Page 1 of Falling Over You

Chapter 1

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Eve

It was bad enough that Eve had to come on vacation with her whole family. It was even worse that they’d chosen to do it over Christmas.

But the worst part was that they’d chosen to go skiing.

Fucking skiing.

She didn’t hate skiing, it was actually the opposite. She loved it and was good at it. Great at it, really. The problem was that no one else in her family was any good other than her dad. As luck would have it, he didn’t ski anymore. Hell, her sister Mackenzie had only ever been on skis one other time in her whole life.

What this meant was that instead of spending quality time with her family, she was alone, staring down the mountain from the largest hill at the lodge.

She’d tried to stay with her family, telling them she didn’t mind doing bunny slopes, but they weren't having it. They insisted that she go and enjoy herself.

As if that could happen when she was the lone wolf while they were all paired up.

The trip consisted of her mom and dad, her sister Skylar and her husband Peter, and her sister MacKenzie and her wife Juno.

She was the only one without a partner.

Which was made even slightly more ironic because she was also the oldest sibling. At thirty-one, she never once thought that both her sisters would be married before her. The joke was definitely on her.

Not that she wanted to get married. She liked her life. She liked her job as a curator at a museum. She had friends and a bountiful social life. The only thing she didn’t have was someone to share it with at night, when she went home alone.

Was that really such a bad thing?

Who needed a man when she could have the whole bed to herself and not have to worry about someone hogging the covers?

As for orgasms, she’d become proficient at giving them to herself. Which was more than she could say for a lot of the guys she had dated over the years. It seemed it was her fate in life to not be able to have an orgasm during sex. Oral sex, yes. Penetration, no way, no how.

Oh, she had tried.

After college, she’d basically gone on an orgasm hunt, searching them out night after night. She tried different guys, different positions, and different scenarios. It had been her mission to find the big O with a guy. And yet, it never happened.

Eventually, she’d given up and taken her orgasms where she could get them. In the last two years, that was from her trusty rabbit that never failed to get the job done.

Deciding she’d stalled too long already, she placed her goggles back over her eyes and took off down the hill.

The thrill that skiing down a mountain gave her never got old. Her dad took her skiing just once as a teenager and she’d taken to it easily. Quickly, she’d outgrown the easy slopes and moved on to the harder ones. Her dad had been so proud of her and loved that she enjoyed something he liked. Over the years, they'd skied together many times, until his knee had decided no more. Now, he stayed on the bunny slopes with the rest of the family while she was left to race down the mountain on her own.

There were very few people on the hill so she didn't need to worry about anything but the rush. She flew, enjoying the feel of the wind against her face and the sun rising in front of her. She was just about to the bottom when she saw another skier pass her on the right. They were both going full speed and there were a few other people at the bottom of the hill. She pulled right trying to avoid them but the skier who passed her pulled left at the exact same time.

Because, of course, he did.

They collided, hard, both of them toppling over with her falling over him and landing right on top of him.

Both of them groaned.

“What the hell.” His voice was deep and strained with just a hint of pain. “There’s no way you didn’t see me.”

“I could say the same for you.” She tried to sit up but their skis got even more tangled.

“For the love of God, stop moving.” His hands grabbed her hips, presumably to still her movements.

“I’m trying to get off you.” She lifted her head for the first time, ripping her goggles off and coming face to face with what can only be described as the most beautiful man in the world.

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