Page 148 of Stuck With You
“What did you just do?” I ask calmly.
She bites the corner of her lip. “You didn’t answer me.Whereare you going?”
The mischief in those beautiful, different-colored eyes sends my blood soaring through my veins. I have wanted to kiss this woman a thousand times since the other night, and I’m waiting for the perfect opportunity. Really, I need to be damn sure she’s ready. But she’s making it incredibly difficult for me to be patient.
“I’m getting my drill. Then you can help me make sure it’s straight on the stand.”
She rounds the snow in her hands, forming the perfect ball. “Annnndddd, why are you not taking your truck with you to do that over at your house?”
She’s on to me, and I like it.
I tuck my hands in my coat pockets. “I don’t think it will fit in my house.”
Her eyelids droop just a little, her shoulders relaxing. There’s stillness all around, except for the adrenaline building within me.
“Was this your plan all along?”
I’m not exactly sure what she’s referring to, but falling for her was definitely not part of the plan. Getting the tree for them? Absolutely.
“Careful, Sarah.” I gesture to the snowball, daring her.
Her sassy mouth creeps into a fearless smirk. Her eyes squint, contemplating the risk.
She goes for it just as I expected, pulling her arm back and releasing the snowball.
Bam!
It splatters square against my chest. I look at the broken clumps of white powder on my boots and then drag my gaze to hers.
This woman has no idea what she’s just done.
Her smile fades as the silence falls around us again. There’s nothing but the crunch of my boots as I charge up the driveway, scooping snow into my glove as I go. Her eyes grow wide, and she runs for cover.
I form the ball in my hands, and she laughs, ducking behind my truck. “I’ve never lost a snowball fight, and I don’t care that you’re a woman. I’ll take your pretty ass down.”
“Are you trying to scare me, Leo?” Her voice comes from the front end.
I inch closer. “Leo?”
“Really? The lion.” Her voice retreats.
“You can’t hide, Sarah.” I move around the side.
Her head pops up across the hood, and she beams me in the shoulder with another snowball.
“You for sure can’t hide, you big mountain lion.” She laughs, and warm rays of joy explode in my chest.
I crouch low around the front of my truck, listening for her footsteps. I peek around the front and see her darting away. I hit her in the lower back, and she squeals, making a run for it.
I straighten, and she slips around the tail of my truck. “Surrender now, Sarah.”
“Never!” she yells.
The top of her hat pops up over the hood of my truck, and my snowball crashes against the garage. The next one flies right past my head.
I crouch low, moving around the front again and reloading as I go. I peek around the corner expecting to see her, but—
“Pssst.”
