Summer Camp Secret: A one-night stand, fake engagement summer fling romance by Kait Nolan

Author:Kait Nolan [Nolan, Kait]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Take The Leap Publishing
Published: 2024-04-11T18:30:00+00:00

8

“I shouldn’t have sat down.” Aspen didn’t even try to hide the fact that she was rubbing at the sore muscles of her ass. “I think between the ice skating and the bed, I’ve worked out more in the past few days than I have in months. At least using muscles that don’t normally get used.”

“It gets better with practice,” Brooks insisted.

She shot him a glance. “Which? The skating or the… other things.”

He paused, then smirked. “Both.”

“God bless practice. But I’d bless it more if I had access to a hot tub. Or at least a super hot shower. I’m not sure I’ve thawed out from the rink yet.” She’d fallen so much that, by the end, she and the ice had been intimately acquainted. But it had been a truly fantastic day. He had, yet again, gone to all this trouble to give her new memories and an experience she certainly wouldn’t have had on her own.

“If they have a hot tub, I don’t know about it. But we could head back to the cabin for a hot shower⁠—”

“I notice you’re using the singular there.”

“Very observant of you.” He winked and swung their joined hands. “But I actually have a better idea.”

“Oh really? Well, those continue to turn out well for me, so lead the way.”

“We do need to stop by the cabin first to pick something up.”

“Okay.”

The something ended up being a couple of towels. He stuffed them in a backpack and slung it over one shoulder before leading her back out of the cabin and into the woods. As the sun was close to setting, the shadows of the trees stretched long, lending an eerie twilight to the area.

“If this were a different kind of story, you’d be taking me to where you hide the bodies.”

Brooks looked down at her. “Oh, that took a dark turn.”

“But,” she qualified, “it’s not that kind of story.”

“No?”

“Absolutely not.” She might not know much about Brooks, but she knew he was a good man and no threat to any part of her. Well, except her heart.

“What kind of story is it?”

With his hand warm around hers and all the memories they’d made spinning through her mind, she admitted the truth to herself.

It’s a love story. God help me, it’s a love story.

But she couldn’t say that.

Copping out, she shrugged and offered a smile. “To be determined.”

He gave her some side-eye, like he knew that wasn’t what she really meant, but he didn’t call her on it.

Aspen had no idea how far they’d walked before she began hearing some sort of dull roar. “What is that?”

“Well, if I followed the directions I was given correctly, we should be coming up on Firefly Falls, for which the camp is named.”

“Oh! I didn’t realize it was a real place.” Then again, she hadn’t looked too deeply into the history of the camp when she’d booked her stay.

“It’s supposed to be.”

“I’m surprised the trail isn’t marked.”

“I think that’s the point. To keep it hidden and special for those in the know.

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