“Get off me!” Haley snapped, digging faster.
“I wouldn’t be on you if you weren’t on my goddamn property!” he snapped, only to end up grunting when she slammed her elbow into his shoulder.
Cursing the fucking tulips that got them into this mess in the first place, Jason pushed himself in further until her entire body was snuggled tightly beneath his. She instantly went still beneath him as he took advantage of her stunned reaction and grabbed as many flowers as he could, tearing them out of the ground and threw them over his shoulder.
“I said get off me, not crush me!” Haley snapped as she tried not to panic.
There was a large man on top of her!
Her senses went into overload as she tried to focus. But all she could think about was how good it felt to have his hard stomach pressed against her back. Suddenly a shiver shot through her that had nothing to do with the ice-cold water seeping through her clothes and-
“That better not be what I think it is,” Haley bit out between clenched teeth.
“It’s not.” It was. “Don’t flatter yourself, sweetheart,” Jason snapped, trying not to groan or grind into her, but God, did she feel good.
He had to admit that he was shocked to realize that he was reacting to her like this. Not that he ever had a problem getting it up. He didn’t. Of course, these days, his interest in sex had waned a bit. Hell, he couldn’t even remember the last time he had sex, which was a problem.
He made a half-assed attempt to pull out more flowers. That seemed to distract her from the fact that her pert little ass was snuggled tightly against him. His eyes closed as he nuzzled her neck and slowly inhaled. Haley didn’t seem to notice, so he did it again. He would swear on his life that she smelled like blackberries and vanilla.
God, she smelled so damn good.
She groaned in irritation. “I don’t know what your problem is. I made a mistake planting them on your property and I’m really sorry, but just let me move them over a few inches and everything will be fine.”
That snapped him out of his daze.
“Oh, hell, no!” Jason bit out as he reached past her and began ripping more flowers up. She swore under her breath as she crawled out from under him to save whatever flowers she could. He simply followed her, assuming the same position each time.
“You’re being a jerk! I just want my bulbs!” Haley said, trying not to cry. These were her grandmother’s bulbs. Her grandfather bought them for her grandmother after the war to celebrate the success of their first business.
“Not happening!” Jason snapped, digging faster.
“Why not?” Haley demanded, close to crying. “I don’t understand what your problem is. You don’t do anything with your property. So, why do you care if there’s a flowerbed here or a few inches over? They’re not hurting you!”
“The hell they’re not!” Jason snapped, thinking of all the spots on his back and neck that still throbbed.
“They’re just flowers. What the hell could they possibly have done to piss you off this much?” Haley demanded, absently waving off a bee as it buzzed past her ear.
“Bees!” Jason said, trying to back up only to realize that he was stuck.
“Yes, it’s a bee,” Haley said slowly as though she were talking to a small child, clearly not understanding the problem.
He groaned as he tried to twist free. When that didn’t work, he snaked his arm around her waist and tried to pull her free.
“Hey, get your hands-”
“It’s a fucking nest and we just disturbed it!” Jason yelled, frantically trying to get them out of there before it was too late.
Haley’s eyes shot forward and then widened. Sure enough, two feet in front of her was the start of what appeared to be a very large nest poking out of the ground thanks to the flowers they’d yanked up. Yellowjackets began swarming just above the nest. It wouldn’t be long before they descended on them.
“Move!”
“I can’t!”
Haley clenched her teeth as she slammed back against him as hard as she could. He groaned low in her ear but didn’t stop trying to move back. She moved forward and slammed back again and again. Each time was met with a groan and a gain of a few more inches.
“One more time!” he grated.
She moved forward and this time when she slammed back against him, she pushed up with her shoulders and managed to dislodge him. Jason used the momentum to pull her free. He kept his arm snaked around her waist as he dragged her away from the nest.
