Snowbound Squeeze by Tawna Fenske

Author:Tawna Fenske [Fenske, Tawna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tawna Fenske

Chapter 7

Gable

Oh my God.

My mouth goes dry as I watch Gretchen’s bare back retreat across the room. Her skin is flawless, and the smile she throws over her shoulder turns my chest cavity into a simmering bowl of want. I look down and see I’m clutching her T-shirt so hard my knuckles are white.

Tell her.

The voice in my head is screaming it. Reminding me that before this goes further, she needs to know who I am and what I’ve done. I’ve had plenty of chances. She deserves the story.

But as I fold her shirt and lay it on the table, I can’t seem to find my voice. I still can’t find it as I follow her across the room, anticipation swelling like a lava-filled balloon in my chest. I’m three feet away, and I can already feel her.

She turns in the doorway of the blanket fort and smiles. My breath catches in my throat as I let my gaze sweep her shoulders, her breasts, her belly. A deep flush spreads over her cheeks, and I know self-consciousness is setting in.

“Gretchen.” I reach for her, sliding my palms into the warm, bare curve of her waist. “You’re so beautiful.”

She laughs, but there’s a note of uncertainty in it. “Thank you.”

“No, thank you.” I kiss the spot just below her ear, breathing her in. “Thank you for inviting me to dinner.” I kiss her again, lower this time along the curve of her neck. “And for kissing me goodbye this morning instead of charging off into the blizzard.”

If she hadn’t, who knows where she’d have been when that tree fell?

And who knows where we’d be now?

I move lower, skimming my lips over her throat. “And thank you for taking off your shirt.” She shivers as I plant one more kiss on the tender spot where her neck meets her shoulder. “And for whatever’s about to happen between us.”

She shivers again and draws back to meet my eyes. Her smile is warm as she squares her shoulders. “Look, I know we’re both at weird places in our lives. And I know this can’t mean anything. So why don’t we just enjoy it for what it is?”

I shake my head, determined to be honest in this at least. “No.” I skim my hands up her ribs, watching her shiver. “It means something to me. It means everything. That’s the only way I’m doing this.”

She holds my gaze with hers, studying me like she’s trying to see into my soul. I want her to know she can believe me. Even if I haven’t told her everything, this much is true. This isn’t a fling for me.

“Yeah,” she says softly. “It’s more to me, too. I didn’t mean it to be, but—”

“I know.” I kiss her shoulder again, needing to memorize the sprinkle of freckles on pale skin. “Same.”

So there it is. We’re on the same page, at least as far as what comes next.

Same page? You haven’t even given her the book, asshole.

I push aside the self-doubt and pull her into my arms, kissing her long and deep as her fingers twine in my hair.

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