Nina (Beach Brides Book 3) by Stacey Joy Netzel & Beach Brides

Author:Stacey Joy Netzel & Beach Brides [Netzel, Stacey Joy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781939143570
Publisher: Stacey Joy Netzel
Published: 2017-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

There was a note of challenge in Nina’s voice that threw Finn off. He couldn’t tell if she was serious or mocking. “White picket fence and a minivan?”

“Oh, yeah. The whole nine yards.”

Mocking. Had to be.

Kismet bounded up to him, tongue lolling out of her mouth, and he bent to rough-house with her to mask his disappointment. The crazy little nut took off again, ready to play. He stuck his poles off to the side and scooped up another handful of snow.

Before he could form a snowball, one hit him on the right shoulder with a solid thwack. It broke apart on impact, pieces flying everywhere as he ducked reflexively. Some hit his face, and some fell beneath the collar of his jacket. As it melted, it left a wet, shiver-inducing trail down his back.

Nina’s laugh rang out behind him.

He turned around, hands still full of snow. “What was that for?”

“You never answered.” Her mittened hands were forming another snowball.

“Answered what?”

“If you want to get married. Does the question scare you?”

Definitely a challenge there. “Not at all.”

Her hands stilled. “Well?”

Finn made a drawn out show of packing the ball in his hands really tight. “Yes, I want to get married. Wife. Kids. The whole nine yards.”

For a moment, she looked like his answer scared her. In the next blink, she tossed her ammo at him. He ducked and threw his at the same time. She gave a short cry with a defensive bend and twist. The snowball glanced off her shoulder, and when she reached her hands down to reload, he charged forward.

Her eyes widened when she saw him coming. “No! Finn—don’t. I’ll stop—I’ll stop.”

Too late.

He caught her around the waist and tackled her into the snow alongside the trail they’d forged on the way up. He landed on top of her, their legs, snowshoes, and her poles all tangled together.

Kismet’s excited yip gave him a couple seconds warning before she started slobbering in his ear with frantic licks of her tongue. His firm command to sit saved Nina from his dog, but he scooped up a huge handful of snow to hold over her face. Her shriek vibrated his eardrums and echoed through the trees as she thrashed her head back and forth to avoid a face wash.

He had to command Kismet down again, but didn’t lower his hand.

“Finn, please.” Nina half-laughed, half-panted as she pushed up against his chest. “Don’t.”

He considered using his leverage to force a confession about the upcoming auction, but decided against it. Surprising her that night would be a lot more fun.

And right now, he had a much better idea.

When he moved his hand closer, she squeezed her eyes shut, her entire body tensing in preparation. Flakes of snow that had landed on her face during her struggles melted atop the bright flush in her cheeks. He knew the feeling. Even with their clothes and jackets between them, the length of her beneath him heated him from the inside out.

How was a man

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