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Оглавление“It makes sense why you wouldn’t want to get involved with the customers.”
“That doesn’t have anything to do with it. I just like to keep my distance in general.” Alex sure wasn’t proving the truth of that statement, because as he said the words, he noticed that he’d somehow managed to scoot his sleeping bag closer to hers. “I like my life the way it is.”
“Of course you do,” she said, that sexy soft whisper back.
Another clap of thunder shuddered through the trees outside, and he found himself grasping the edge of her sleeping bag, tugging it toward him. He heard Charlotte’s indrawn breath. But she didn’t pull away.
“You live in your world and I live in mine,” he said, talking more to himself, wanting reassurance that despite their physical proximity, he still had some emotional boundaries left.
Their faces were inches apart. “You said it yourself, Alex. What happens out here stays out here.”
But what exactly was happening? He could navigate the wild mountain terrain in the snow without a GPS, but he’d never trusted himself to read women very well unless they provided him with a clear course.
“Are you sure about this?” he asked, not wanting to question what exactly this was.
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Sugar Falls, Idaho: Your destination for true love!
