Page 17 of Cabin Kisses

I push the hair off her face. “I’m sure.” She nods but doesn’t say anything. “Tell me what you’re thinking, Gina.”

Her hands go to my waist. This is probably not a conversation to have naked, but I’m not going to take the time to put on clothes. “I think you were right.”

My heart is racing in my chest. “Right about what?”

“When you... when we...” She shakes her head as if fixing her thoughts. “It felt like making love to me too.”

I let out a breath, and my forehead touches hers. “Fuck yeah, it was.”

Her hands trail up my chest. “I want this, Levi. I’m scared and afraid you’ll change your mind, but I want this. I’m all in.”

I pick her up, swinging her around in the living room. Her legs go around my waist, and her hot core is against my abdomen. I stride with her down the hall back to the bedroom. “Where are you going?”

I toss her onto the bed and follow her down. “It’s Christmas, baby, and I just got my miracle. I’m going to celebrate.”

She’s smiling up at me, all insecurities gone. “We should probably put up a tree.”

“I’ll put up a tree after we’re done... probably tomorrow... or the next day.”

She laughs. “But Christmas will be over then.”

I shrug. “Yeah, well then you can just help me put one up next year. I need inside you, Gina.”

She slides her arms around my neck, smiling. “Next year?”

I kiss her cheek and whisper into her ear, “Yeah, baby. And the year after that too.”

She reaches down between us and wraps her hand around my hard shaft. “I like the sound of that.”

I moan. “Me too.”

Epilogue

Levi

One Year Later

Iwish I could say that everything was easy and effortless, but I’d be lying. The truth is it took me awhile to convince Gina that we were meant to be together. If I could spend just fifteen minutes with her ex, I’d take it.

It’s only in the last six months that she’s seemed to come out of her shell and feel comfortable in her own skin. And well, I thought I loved her then, but now I’m obsessed. She’s sassy and confident. She walks into a room and claims me instantly without any hesitation. She’s finally free from the shit she went through before.

I lift my head and look at her in my arms. She’s still sleeping, and it’s dark outside. The only light is the soft gold glow from the Christmas tree in the living room that shines down the hall. Last year, when it was time for Gina to check out, she left, and we promised each other that we would work it out to see one another. I lasted all of an hour before I hit the road to Whiskey Run. I knew I couldn’t let her go.

I stayed there for two months before she decided that she’d like to come back to Ski Mountain with me, and we’ve been here ever since.

“Levi,” she says groggily.

I loosen my arm from around here, realizing that I was holding her too tight. “Yeah, honey.”

She lifts her head to look at me. “What were you thinking? Your heart is racing, and you were holding me like you were afraid I was going to sneak out of here or something.”

I push her hair off her forehead and kiss her. “I was thinking about when you left me this time last year.”

She kisses my chest. “I didn’t leave you. I had to go back and get things sorted out.”

My voice is gruff. I hate thinking about that day. Even though I followed her, she still left. “When you left, you said and I quote, ‘You can see other people, Levi. I don’t expect you to wait on me.’”

She leans into me, laying her head on my chest. “At the time, I wasn’t sure about things. I was still wondering if we were moving too fast or if this was real or not.”

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