North Ridge Trilogy by Karina Halle

Author:Karina Halle [Halle, Karina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Metal Blonde Books

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CHAPTER TWELVE

Riley

The text comes at eleven at night.

I worked all day at the lodge with Tony, giving a talk to young kids about mountain safety, followed by a few runs (Fox gave us lift passes), so I went to bed around nine, totally exhausted.

But despite being tired, my mind won’t shut off. It keeps thinking. I’m not even in control of my thoughts, they’re just going every which way. They’re thinking about Levi. They’re thinking about my parents. They’re thinking about the future. They’re thinking about the people I’ve rescued. They’re thinking about this town. And most of all, my thoughts seem to center on Maverick. Every part of him.

So the text doesn’t wake me up, though when I hear it I groan loudly because I’m so cozy and warm in bed and the last thing I want is to get out, get dressed in my gear and head into the cold night. For once, I just want to be a normal person who has a nine to five and can expect to get some sleep at night.

But when I look at the message, it’s not about search and rescue.

It’s from Maverick and it says, Spend the night with me.

My heart jumps and skips and swells.

Fuck. I’m losing my head here. Even just a two-line text for sex is making me giddy, filling my chest with champagne bubbles.

Are you going to pick me up? I text back. I can definitely walk to his place if needed but…

He texts back:

I’m outside right now. I’ll wait.

A grin splits my face. I’ll get out of this warm bed if I can go right into his.

Not that he hasn’t been here before. It’s been a week of us sleeping together whenever we can, which meant an afternoon sex session in my room, then the next day we fucked in the backseat of his truck, parked down a deserted road.

But I’ve never stayed overnight at his house, so this is a big step.

Stop thinking in steps, I tell myself. There are no steps when you’re just fucking.

I’ve become pretty good at ignoring that voice though. Because right now, there are steps. Steps that are bringing Mav and me closer, beyond being boss and employee, colleagues, beyond having casual sex. Each moment we’re together, I feel that rope wrapping us tighter.

I’m not sure what to do with the feeling. I know I should push it away to feel safer, to protect myself. Because what are we really doing here? We both know that what this is can’t morph into anything more or we’ll lose our jobs. I can keep sex a secret but anything more than that is going to get harder and harder. There will be a straw that breaks the camel’s back.

At the same time…god, it feels so damn good to be with him. The way he looks at me, the way he touches me. The things he says, both so possessive and sweet, soft and rough. He makes me laugh too, so much. He gets me, brings out my silly side while I bring out his.

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