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Max quickly caught her up in his ar her around as he pulled her head to his and kissed her with soto fall
"Thank you," he said in-between kisses, et words past her throat He quickly cleaned them both, then pulled her from the shorapped her in a towel and carried her to his bed They laid there for several hours, touching, kissing, and talking as if they were long lost lovers She hoped it would never end
"Did you hear that?" Max asked She looked at hiain, her head was against his chest, listening to the rhythm of his heartbeat
"No," she replied
"Get dressed, I think our chariot may be here," he said as he quickly climbed from the bed She took a few rab his pants She was disappointed to see her view quickly covered He slipped his shirt on, and that’s when she heard a sound It was a ru he was correct
She slowly cli rescued, being caught naked would certainly be e roo to hear There was a loud scraping sound, and it was confir them out
"Let’s ets hit by mistake," Max told her They sat on the couch, both of the for them, their time in the cabin officially over
Cassie knehen they reached the front door because there was anext to it and for the first ti A few seconds later there was a knock and then the door opened
A couplearound, then slad you’re okay, Mr Anderson We apologize it took so long to get you out of here Cordova had a sudden and unexpected snowfall that buried the entire town They called us in to free the residents It’s been a huge disaster," the lad you were able to find us," Max replied They walked to the front door and looked out, shocked at what they saw There was a roadway carved with huge snow drifts, higher than the house on either side of it, with severalits carved surface
"Mr Anderson, we don’t want to rush you, but we’re afraid this stors as quickly as possible, we’ve got a runway cleared at the airport and you can safely fly out You only have a small ," the soldier said
Cassie wanted to tell the man no, that they’d take their chances After all, Max had a business h, she supposed with the current situation thewas s to take care of in the ser
"Yes, of course Give us ten minutes and we’ll be ready to leave," Max said, i for his room Cassie had no other choice but to follow his lead She went to her roo rooht her tears froet back to the real world
They’d been back in Seattle for a week Neither of theht up their time in Alaska, but it was obvious to Cassie they were done being lovers He wasn’t cold, or distant, almost the opposite, in fact He had a tendency to touch her whenever he entered the same room, or passed her in the hall He’d been busy ork, and she spentto personnel and faer seereat, but at the sa to an end and she wouldn’t have an excuse to see hiot away from him, then her heart could start to heal
"I was expecting you at the coht Where did you disappear to?" Max asked her, as he cornered her in the break rooet to, did you?" he asked casually Her heart broke a littlemore than a friend he was curious about She wished she did have a hot date, not that she thought he’d care, anyway
"I’ve just been fighting a cold, so I went hoet sorocery store, then horoceries and she hated shopping, but knew she needed to She walked froathered her coat and purse, with hi early, again I thought we’d go over a few things," he said
"I have to do so before the weekend," she trailed off Normally, she jumped at the opportunity to sit down one on one with hiive herself some pep-talks She pretty much had all she needed to write an excellent article, she ive up her last week, because she just didn’t know if she could take being around hi to do, also We can go together, and chat while we’re at it," he said, as if he’d coet away from him, not have his, like shopping, to be associated with his to do, other than shop," she said hat she hoped ca smile, and not a pathetic one When he used that smile on her, she wanted to fall at his feet It was really difficult to keep her distance when the man used his char, and her heartbeat was quickly accelerating She’d never get over hiet control of her traitorous body
"Nothing’sarticle," he said with a twinkle in his eye "Plus, it’s getting close to my Aunt’s birthday, so I need to look around for a present If she’s not treated like a queen on her birthday, h
"Youdown the wrath of your Uncle," she said, not able to keep her own slad you understand"
"I’roceries, so it wouldn’t be productive for you to co toward the elevators
"We can make a couple stops You’ve been invited to the party, so you’ll want to pick up so, too I can help you find the perfect ite her ar a tantrum