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Scene #12
"This totally blows." Lizzie walked around to the back of her
TrailBlazer and opened the hatch. Bending forward, she slid the
iron to the edge of the truck, then leaned in with her whole body
to reach for the jack. As she was struggling to grasp it, she heard
a vehicle pull up behind her. She'd just grabbed hold of it when
booted footsteps approached. "While I'm really enjoying the
view, why don't you let me help you with that, darlin'?"
Lizzie froze. Only one man in her life had called her darlin'.
She'd known when she returned to Chance Creek, she’d see him again
but this wasn’t exactly what she had imagined. She turned and there
he was—all tall, dark, and yummy. She waited for pain of the past
to return, it didn't. Maybe time did indeed have a way of healing
wounds—her broken heart included. "Jake!" Giving in to
impulse, she ran to him and jumped up, wrapped her legs around his
waist, hooking her sandaled feet at the small of his back. She
threw her arms around his neck, and gave him a loud smacking kiss.
She turned her nose into his neck and breathed in his scent.
Heavenly. He still smelled like pine, man, and the fresh outdoors.
Jake. Jake laughed out loud as Lizzie reached up to catch his
black Stetson before it fell off his head, put it on her head, then
ran her hands through his hair. She trusted him to hold her
upright. "Hey! You've still got a full head of hair!"
"Still have all my teeth too." She watched in fascination as he, to
prove the point, ran his tongue across his top teeth. They were
white and straight and she remembered them biting her, nipping her
in places that hadn't been touched in a long, long time. "Wise
ass," she said with a laugh. He just grinned. "Still feisty as
ever I can see." "Like that was ever going to change." She
pulled him close and gave in to the urge to kiss his lips again,
testing to see if the fireworks the first time had been a fluke.
They hadn't. He chuckled. "I take it from your friendly
greeting, you don't still want to kill me in my sleep?" "Oh,
cowboy, if I wanted to kill you, it wouldn't be in your sleep."
He raised a brow. "No?" "Oh no. I'd want you to see it coming
so you'd know it was me." At that, he laughed out loud. "That's
my girl." He gave her a hug, then kissed her forehead, drawing
out a smile. Her heart beat wildly in her chest. He could still get
her hotter than a blazing inferno with one simple touch. The wind
swirled around them, for a few short seconds cocooning them in its
embrace, blocking out the rest of the world. Brown eyes met green,
both searching for something but hesitant at what they'd find. And
when the wind whirled away she sighed, wishing it could have lasted
a few seconds longer so she could have figured out a few of Jake's
secrets. "Until this very minute I didn't realize how much I
missed you." "If you move a little to the left, you'll know
just how much I missed you too." Lizzie swatted his arm and
plopped his hat back on his head. "Perv." She unhooked her legs
and slid to the ground. God, he was beautiful. From his dark brown
eyes to his booted feet, he looked just as she remembered.
Gorgeous. And, being completely honest with herself, she admitted
that she still wanted him. She'd figured as much before she came
home, but the lust coursing through her veins was more powerful
than she expected. "What do you say I give you a hand with the
flat?" Lizzie met his gaze. "You know, I really can handle
changing a tire. It won't be the first time." "But then you
wouldn't get to see me flex my manly muscles." Lizzie rolled
her eyes. "Oh boy. Here we go." "What? Like you hadn't
noticed." "What exactly is it that I'm to have noticed?" Lizzie
looked him up and down, admiring every hard inch of him. "Hmm, I
suppose you have gotten bigger." She ran her hands across his
shoulders, down his chest, to his arms. "Very nice, Jake." He
grunted and his nostrils flared. Her hands drifted to his abs,
running across them. "Rock hard abs." "That's not all that's
hard." Lizzie looked down at his straining erection and her
fingers itched to touch it. "Wow. Impressive." "Bring back
memories?" Lizzie grinned. "A few." Their gazes held,
identical flames of desire burned, before Jake's jaw clenched and
he turned away. "Let's get to that tire."
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