Last Summer by Lonsdale Kerry

Author:Lonsdale, Kerry
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542093088
Published: 2019-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Ella forces herself to be present, to enjoy the ride. To not dwell on what she might have once felt for him or what he might have once meant to her.

They ride the ungroomed terrain for a couple of hours, and when the tank nears empty, they return to the truck. Laughing, knuckle-bumping, and high-fiving, they banter about the ride and muse over the spectacular views they captured through the trees. Ella snaps photos of Nathan and his sled, as he likes to refer to his snowmobile. Sled on steroids is more like it. She’ll use the pictures for the article since Rebecca didn’t assign a photographer. Nathan’s request. Ella only.

Nathan loads the snowmobile onto the trailer and straps it down. They pile into the truck’s cab and shut their doors at the same time.

“That was fun,” she says, breathless. She sets her camera on the dash and pulls off her gloves.

Nathan tosses his gloves aside and reaches behind him over the seat. “I brought hot chocolate. Want some?” He shows her the metal thermos.

“You’re prepared. Is it laced?”

He snorts a laugh. “No. I have to drive.” He pours two cups.

She blows across the surface of her drink. Steam moistens her nose. She takes a tentative sip. Rich chocolate with a cinnamon bite fills her mouth. “This is good.” Though she could have used a shot of whiskey to soothe the adrenaline pulsing through her. It might quell her craving to crawl onto Nathan’s lap. Or . . .

It could lower her resistance, and that wouldn’t be good at all.

Nathan presses the ignition button and lets the truck idle. Warm air circulates in the cab and Ella sheds her coat. A faint echo of her dream touches her mind. She doesn’t remember the specifics. The images are elusive, but the feelings are there. Arousal, need, and a burning desire to reach across the center console and touch Nathan overtake her. If she kisses him, would it feel familiar? Would touching him so intimately be strong enough to trigger her memories?

She hates that she yearns for him in the way a married woman shouldn’t.

Nathan watches her, and his brow creases. “What?”

She finishes her hot chocolate and places the empty cup in the cup holder. She might as well ask. “Did we sleep together last summer?”

Nathan sputters his hot chocolate. He lets out a nervous laugh, then looks at her. His expression says it all. The longing and regret. And hope.

Shit.

Why would he invite her up here? Does he expect to start something up again?

Hello? They’re married. To other people.

But that didn’t stop them before.

“Why am I here?” she asks him.

“I promised to take you snowmobiling.”

When did he promise that? Why make such a promise when they never should have gotten involved in the first place? And where were they for such a question to come up? It had been the middle of the summer.

She has so many questions, but his answer isn’t the right one for her question.

“You know that’s not what I’m asking.

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