Falling Fast, Contemporary Romance (Last Frontier Lodge Novels Book 4) by J.H. Croix Page B
Authors: J.H. Croix
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attraction between them burned so hot and fast, he couldn’t ignore it, but he had no idea what Ginger was looking for. He mentally shook himself. It didn’t help to get worked up over this. Maybe the heat between them would start to cool.
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Ginger wound her scarf around her neck and walked through the automated door at the hospital. The cold slammed into her, and she paused in front of the building. She breathed in the icy air scented with snow and spruce. Marley and little Holly were sound asleep in the hospital room with Gage nodding off in the chair by the windows when Ginger left. Marley had asked her months ago to be with her for the delivery. Aside from Gage and Ginger, only Marley’s parents, Holly and Stan, had been at the hospital. Marley’s younger sister, Lacey, was out in the wilderness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge running a guided trip for a group. Trips like that were planned as far as a year in advance, and Lacey had been unable to find someone to take her place once Marley became pregnant. Ginger marveled that she’d been here most of the day. It felt as if almost no time had passed.
Her heart squeezed in her chest when she recalled the look on Marley’s face when the nurse put Holly in her arms. She took another bracing breath of air and looked out over the view. The hospital was situated almost in the center of town on a small rise, which afforded a view of downtown Diamond Creek and Kachemak Bay. The bay glimmered under the colors of the setting sun. The sun was slipping behind the mountains on the far shore of the bay, leaving streaks of pink and lavender in its wake.
It felt like forever ago when she’d said goodbye to Cam this morning. Last night felt like a mirage—out of place, out of time. Simply thinking of him sent her pulse up a notch. She flushed with heat inside when she recalled the feel of him surging inside of her. When she’d woken beside him this morning and his amber eyes landed on her, she’d instantly wanted him again. If her phone hadn’t rang when it did, she likely would have tackled him.
She started walking slowly across the parking lot and considered whether to call Cam. The wish to see him made her feel restless and vulnerable, so she tried to swat the feelings away. Her mind was having none of it. She hadn’t been thinking much last night because Cam seemed to have this unique ability to turn her brain off. All she’d known was she couldn’t turn away from the flames of desire flickering between them. She had no idea what to do with what was happening inside of her—her longing for Cam was a combustible mix of chemistry and emotion. It scared the hell out of her because nothing she’d experienced before compared, and she’d still been too vulnerable.
The snow crunched under her boots as she walked to her car. She suddenly realized if her car was here, that meant Cam had replaced her battery and brought her car over to the hospital. He’d parked it exactly where she’d parked his truck this morning. Her heart gave another kick. On top of everything, he happened to be kind and helpful, which made it that much harder to dismiss him. She climbed in her car and started it. She called Cam to thank him, experiencing a twinge of disappointment when all she got was his voice mail. She quickly thanked him for taking care of her car. Even though a suddenly loud voice inside of her really, really wanted to invite him over again, she forced herself to ignore that voice. She was too betwixt and between. Last night had blown the doors guarding her heart wide open. Without even trying, Cam had made her forget all of her promises to herself that had seemed so deceptively easy to keep for the last two years. The desire pounding between them made her forget everything. All she’d wanted was to be as close as physically possible to him. To make matters worse, he had to go and be downright amazing in bed. Before her marriage to Tony, she hadn’t had a ton of
***
Ginger wound her scarf around her neck and walked through the automated door at the hospital. The cold slammed into her, and she paused in front of the building. She breathed in the icy air scented with snow and spruce. Marley and little Holly were sound asleep in the hospital room with Gage nodding off in the chair by the windows when Ginger left. Marley had asked her months ago to be with her for the delivery. Aside from Gage and Ginger, only Marley’s parents, Holly and Stan, had been at the hospital. Marley’s younger sister, Lacey, was out in the wilderness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge running a guided trip for a group. Trips like that were planned as far as a year in advance, and Lacey had been unable to find someone to take her place once Marley became pregnant. Ginger marveled that she’d been here most of the day. It felt as if almost no time had passed.
Her heart squeezed in her chest when she recalled the look on Marley’s face when the nurse put Holly in her arms. She took another bracing breath of air and looked out over the view. The hospital was situated almost in the center of town on a small rise, which afforded a view of downtown Diamond Creek and Kachemak Bay. The bay glimmered under the colors of the setting sun. The sun was slipping behind the mountains on the far shore of the bay, leaving streaks of pink and lavender in its wake.
It felt like forever ago when she’d said goodbye to Cam this morning. Last night felt like a mirage—out of place, out of time. Simply thinking of him sent her pulse up a notch. She flushed with heat inside when she recalled the feel of him surging inside of her. When she’d woken beside him this morning and his amber eyes landed on her, she’d instantly wanted him again. If her phone hadn’t rang when it did, she likely would have tackled him.
She started walking slowly across the parking lot and considered whether to call Cam. The wish to see him made her feel restless and vulnerable, so she tried to swat the feelings away. Her mind was having none of it. She hadn’t been thinking much last night because Cam seemed to have this unique ability to turn her brain off. All she’d known was she couldn’t turn away from the flames of desire flickering between them. She had no idea what to do with what was happening inside of her—her longing for Cam was a combustible mix of chemistry and emotion. It scared the hell out of her because nothing she’d experienced before compared, and she’d still been too vulnerable.
The snow crunched under her boots as she walked to her car. She suddenly realized if her car was here, that meant Cam had replaced her battery and brought her car over to the hospital. He’d parked it exactly where she’d parked his truck this morning. Her heart gave another kick. On top of everything, he happened to be kind and helpful, which made it that much harder to dismiss him. She climbed in her car and started it. She called Cam to thank him, experiencing a twinge of disappointment when all she got was his voice mail. She quickly thanked him for taking care of her car. Even though a suddenly loud voice inside of her really, really wanted to invite him over again, she forced herself to ignore that voice. She was too betwixt and between. Last night had blown the doors guarding her heart wide open. Without even trying, Cam had made her forget all of her promises to herself that had seemed so deceptively easy to keep for the last two years. The desire pounding between them made her forget everything. All she’d wanted was to be as close as physically possible to him. To make matters worse, he had to go and be downright amazing in bed. Before her marriage to Tony, she hadn’t had a ton of
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