Never Say Goodbye_A Canyon Creek Novel by Lori Ryan & Kay Manis

Author:Lori Ryan & Kay Manis [Ryan, Lori & Manis, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999713921
Publisher: RMI Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-03-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Elle snuggled deeper into Emmett’s arms, running her hand over his back as he lay half on top of her. She kept thinking she might wake from a dream and find he wasn’t really there. The contact of her hand on his skin was a reminder that she wasn’t sleeping. And she hadn’t conjured him up in her sleep. Emmett was really here. With her.

“I still can’t believe it,” she whispered against his shoulder, where her mouth seemed to have wandered on its own.

“Can’t believe what? The things I can do to your core?”

Laughter burst from Elle.

He raised up, grinning down at her.

“My core?” She shook her head.

Emmett’s smile widened as he nodded and pressed his hips to hers. “Face it, you like my core-skills.”

“You’re insane. And where on earth did you learn a term like ‘core’?”

He rolled to his side, one hand propped under his head as he studied her, his other hand grazing over her stomach.

She still had to fight the urge to cover the spot where her breast should have been, but she kept her eyes on his and willed the urge away.

“I’ve been reading old documents and journals from the 1800s when the town was formed,” he said.

Her brows lifted in surprise as she looked at him. “And they’re discussing…um, core body parts?”

Emmett’s grin was wicked as he answered. “No. I got curious so I began reading novels from that time period. A few of them were romance novels.

She quirked a brow.

“What? It’s research.”

“Uh huh. Research into the historical terms for women’s body parts?”

He pressed his growing erection into her leg. “And manhood.”

“Manhood?” She could barely keep the laughter from bubbling over at that one.

“It gets worse,” he said. “Sometimes, they call it the may pole or rod.” His laughter was genuine and contagious.

The thought of Emmett reading books that referred a man’s may pole or rod going into a woman’s core had her close to tears as she laughed. He was laughing with her, but when they stopped, she pressed the real issue.

“Tell me about this new project,” she said. “Are you considering writing romance? Historical romance? You’ve always written mystery and murder and intrigue.”

“You read my books?” Now it was his turn to look surprised.

Elle cocked her head and narrowed her eyes. “I’m not even going to dignify that question with an answer. Of course, I do.”

“Um, you just dignified my question with an answer.”

She scowled at him in reply.

He gave a lazy shrug. “I found some old writings in the library. There’s a journal from the original Elsbeth Noble in 1891. Did you know she and Emmett Sumner were in love?”

“What? No!” Elle had always known that she’d been named for one of her ancestors and Emmett for one of his, but she hadn’t known the two were in love.

Emmett nodded and she saw the excitement flash in his eyes. “Yup. Their parents broke them up. I guess history really does have a way of repeating itself.”

The look on Emmett’s face when he said the words told her he wished he could take back the statement as soon as he’d said it.

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