Late Nights (Love At Night Series) by Larissa Hommes

Author:Larissa Hommes [Hommes, Larissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

14

Demi

“You tired of that view yet?” I called back to Cannon.

He sped up enough to come beside me, a smirk visible on his face. “Not possible.”

I smiled and shook my head.

This was our third time going down this trail together, and despite our very real and serious conversation earlier, we seemed more relaxed with each other. There was comfort in knowing where we stood.

“When is it my turn to enjoy the view?” I asked playfully.

He feigned a gasp. “Demi Vanderhall, are you wanting to objectify me?”

“Yes,” I said, not skipping a beat.

He let out a loud laugh. “Is it bad that I like it?”

I gave him a coy smile before speeding up, not answering his question.

He quickly caught back up to me. “This side of you might be my downfall.”

“Do you want me to apologize for that?” My sassy and flirtatious voice both surprised me and empowered me.

His cocky grin had my body heating up, and it had nothing to do with how we were skiing fast enough to work up a sweat. “Not at all. I like getting to know the real Demi. The one who’s not always all buttoned-up and proper.”

His words rattled something loose in me, and I lost focus on the ground in front of me.

The real Demi. Did I even know who that was?

For so long, I’d done everything my parents wanted me to, living by their rules and their expectations. Most of the time, it hadn’t bothered me. But the older I’d gotten, the more I’d felt the need to push back. The closer I’d gotten to graduation and the life that had been laid out for me since I was a little girl, the more I’d felt like the walls were closing in on me.

I’d hit my breaking point, tired of trying to fit into a mold other people wanted me to conform to. For the first time in my life, I hadn’t been doing what was expected of me.

I glanced over at Cannon, his tall, athletic build bringing a smile to my face. When I was with him, I didn’t worry about any expectations. I was just me, and he seemed to like that.

The only thing I had to worry about was throwing myself at him. That’s all.

“She seems to only come out for you,” I said, the flirtatious tone of my voice new even to myself.

His grin was so big, his cheeks squished against his ski goggles. “So you’re saying I’m the lucky one who gets to know this Demi, the one who doesn’t hold back and is unapologetically herself?”

“Possibly.” I dug my poles in and pushed off hard. “Race you to the bottom,” I yelled back over my shoulder.

His chuckle sounded behind me, blending with the shush of his skis against the snow and the scratchy noise of his pants and jacket as he moved down the hill. I knew he was close behind, but he never overtook me, even though he was capable of leaving me in the dust.

We clicked out of our skis and headed into the lodge, ready to meet everyone for lunch.

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