Page 18 of A Billionaire's Cabin Love

My hand flew over my mouth. “Yes. I need to tell my friends goodbye.”

His possessive arm was glued to my waist as we walked toward my friends.

“Chrissy and Michelle, I’m leaving,” I shouted over the music.

Chrissy glared at Collin. “You better not take advantage of my friend.”

“I won’t. Her room is next to mine. We have a big day tomorrow. I just want her to rest.”

“You may have to start your day late. Kara will need half a day to recover.”

“I’ll make sure she’s all right. I’ll have her call you both tomorrow so you know she’s fine.”

Michelle pointed her finger, accompanied by a scowl. “You better Mister. We’ll rip through the Riley tourist files to find your info and we’ll come for you.”

He held four fingers in the air. “Scouts honor I’ll take care of her. She’s lucky to have good friends like you two.”

Their eyes narrowed at him.

“Good night, girls. I’ll call you tomorrow.” I tugged Collin toward the door.

I couldn’t tell if he drank too much. He was quiet. His eyes were serious. Not playful like they’d been most of the day. He slipped his jacket on, then helped me into mine. Collin zipped my jacket up to my neck, then intertwined our fingers as we walked out of the door.

I ripped my hand from his. “I’ve been drunk before. I can manage.”

“Kara, I’m sure you can. I’ll hold your hand until we reach the front door. I don’t want you to slip and fall.”

I chuckled. “That’s happened before, you know. It was so funny. I slipped and fell, tried to get up, and slipped again. It was better I crawled off the sidewalk and onto the packed snow.”

Collin bent over laughing. “One time I was so drunk my best friend Bryce placed peanut butter on my hand. He poked a pen against the tip of my nose and I swatted my nose, smearing peanut butter all over my face.”

I covered my face with my free hand. “Oh my god, that’s hilarious.”

“Yeah, I was too hung over to beat his ass in that moment.”

Collin never let my hand go until we were in front of my hotel door.

“I hope you had a good time.”

“Talkeetna is an interesting town. I underestimated how fun it could be on a Wednesday night.”

I smiled.

“Open the door. I’ll wait until you are safely tucked in bed, then I’ll go to my room through the adjoining door.”

My hand swept over his chest. “Did you arrange for us to have adjoining rooms?”

“Yes, just in case you needed me. Like tonight.”

I chuckled. “Ok.”

I shoved the key card in the door and flipped on the lights as we stepped inside.

“I’ll grab a bottle of water out of the fridge.”

I shrugged off my jacket. “Wasn’t aware there were complimentary bottles of water in the room.”

“There weren’t. I called the front desk and asked if they could add six bottles to our fridges. You began drinking heavily after your boyfriend stormed off.”

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