Sleigh Bells in Valentine Valley by Emma Cane

Author:Emma Cane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Tony found himself eventually walking with just his sister and Kate. When Lyndsay turned down Mabel Street, waving good-bye, he continued to walk at Kate’s side.

She eyed him. “This is Valentine Valley. You do know that I can walk home safely. And I didn’t see you escorting your sister home.”

“That’s because this isn’t about protecting your delicate self. I’m alone tonight, you’re alone tonight.” He kept walking beside her, hands in his pockets.

She inhaled swiftly but didn’t say anything. He wondered if she was trying to think of all the reasons sleeping together was such a bad idea, like he was. And then, like the little devil on his shoulder, he reminded himself that they were adults, they both knew what they were getting into, no one had any notions that sex would lead to anything more. They’d slept together hundreds and hundreds of times.

Yet it was so risky, especially when their lives would be entwined forever regardless. But all he could think about was how long it had been since he’d touched her. Had her body changed? Had she changed? He thought she had, in many ways.

By unspoken agreement, they walked down her shadowy driveway, staying away from the lighted front porch. At the back door, she swung her purse off her shoulder, dug clumsily for the keys, then accidentally dumped them on the snowy stoop. He grabbed them first, unlocked her door, and swung it wide.

“I’m safely home,” she whispered, as if a crowd might overhear her. “Thanks for the escort.”

He leaned one arm against the doorway, knowing he should leave but unable to move.

“Are you waiting for a kiss good night?” she murmured. “Like we’re at the end of a date?”

Moonlight flickered through the bare branches of trees, etching her face. “I know we’re not dating.”

He dipped his head toward her, and she didn’t back away. Her lips were chilly on the outside, so moist and warm on the inside. He tilted his head and took her deeper, heard a low sound from her, but it wasn’t a protest.

She suddenly arched her head away. “Inside.”

They practically fell over the threshold in their eagerness. After shutting the door, he leaned her against a wall and laughed against her mouth. She wasn’t laughing, she was throwing her gloves aside, unzipping his ski jacket, and putting her hands on his chest.

“You’re so warm,” she murmured between kisses.

“Let’s get you warm.”

“You mean you don’t want my freezing hands on your naked flesh?”

“Something like that.”

They peeled clothes off, leaving them in a line from the back door to the master bedroom. He took her hand and hauled her toward the bathroom.

“Into the shower you go,” he ordered. “That’ll warm us up.”

She kept stripping until the tantalizing lingerie was the only thing covering what he wanted, what he needed. Too slowly, she slithered out of them until she was completely naked, and he found he couldn’t breathe. She pulled his shirt up over his head, and he suddenly remembered the tattoo.

She paused, and he winced as she took in the heart with the stake through it.

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