“Same.”
They sat in companionable silence for a few minutes before he stood and held out his hand. “Come on. Let’s head out to the parking lot and wait for them. We’ll enjoy our last few minutes having a moonlight stroll.”
Placing her hand in his, Lexi stood and nodded. “I like the sound of that.”
“And hopefully we won’t have to wait another fifteen years to do this again.”
Laughing, they made their way out the door, but there wasn’t a doubt in her mind that they were both hoping that wasn’t an exaggeration.
Chapter Six
Two weeks later, Connor was at a breaking point.
He and Lexi had mastered the art of stolen moments—kissing in the pantry, locking her office door so they could make out like a couple of teenagers, and one particularly adventurous attempt at sneaking out to the boathouse so no one would find them.
But they always did.
Always.
And it was frustrating as hell.
There was so much happening at the resort the closer they got to opening day, and honestly, they were both ridiculously busy, but that didn’t stop him from thinking about her all day, every day. And those brief escapes just to be alone and kiss weren’t enough anymore.
“Hey, Con?”
“What?” he snapped before he realized how hostile he sounded. Turning, he found Slater standing next to the stainless-steel workstation, smirking. “Sorry. What’s up?”
“Sorry to bother you, but Lexi and I are working on remaking the drive-in movie setup that we used to have here when we were kids.”
“And?”
“And we were hoping you would whip up some concession stand food for it. I know it’s last minute and you’re busy, but we were going to test it out tonight. Harlow invited Swati, and she’s bringing some of her nieces and nephews, we invited some of the staff and their families, and then of course our key group will all be here. So? What do you think?”
“I think I want to punch you in the face for waiting until the last minute to throw this at me. Exactly how many people are we talking about?”
“Um…twenty-five? Thirty?”
The string of curses was out before he could stop them, and then he had to force himself to mentally count to ten before responding. “Uh…yeah. Sure. I’ll figure something out. Hot dogs, popcorn, candy…I’m not sure how I’ll get it all done, but I will.”
“Great!”
“Next time, ask before you plan something like this. I’ve got too much to do to have stuff like this thrown at me.”
“Will do.” For a moment, Slater just stood there. “What if I said I have a way of paying you back?”
“I doubt it, but…go ahead.”
“Well, I can’t help but notice that you and Lexi have been trying to have some alone time.”
“That’s because you’re primarily the one who keeps interrupting us.”
He chuckled. “True. But that’s only because Lexi and I work together. Anyway, what if I told you that me, Axel, and Walker are going to have a guys’ day with Jonah tomorrow?”
“A guys’ day?”
Nodding, Slater explained, “Yup. We’re going to test out a bunch of the amenities and activities geared toward kids. Jonah’s been asking about stuff and we figured we’d have him join us to check it all out.”
“That sounds great, but how is that paying me back?”
