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I feel myself doze. A loud crack from the fire startles me awake and I shake my head. “Get it together, old girl,” I murmur.
Not wanting to fall asleep and spill red wine all over myself, I push to stand and walk down the slope toward the lake. Toward the dock. It’s my favorite place to sit.
Morning tea.
Peaceful lunch.
Bedtime wine.
It faces due west, which means it’s a spectacular place to sit at night. It’s chillier down by the water too, something I clearly need to stay awake right now.
I pull the blanket tighter around my shoulders and stare out at the inky water as I mull over the day’s events. The boards shake before I ever hear Ford’s approach.
He crouches behind me, but I don’t turn to look at him. I keep staring out at the other side of the lake, now dotted with lights from a home opposite mine.
I swear I can feel his annoyance even though I haven’t turned around.
I smile into the cool night.
His hand wraps around my ponytail, and he gives it a gentle tug, pulling my head back. Forcing me to look into his eyes, their green almost black in the darkness.
In the past, this has always felt playful. Flirtatious even. But tonight, it makes my stomach flip and my blood pump faster. It’s downright commanding.
“Are you ignoring me, Rosalie?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I like fighting with you.”
His head quirks in an almost feline way. A shiver races down my spine.
“Do we fight, or do we flirt?”
I wink at him, my head still tilted back. “With us, I think they’re the same thing.”
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"Stop overthinking it. Let’s just carry on like nothing happened. Go back to being frenemies who don’t… exchange pens. This thing is so new, it never even got any legs, so nothing needs to change. I’m a big girl. I’ll be fine.”
I wonder if he can hear the lie in my words. I won’t be fine. But there’s too much at stake. I don’t want to hurt his and West’s relationship, and I especially don’t want Cora to get attached to the idea of something that might just be a blip on the radar. She doesn’t need anything else in her life that isn’t permanent.
“I worry about you,” is all he says. And I can hear the anguish in his words.
“Why? I got a really great make-out session behind the bar and the world’s okayest orgasm out of the deal.”
He drops his head between his knees now. Like he’s on a plane, preparing for a crash landing.
I chuckle. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to make you cry over it.”
“Rosie. You kill me.”
“That was funny. Why aren’t you laughing?”
Now his head tips up. Eyes glowing neon, like they defy the dim light in the living room. “There’s nothing funny about the way I want you.”
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