She nodded. “Yeah, born and bred. This is the first time I’ve been in a small town, never mind a mountain. Any vacations we went on was always somewhere tropical.”
“I need to give you a tour then, before you leave. There are so many beautiful things to see on this mountain. It’d be a shame to miss out while you’re here.” I said as I plated our food and set the plates down on the kitchen island. I fetched the creamer and two mugs, along with the sugar.
“I’d like that,” Raci said as she sat on a bar stool. I placed the coffee supplies in front of her before grabbing the pot and filling our mugs.
As she fixed her coffee, I watched how much cream and sugar she added, wanting to know exactly how she enjoyed it. You know, in case I ever brought her breakfast in bed.
Which I had a feeling might happen.
I was ready to kiss her and never let go.
“At least the rain stopped,” Raci said, bringing me out of my thoughts.
“For now. I checked the weather earlier and there’s another storm moving in. I suggest we find your car soon, or you might be stranded here for longer.” I sat down across from her and fixed my own coffee before digging into my food.
“Is that such a bad thing?” Raci said, raising her eyebrows as she brought her coffee mug to her lips and sipped.
Is she flirting with me?
Yes! Yes, I think she is…
“I could ask you the same thing. Have you liked staying here?” I chewed my bacon and took a bite of toast.
Raci nodded and bit her bottom lip. The action caused me to squirm in my seat. “It’s quiet. Cozy. Peaceful. But last night…it was hard to sleep.”
“I’m sorry. Was my bed not comfortable? I know it’s not a special air mattress or waterbed, or something.” I teased.
“I pretty much have the same bed at home, just a different headboard.” Raci pointed out and stuck her tongue out. I wanted to pull her into my lap and kiss her adorable, smartass mouth. “So no, the bed was fine. I just…I don’t know. Maybe because it wasn’t my own bed.”
“Or maybe because you couldn’t stop thinking about a certain someone?”
Raci’s eyes locked on mine. “What?”
“We can stop skirting around it and come out and say it- I want to kiss you.”
Raci’s mouth fell open. “You?—”
“Yes. I’ve wanted to kiss you since the moment I saw you on my doorstep, ruined heels and all. I don’t know why. We’re complete opposites and lead completely different lives, yet…the spark…it’s there.”
Raci placed her mug down and fanned herself, her food completely untouched. “I feel it, too. How could I not?”
“So, may I?”
“May you what?”
“Kiss you, woman.”
Raci nodded, and I didn’t waste another second before sealing my lips to hers.
CHAPTER FIVE
Raci
I meltedon the bar stool as Ayden gripped one side of my face while kissing me. He tasted like breakfast and coffee mixed with mint and a hint of his cologne, his scent tickling my senses as much as his taste did.
I lost myself in the kiss, in him, in everything, the world around us slowly disappearing, only him and me and the universe.
We kissed and kissed, tasting, teasing, begging for more, and when we finally broke apart, dazed and panting, all I could utter was a whispered, “Wow.”
