Another thing she believed with all her heart was that he
was someone who could be trusted. She had felt
comfortable with him from the first and the thought of them alone in this cabin, miles from civilization, didn’t bother her.
Yes, she decided to admit, it did bother her, especially
when it stirred something inside her each and every time he looked at her with promises of untold pleasures in his eyes. Pleasures she’d never had before.
She walked to the window and looked out. It was dark and everything around them appeared black and still. She had actually seen a bald eagle fly overhead, but she might have missed the experience if Stone hadn’t pointed it out to her.
“What are you thinking about, Madison?”
Madison quickly spun around, holding shaking fingers to her chest. She hadn’t heard Stone approach. In fact she
had been listening to the sound of the water running during his bath and wondered at what point he’d turned it off.
He was standing in the middle of the kitchen wearing
another pair of jeans and a T-shirt with the words, The
Rolling Stone, boldly displayed across his large, muscular chest. His hair was damp and she felt like crossing the
distance separating them and rubbing her hand over his head. And that wasn’t the only thing she wanted to rub her hands over, she thought as he held her gaze. His eyes
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