Page 9 of Her Grumpy Lumberjack

Sienna sticks her tongue out at me teasingly and my brain short-circuits as I think of all the things I want to see her do with that pretty mouth of hers.

Dammit, I don’t know how much more of this I can take.

“I saw a place called Fireside Lodge when we were in town,” Sienna says, totally oblivious to my internal meltdown. “I was thinking of staying there tonight. Is it nice?”

I swallow hard. “Yes.”

“Good. Well, I better get going then.”

I should let her go. I definitely shouldn’t invite her to stay at my cabin. That’s the last thing I should do?—

“You can stay at my place if you want,” I say gruffly.

Fuck.

Sienna blinks up at me, looking surprised. “Chase, you’ve already done enough for me. And anyway, I know you like your own space. It’s better if I stay at the lodge.”

She’s giving me an out, but I can’t take it. I can’t fucking help myself. I want her with me. If she leaves now, she might change her mind about the whole thing and never come back. She could go back to Denver any second and I’d never see her again.

That should be exactly what I want.

But it isn’t.

I know damn well it isn’t, even if I don’t want to think about what that could mean.

“I want you to stay,” I tell her.

A teasing smile spreads across Sienna’s face. “I thought you couldn’t wait to get rid of me?”

I grunt. “Do you want to stay or not, smart mouth?”

“I’d love to.” She beams at me. “Thank you, Chase.”

She’s standing so close to me. I can see the freckles on her cheeks, the golden flecks in her brown eyes, the sheen of gloss on her plump lips.

They look so fucking kissable: red and juicy, just begging to be sucked.

Before I realize what I’m doing, I lean down toward her, and Sienna’s eyes widen. Our faces are almost touching, and at that moment, I need to kiss her. A second passes but it feels like an eternity as we stare at each other, my heart thumping so hard it hurts.

Kiss her. Fuck the consequences. This girl is too beautiful to resist.

But before I get the chance, Moose barrels toward us. He darts around, barking as he breaks us apart, desperate for attention. Sienna laughs as he leaps up to greet her, but her attention is still on me.

“I’ll go and get my luggage out of the car,” she says once Moose finally gets down and starts jumping up on me instead.

I nod, watching as she leaves. Even from behind she looks gorgeous: her dress stretching across her wide hips and full ass, those pretty pink locks streaming down her back.

“Goddammit, Moose,” I mutter with a scowl. “You sure know how to pick your moments.”

But I can’t stay mad at him, and he knows it. I give him a reluctant pat on the head, and when Sienna comes back with her luggage, I take it from her. We walk to my cabin together with my cock-blocking husky in tow, looking annoyingly pleased with himself.

5

SIENNA

My nerves are buzzing as I follow Chase through the forest, stumbling slightly as I go, my legs like Jell-O after what just happened.

Was Chase about to kiss me?

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