Need You for Always (Heroes of St. Helena) by Adair Marina

Author:Adair, Marina [Adair, Marina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503948259
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-10-13T07:00:00+00:00

You were right,” Emerson said, polishing off the bread pudding and leaning back to rest her elbows on the steps behind them. “That was exactly what I needed.”

Although Dax loved to hear her admit that he was right, because he knew just how hard that must have been for her, he had to admit, silently to himself, of course, that he hadn’t come here with the purest of intentions.

Okay, he’d totally come here to take her dress and shoes up on that offer they’d been sending him all night. Only he’d seen her walking home in the freezing cold, her shoes in her hand, a lifetime of worry in her eyes, and he’d changed his plan. Gone from thinking with his dick to thinking like a friend.

Then she sat on the step, with only a few inches separating them, and her dress shifted up her thighs, showing him enough silky skin that “friend” became the last thing he was feeling.

“It’s crazy. I didn’t realize you could see so far from here,” Emerson said, taking a sip of her hot cocoa and staring out past downtown at the faint glow in the distance. “Is that Oakville?”

“Yup,” Dax said, leaning back too. “If you go up a step the trees block your view, and if you go down a step the buildings on Main Street do.” He knew this because, embarrassingly enough, he’d tested out each step for the perfect inspiring view, hoping it would lead to an inspiring view of her bedroom.

Instead of a hot game of Let’s Tangle the Sheets, though, Dax was sitting on a cold concrete step eating bread pudding with raisins, which weren’t as bad as he’d thought—they were worse—and he was enjoying himself.

How crazy was that?

She smiled up at him, and man, she was gorgeous. Calm, relaxed, in the moment, and so unbelievably gorgeous it was hard not to stare. “I can’t believe I have never noticed that.”

“If you stop moving long enough, you start to see things you never noticed were there before,” he said, knowing how true that statement was. Until tonight he’d never noticed just how hard Emerson worked to keep her world moving. And just how tiring it must be to have all those people counting on her.

She laughed. “If I slow down, everything crumbles.”

“In my job, it’s imperative to slow down, see all the options. That’s when everything comes into perfect view. Things that seemed impossible are suddenly crystal clear, and avenues you thought were a waste of time end up being golden opportunities.”

“Like what?” she asked, nudging his shoulder with hers. “Like handing out vibrators to a bunch of grandmas?”

He nudged back until she was smiling. “You could have warned me.”

“And take away that golden opportunity? Nah.”

“Make fun if you want, but look.” He leaned forward and pointed between the buildings. When she bent down to see what he was pointing at, he put his arm around her shoulder to help guide her. And yeah, it was a total kid move, a way to get his hands on her, but she didn’t seem to mind, so he went with it.

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