Stay With Me, Contemporary Romance (Last Frontier Lodge Novels Book 5)

Stay With Me, Contemporary Romance (Last Frontier Lodge Novels Book 5) by J.H. Croix

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Let’s be honest, it’s not like Eli gets mentioned all that much. I know him, but he’s only up here once in a while. He works like crazy. Gage has started getting supplies from Eli for customers. We always need gear for people who forget things when they pack for their trip. But it’s funny, you had your little fender bender with him, and it seems like you might like him. That’s not a bad thing, you know.”
    Jessa chewed on her lip. “I know. I might be a little into him,” she finally said, blushing even harder. “How in the world do you notice so much?”
    Delia chuckled. “I pay attention. You’re also one of the most straightforward people I know. I might not have gotten to spend that much time with you, but you just are who you are. It’s one of the things I love about you, but it also makes it easy to notice things. You might want me to shut the hell up about now, but should I do some reconnaissance and see what I can find out about Eli?”
    “Oh my… why would you think I’d want that?” Jessa finally asked, dying to ask Delia to do just that.
    Delia shrugged, a gleam in her eyes. “Because when most people are interested in someone, they’re, well, interested.”
    Jessa threw her hands up. “I can’t hide anything around here, can I?”
    “It’s not too easy. I’m just teasing, you know. I’ll steer clear if it makes you feel better.”
    “Oh no! If I’m going to have to deal with my nosy family, I might as well get something out of it.”
    Delia threw her head back with a laugh. “It’s good to have you here,” she finally said when her laugh quieted. “Speaking of you being here, I thought maybe you might want to go with me to Midnight Sun Gallery today.”
    “I’d love to. If it’s an art gallery, I’m there. Any reason you want me to go with you?”
    “A friend of mine owns it, Risa Thomas. I thought you might want to talk with her about your furniture. Diamond Creek may be small, but the art galleries here do a brisk business. You might find some opportunities to make a little extra cash here. The tourists spend crazy money.”
    A sprout of hope unfurled inside of Jessa.

10
    E li stood staring at the phone in his office. It was mid-morning and he’d mentally promised himself he’d call his father this morning. In between ruminations over what to do about Ryan’s unexpected presence in his life, Jessa danced through his thoughts. Those few minutes on the boat with her had basically blown his mind. He’d gone home and needed an ice cold shower to get a handle on the raging lust coursing through his body. He’d fallen asleep replaying those heated moments on the boat again and again in his mind. He was rattled at how quickly she’d snuck through what he’d considered his impervious defenses. He didn’t do relationships. Ever. But Jessa…she made him want more. Beyond the pounding need she elicited, he wanted to just spend time with her. She was light-hearted, funny, curious and damn good at fishing for someone who claimed to have little experience. She had a positive attitude and a spirit to try. The lightness she carried was so intoxicating, all he wanted was to see her again to soak up the way he felt when he was with her.
    His office phone rang, snapping him out of his Jessa-reverie. He stepped to his desk to answer when it stopped ringing. He heard Ryan’s voice answering from out front in the retail store. In a few short days, he’d gone from living a private, quiet life to stumbling into the cauldron of his attraction to Jessa and having a tag-along everywhere he went in Ryan. Even with Jessa’s forceful burst into his world, his worries about Ryan and how to handle the situation were simmering in the background. Eli had decided this morning that he would find a way to make sure Ryan stayed with him. The problem was how to make that happen without it becoming ugly with their parents.
    Eli didn’t want Ryan living a life on tenterhooks, wondering when their

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