short, and the final focused on the individual classes and staging locations.

The call with Cal-SAR, the California search and rescue organization, had gone great. Ty had convinced Lance that the lodge was more than capable of handling all of the needs for their yearly training, and he even managed to get a day for the second inspection on the calendar. Seven days from today.

Normally with that kind of timeline, she’d tell herself not to sweat the little details, but this event relied on executing all of the little details to perfection, so she was sweating.

She was also yawning. A side effect from spending her days lusting over Ty and her nights wondering when they were going to kiss again.

She was ready. He’d seemed game. They’d spent Sunday night talking and laughing, the connection growing until her heart was racing and the bar was clearing out. All of the signs had been there. The wandering eyes. The casual brushing of bodies. Even the not-so-casual touching of hands. So when he offered to walk her to her car, Avery had heard, “Let’s go someplace private.”

Only he’d walked her to her car, where they had more privacy than a grizzly during winter, and he’d leaned in slowly, her toes curling in anticipation, and he kissed her—on the cheek.

The cheek.

After three hours of verbal foreplay, the only heavy petting she’d received was a goodnight peck and him buckling her safety belt in place.

Sitting in her office chair, she stifled another yawn and reached for her cup, only to realize it was empty. She stuck her finger down to the bottom to get the last bit of hot cocoa and was licking it off when she felt a shift in the room.

“It helps if you actually put coffee in there,” a gruff voice, thick with sleep, said from the doorway.

Avery looked up to find Ty, leaning against the doorjamb in a pair of loose cargo pants, a half-zipper pullover, and enough bed head to make her feel not so alone in the sleepless nights arena. He was also holding a paper bag and a steaming coffeepot—which was filled with hot cocoa.

“Who needs caffeine when there’s chocolate and sugar,” she said, holding out her cup for a refill. “You should try it. It might do something for the scowl you have going on.”

“This isn’t a scowl. This is what it looks like when Dad disappears to go work on boats at three in the morning and doesn’t bother to tell my mom where he’s going.

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