Page 34 of The Alpha and His Enemy Wolf
“The winds picked up. And rushing headlong into it doesn’t help.” He embraced her more tightly. “Come on, I know just the thing to warm you up.”
She pulled her head back and peered at him with a questioning look that had a hint of naughtiness. “Oh? That sounds—promising.”
He laughed. “I was thinking of a hot cocoa with Bailey’s inside the lodge.” He cocked his head. “But I’m sure I can find another way,” he added in a suggestive tone.
The smile she flashed had a hint of a sensual gleam. “Let’s start with a hot drink.”
Anticipation built within him. She hadn’t shot him down—unless he was misreading the conversation. Could this be the night?
After he dropped off the snow tube, Rafe slung his arm around her waist as they headed down to the lodge. He couldn’t get enough of touching her.
That longing to be near her continued inside. Instead of sitting opposite her at a table, he found a cozy nook beside the fire where they could sit on a bench side-by-side.
“This is nice.” She held her mug in both hands and sipped from it. “Not a bad spot to warm up.”
Now that Rafe had visions of another way he could heat their bodies, it’s all he could think of. They drank their hot drinks in front of the fire, thighs touching as they lingered until last call.
Once they left the pub, Rafe walked her back to the hotel. He didn’t want to leave her. The way she gazed at him with that sparkle of desire gleaming in her eyes indicated she might feel the same way.
His gaze lowered to her pink lips, and he ached to taste them once more.
Do it,his impatient wolf urged. “Good night, Mila.”
Her lips parted. “Good night.”
Sensuality pulsed between them until Rafe couldn’t think about anything else. He cupped her face with both hands before he leaned down and kissed her. She sighed against his mouth and then leaned into him as she kissed him back.
Desire clouded every thought. It didn’t matter whose daughter she was in that moment. All he wanted was to be with her.
He pulled back a few inches and stared into her beautiful eyes. “If we’re going to do this, we’re going to do this right.”
She furrowed her brows. “What does that mean?”
“It means forget this hotel. You stay in my house with me.”
Chapter 10
Mila
Although clouded by lust, a flicker of triumph pulsed through Mila’s brain. She never dreamed that Rafe would invite her to stay with him in his house. The access to him would be unprecedented. The information she could gain would be so valuable to her pack.
“It’s the only way we’ll get this out of our system,” she replied to Rafe.
His hungry eyes gleamed with a feral golden glint that sent a bolt of heat down to her core.
He moaned in an agreeable tone and ran his fingers over the side of her neck and over her shoulder. “Yes, we need to give our wolves what they crave.”
Her wolf moaned inside, intrigued by the promise of pleasure.
To avoid any miscommunication about the future, Mila added, “And after this week, we each go our own ways.”
Her wolf growled in protest.
Rafe stared at her with a penetrating gaze as if searching her true feelings. “That’s the only way.” His voice lowered to a husky rasp that stuck a sensual chord within her.
Mila stepped away from him and tried to clear her brain of the growing lust before it consumed her. “I should get my stuff from upstairs.”
He nodded and his gaze raked down her body. “I’ll take care of checking you out of your room.”
