Over the Hills and Far Away (NOLA's Own #1) by Kelli Jean

Author:Kelli Jean [Jean, Kelli]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kelli Jean
Published: 2015-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

When Janine dropped off our breakfast, I watched with morbid fascination as Phil steamrolled through his vast amount of food. It made sense, considering he was the largest man I knew. I came from a family of large people myself, so I shouldn’t have been so surprised, but in all honesty, I thought he ate twice the amount that Connor could, and Connor was only a few inches shorter than Phil.

Once again, he wouldn’t hear of me paying. I should just give up on that altogether.

“What should we do now?” I asked as we headed out to the parking lot.

“What do you want to do?”

“You’re the one who’s been gone for five years!” I laughed. “What do you want to do?”

“Let’s go to the Reptile Sanctuary.”

“Yeah, all right. I don’t think I’ve been there since a high school field trip.”

He grinned. “Me and the guys used to go there when we wanted to skip school. We’d get all baked in the parking lot and poke the wildlife with sticks.”

“I’m not poking anything with a stick,” I stated.

“I got a stick I’d like to poke you with.”

“Yeah, you’ve made that pretty clear there.” I laughed.

He smiled his Lady Killer and took my hand, bringing it up to his lips. “You’re enchantin’ when you laugh.”

“And you’re a dirty pervert.”

“Takes one to know one.”

The drive was about fifteen minutes west along the highway. It was a pleasant drive, too, with his arm draped over the seat of the Black Beauty behind me. I realized that I felt comfortable with him, very natural, and I wondered why I was holding back.

Am I just scared of the intensity of the feelings I have for him?

“Do you know what time you’ll get back on Friday?” I asked.

“I think our plane arrives around three.”

“Would you want me to pick you up from the airport?”

He glanced over at me and smiled. “Yeah, that’d be awesome.”

“Would you like to come to my place after and have dinner?”

His smile brightened even more, and he slowed the Black Beauty to turn right down the dirt road that would lead us to the Reptile Sanctuary.

“I’d love to.”

“Would you like to stay the night with me?”

He slammed on the brakes, threw the truck into neutral, and yanked up the parking brake. Grabbing my face, he gave me a tongue-sucking kiss that left me breathless.

“Yes.”

“All right then.” I laughed.

He kissed me again and once more after that.

“I want you to stay at my place tonight,” he murmured against my mouth. “We don’t have to do anything. Just let me sleep next to you before I have to go.”

“Can I think about it?”

“Only if your answer is yes,” he replied with a grin.

The Reptile Sanctuary wasn’t as impressive as the name sounded. It was just several acres of swampland that had wide wooden walkways with railings over the watery bits. People could buy food pellets to toss into the snapping turtle holes, and sometimes, the park rangers could be seen dangling dead chickens to entice the alligators into feeding for spectators.

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