Runaway Love by Lea Coll

Author:Lea Coll [Coll, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 14

Ireland

I couldn’t move from my spot on the couch. I felt wrung out in the best of ways. My body still hummed with the aftereffects of that earth-shattering orgasm.

I wasn’t proud that I’d felt a little needy after he pulled out. I’d wanted him to hold me, to tell me we hadn’t screwed everything up. This could just be a fling for him, a way to pass the time while we were stuck together in this snowstorm.

When he returned, the light from the tree illuminated his tan skin. “Is there room for me on that couch, or should we move to the floor?”

“I can’t move.”

With a chuckle, he leaned down and scooped me into his arms. I was a little surprised he’d done it so easily. When I was cocooned on the pillows, he grabbed blankets to throw over us. “Are you warm enough?”

“I don’t want to get dressed yet.”

“Me either.” I rested my cheek against his chest, listening to his heart thud under my ear. “Do you regret it?”

He let out a breath, and I wished I could take back the question. “No. Do you?”

“No.” I traced a pattern on his chest, the hair tickling my finger.

He caught my wrist to stop the movement. “Are you sure?”

“For once in my life, I didn’t second-guess anything. I went with my feelings. You’re nothing like any of the guys I’ve dated before. We acted on instinct and attraction, not a list of characteristics you’d have on some checklist.”

Emmett cocked his head. “You have a checklist of things you want in a man?”

“Maybe.”

He adjusted himself so that he was looking down on me while propped on his elbow. “Will you tell me what’s on the list?”

I ticked the list off on my fingers. “Educated—”

“Does it have to be college or post-grad?”

“Honestly? It doesn’t matter. It’s more that any man I like should be interested in improving himself and learning new things.”

“I went to college and I like learning new things.”

“Check,” I said with a smile. “And he has to be nice to me.”

Emmett frowned. “Have you dated a lot of men that weren’t nice to you?”

I rolled my eyes. “Some guys are too caught up in what they have going on to see you, if that makes sense.”

Emmett frowned. “I guess it does.”

I wondered if he thought my list was shallow. “It would be great if he had a sense of humor. But I’m not funny, so I can’t hold that against anyone.”

“I fail on that count.”

I laughed. “So true.”

He tickled my sides.

“No. Please don’t. I’m so ticklish.”

His fingers stilled, but he kept his hand on my rib cage. “What else?”

“He has to be a family man, whether that be one he made or his biological family. I guess I’d want him to be willing to spend his time with me and be interested in creating a family down the road.”

Emmett tipped his head to the side. “Men aren’t willing to spend time with you?”

I rolled my eyes. “Are you listening to me?”

He kissed my brow.

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