at any given time.
She hadn’t been out of the room once—and hadn’t minded in the least.
“Jett?”
“Mmm…Natalie.” He tried to pull her closer, already kissing her shoulder, his hand sliding around to her stomach.
The man was insatiable.
She was so lucky.
“Buddy has to go out.”
Letting out a sigh, Jett turned to his back and managed to get his eyes open. He yawned, stretched and lifted up on an elbow to look at her. “Hey, beautiful.”
Very softly, Natalie said, “Hey.”
He lifted one brow then smoothed the sheet away from her breasts. “Didn’t I tell you that you wouldn’t need clothes?”
“You were mostly right.” Natalie swatted the sheet back down. “But if I had clothes, I could offer to take a turn with Buddy.”
“I don’t mind.” Jett patted her hip and rolled out of the bed. “Be back in a few.”
Skipping boxers and a shirt, he pulled on jeans, stepped into his shoes and grabbed his coat. Buddy, already well used to their routine, danced around him.
Jett hooked the leash to his collar. “He looks energetic this morning, so I’m going to walk him around the halls a little after he takes care of his business.”
“Want me to order room service while you do that?”
“Naked?” He gave her a mock frown. “Hell no. I’ll bring something back with me.”
And so it went. Natalie did little to nothing while Jett pampered her in the most outrageous ways. She was still in the shower when he returned. She heard him and started to turn off the water, but then the shower curtain moved and he stepped in behind her.
He kissed the nape of her neck and wrapped his strong arms around her. “Natalie?”
She put her head on his shoulder. “Hmm?”
“This is the best damn vacation I’ve ever been on.”
Shaking her head, she laughed and said, “You’re easy.”
Slowly, the grin slipped over his face. “I’ve had you all to myself all this time. It’s been perfect.” He set her back from him again. “But the damned snow has finally stopped and the roads are getting cleared. No way could we make it to the cabin. The side roads are going to be screwed for a while. But it looks like we could head back tomorrow morning, if that’s what you want to do.”
Only one more day alone with him. Natalie sighed. “I’ve loved every second here with you.”
“But you’re worried about your sister, right?”
“Yes.” Before getting in the shower, she’d checked her email account. “I got an email from her.”
“And? You don’t look happy about it.”
Far from happy, she was now more concerned than ever. “There was something wrong with the message.”
“What kind of wrong?”
“It was too brief, and far too cryptic to be from Molly.”
“What did it say?”
“Just that she’d be gone for a while, off having some fun for a change, and that she’d get in touch when she could.” Natalie shook her head. “That’s not her. She’d have told me where she was going, given me a way to get in touch with her.” Natalie chewed her lip. “If she was going to have fun, she’d want me to know about it.”
“The way you want her to know that you’re having fun now?”
Natalie nodded. It was so frustrating that she couldn’t reach Molly. And deep down inside herself, she knew something wasn’t right. “If you’re sure you don’t mind, I think we should head back.”
“Of course I don’t mind. If it was one of my sisters, I’d be the same.” His sexy mouth lifted into a grin. “Speaking of my sisters, they’re going to go even more nuts for you once they know we’re getting married.”
Natalie touched the middle of his chest then dragged her finger ever so slowly downward. Life was ready to intrude, but she still had today. “Guess I better make the most of our remaining time, then.”
“Sounds like one hell of a plan.” Jett closed his eyes when she circled her hand around him. “As long as you remember that our remaining time is forever.”
What kind of trouble is Natalie’s sister, Molly Alexander, in?
Find out in WHEN YOU DARE, the first of a sizzling new trilogy from Lori Foster and HQN Books.
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