Saved by the Bride

Author:Lowe, Fiona [Lowe, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2013-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“You do realize this is all your fault? We could have been crossing the lake right now, well on our way to having wild monkey sex but no, you had to mention camping.”

Annika smiled up at Finn who’d cornered her near the storeroom, and was now using his body against hers in the most divine extortion tactics she’d ever experienced. She fingered his collar. “Actually, it was Hank who mentioned camping.”

“I should have him fired.” He nuzzled her neck.

His breath caressed her skin, making her dizzy. “He’s family.”

He raised his head. “And you think family can’t be fired?”

His expression said “joking” but she caught a glimmer of buried steel in the depths of his eyes. Business always comes first. She grabbed the stark reminder and held on to it like a life preserver in a debris-strewn sea. The fun they had together, the amazing sex they shared—all of it was very, very temporary.

She kissed him hard and then forced herself to break the contact. “Go have fun.”

He made a grumbling sound and tried to kiss her.

She ducked and pressed her palms against his chest. “Go. Relive your childhood camping adventures with Sean and tell Logan all the silly stories about the fish that got away and—”

“I’ve never been camping with Sean in my life.”

The words cracked like a whip and tension shot along his jaw so tightly she wondered how he’d been able to speak. She’d noticed a similar strain tonight when Finn had been talking with his father, although it lessened when they’d spoken about the company. She doubted they were close and yet she’d seen Sean with Logan teaching him to dive and fish—doing the things fathers did with sons that built relationships. Had Finn’s parents’ divorce got in the way of that?

She breathed in but it seemed hard work, as if she was pushing air against a heavy weight on her chest and she realized the weight was immense sadness for him. She recalled the few times she’d been lucky enough to go camping with her dad—just the two of them—and she treasured those special times when she didn’t have to share him with her mom or brother. “So tonight’s the time to start. It will help you all get closer, which can only be a good thing.”

“Annika.” He spoke her name on a warning growl. “I know you have this thing about helping, but don’t even think about getting involved in this.”

But she already was. With every passing day she was getting more and more involved with the Callahans.

* * *

Annika had slept with the blinds and windows open, allowing for the cross ventilation of fresh air and better sleep. The downside was the slivers of the dawn light and the cacophony of early morning birdsong woke her. Not that she minded. Between her excitement about setting up the thermography machine, thinking about Finn at the campout, and her arms constantly reaching out across the bed only to find a cold and empty mattress, she was done with sleep.

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