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By the time she reached the bottom, she’d wrapped her head around it. Snowboarding was a solo sport. But what she’d felt in that moment when he’d looked at her and seen her so clearly, seemed to know how she was feeling and what she needed…
That, she imagined—that was what it felt like to have a partner. To be part of a team.
She smiled at him when he did the chivalrous thing and insisted on carrying her board to the parking lot.
A team.
Yeah, she could definitely get used to this.
She loved it.
Chapter Forty-Six
On the one hand, Dallas didn’t want to push Ronnie too quickly.
He glanced over at her in the passenger seat where she was looking out at the trees flying past.
On the other hand, this wasRonnie. She would push right back.
The thought had him smiling all over again. He’d been doing so much of that today, his cheeks were starting to hurt.
He glanced over again.Worth it.
This time she must have felt his stare because she turned to face him. When she caught him sneaking peeks as he drove, she cocked her head to the side. “What’s up?”
He shrugged. “Just happy, that’s all.”
“Me too.” She sighed as she snuggled down into her seat, wrapping her hands around the hot tea she’d gotten to go before they’d left the lodge.
But he shifted in his seat. She didn’t get it. Or…even if she did, he needed to say it. “I’m serious, Ronnie.”
She glanced over again, her brows arching in question.
He reached out, and she slid one of her hands into his as if it was the most natural thing in the world. That was how it’d felt all day.
So natural. So…easy. But not easy in the “we’ve been together forever” way like he’d had with his ex. This was different. That hadn’t been easy, just…comfortable.
That relationship had been like one long habit, and not a healthy one.
But with Ronnie…
Well, he couldn’t say they had a relationship.Yet.
She was still waiting for him to speak, and he took a deep breath. “I think that might have been the best day of my life.”
He glanced over to see if he’d spooked her with his intensity. But no. Ronnie was good. She wore a small smile that made his gut clench with awareness.
Man, he couldn’t wait to kiss her again.
“I had the best time with you,” he continued. “And I want to have more just like it.”
When she didn’t instantly respond, he turned to look at her. She was still smiling, but thoughtful. “I’d like that too.”
He grinned. “Yeah?”
She laughed. “Yeah. Definitely. I’d love nothing more.”
He could sense abut, waiting to be dropped. But she clammed up instead, just as the exit for Paradise Springs came into view.
