Page 72 of Kiss and Tell

“So you can’t fall in love with someone that fast,” Lucy insisted.

“Of course you can. I’m pretty sure I was head over tits for Hank about ten minutes into our first date. And while you’re worrying about being some sort of girl, let me tell you, that man had me out of my panties before the date was over. I think if you know, you know. So stop trying to set up some sort of timeframe.”

Lucy considered that, wondering if perhaps Macie was right. Because she’d felt this feeling even before getting on the RV. It was what had prompted her to get on in the first place even though her brain was screaming, “Abort! Abort!”

“Even if Iamstarting to get feelings for them, I can’t follow through on them.”

Macie frowned. “Why not?”

“Because this isn’t forever. It’s for now.”

Macie scoffed. “I’m pretty sure most forevers started as a for now.”

“I have to go home to the farm, to my job, and my family, and Joey and Miles have to, well…they have to keep going.”

Macie didn’t seem to like that answer. “Maybe that’s true, but I think you owe it to yourself to at least consider some other resolution. Especially since being with them feels right. If you ask me, it sounds like the beginning of one hell of aKiss and Tellepisode. You’re a lucky woman, Lucy Storm.”

Macie loaded the rest of the dirty dishes on her tray and walked back to the kitchen, just as the guys reappeared.

“Ready to go?” Joey asked as she stood, wrapping his arm around her waist.

She nodded.

Joey and Miles discussed their plans for interviewing Hank Cooper. It was obvious they were excited about the show. Joey climbed behind the steering wheel of the RV, while Miles rode shotgun. Lucy was happy to claim the backseat because it gave her time to consider what Macie had said.

She wasn’t in love with Miles and Joey…yet. She hadn’t known them long enough. However, there was a big part of her that suspected she could fall very hard for both of them if she let herself.

No. Macie was wrong. This wasn’tKiss and Tell. This was a casual-shrug kind of what-the-hell.

She wanted them, and they wanted her. She was going to keep it as simple as that. To do otherwise would be the height of stupidity.

Lucy watched the houses fly by as Joey took them out of downtown Maris, following the GPS that would lead them to the campground where they’d reserved a spot for the next few days. Once they arrived, they set up the RV. After so many days on the road, they were professionals when it came to arranging the campsite.

While the guys put down the RV jack pads and hooked up the electric and water, Lucy turned on the appliances and pulled out all the loose items they tucked away during long drives.

Mack was staying with the rest of the crew and producers at Maris’s lone hotel, and as always, he would serve as their driver, transporting them to and from the ranch.

Lucy turned at the sound of the RV door opening, Miles and Joey returning.

The moment the door closed behind them, Lucy stepped in front of Miles, gripped his shirt in her hands, and pulled him in for a kiss.

If he was surprised by her impromptu, hungry kiss, he sure didn’t show it, his hands gravitating to her ass, gripping it tightly.

Joey remained where he was, less than two feet away, watching them kiss. He didn’t reach out to touch her. Probably because this was the first time Lucy had initiated anything physical. It felt as if he was still tiptoeing around them, careful not to push too far, lest he push them away entirely.

She was starting to hate that. Lucy had turned the corner on this affair, and now that she was there, she wanted them with her. All in.

Tonight, they were diving into this adventure with both feet.

Lucy broke the kiss, reaching over to draw Joey closer.

He leaned toward her, clearly expecting a kiss, so he frowned when she took a step away.

She turned her attention to Miles. “I liked you giving orders yesterday.”

Miles grinned. “Is that right?”

“I was hoping you would do it again,” she purred in her sexiest voice.

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