She turned back toward him and sputtered in embarrassment because that’s precisely what she’d been doing.
He went to her and pulled her into his arms.“Don’t, Baby.I love that you like looking at me because I definitely like looking at you.”
He tipped her head back with a finger under her chin and then bent and pressed his mouth to hers.
She felt his body stiffen when she hummed and tightened her grip on his waist to get closer to him.
He lifted his head.“Unless you want me to strip you and lay you down on the nearest bed, we need to go.”
Her tongue slipped out and ran over her lips, needing to taste him.
He groaned.“Woman, you are testing me here.”
She smiled at the hot but teasing look in his eyes.She walked past him out the door and shivered when he followed closely behind her.
He kept glancing at her as they drove, never releasing her hand.
She loved the way his eyes kept returning to her as they sat at stoplights.That morning, she had pulled her hair into a ponytail, and she wore a short-sleeved, button-down white shirt, khaki shorts, and tennis shoes.She’d also tied a gray sweatshirt around her hips in case she got cold.She knew it was stylish, and it was practical for hiking.
Within thirty minutes, he parked and then stepped out of his truck, grabbing his backpack from behind the driver’s seat.He walked around and helped her down.He watched as she started to pull on the small backpack she’d brought.
“Hold up.Let me feel that,” he said and held a hand out.
She handed him the backpack.“What’s wrong?”
“I just don’t want it to be too heavy for you.I’ve got everything we need in my backpack.”
“I don’t feel right making you carry everything.”
He smiled and cupped her chin to raise her face.“I’m twice the size of you.I think I can handle a twenty-pound backpack.”
She gripped his wrists.She noticed the veins and tendons that ran down the back of his hands and up his arms, showing his strength.His whole body was one fine-tuned machine, she could tell he took care of.
“All right, I’ll leave mine in the truck,” she said, setting it behind the seat, and waited until he closed and locked the doors.He held out his hand for her and then started down a path that would take them a few hours to hike.
He made her stop several times to drink and eat a granola bar.He was impressed with her stamina, and she did well to keep up with him, although he slowed his pace, taking into account her legs were half the size of his.
They both had a sheen of sweat, and their breathing had accelerated when they got back to the truck.Kaleb opened the passenger side door and lifted her into it.He handed her water.“Drink, Baby.”
She smiled and shook her head.“If I drink too much more, I’m going to need a ladies’ room quickly.”
He chuckled.“You’ve got three choices.There’s a public one down the road a bit you could use, you can wait until we get to a restaurant, or there are several trees behind you.”
Myla’s mouth dropped open and then closed as she caught the smirk on his face.If she didn’t know any better, she’d think he was daring her.She pushed at his shoulders and then hopped down.
“Hey, what are you doing?”Kaleb asked.
“First, I’m going to look for a Kleenex, and then I’m going to use that tree over there,” she said, pointing over his shoulder at one of the larger trees.
His gaze scanned the area.“Do you have to go that badly?”he asked worriedly.
She bit her tongue to keep from laughing.“No, not really.”
“Then why can’t you wait until I get you to the restrooms?”
She flung her arm out.“But why, when there are perfectly good trees right there?”
He narrowed his eyes on her.“You would do it too, wouldn’t you?”
