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As the warm arms around her quickly led in closer, it occurred to Colbie that she hadn’t been this close to a man since the last ti of pain at her ex’s betrayal had her stiffening beneath the man who had pulled her out of the snow

Hadn’t she vowed to keep her distance froood one from a bad one next ti in such an intier, but she definitely shouldn’t be pulling him closer

One, she didn’t know this man’s name

Two, she didn’t even knohat he looked like

Three, she’d sworn off et up, say thank you, soh mountain she’d so foolishly climbed in the ski lift…and then drown her colass--or three--of wine back at the resort’s bar

Forcing herself to unwrap her arms from theposition as quickly as she could, given the fairly deep hole they’d loves to brush away the ice crystals all over her face was messy work, and when she started to say, "Thank you so ood look at her savior

Oh My God

She’d never seen a azine, but never live and in person

Mortification rode her even harder at the complete and utter fool she’d made of herself in front of him Her luck really was that bad Not only because she’d fallen face first into the snow, but also because she’d been unable to stop herself fro all over him like a cat in heat

She e flash of dismay as she blinked at his perfect face, have moaned aloud at the sinfully delicious feel of his body pressing hers into the cold snow

Aust Instead, there was a s you was my pleasure And no, you definitely didn’t hurt me at all"

Despite the depths of herup at the corners "I’, "But you probably already guessed that"

"You thought that little girl was in trouble, didn’t you?"

She had to laugh at herself "She’s probably been skiing since she could walk, huh?"

He nodded "I’ we should keep an eye out for her in the Winter Oly like this would have had Rob laughing at her the rest of the day But thiswith her

"I’m Noah"

"I’h voice that sent shivers running across her skin as they shook handsor thick ski gloves, anyway Shivers that had nothing to do with the icyto do with hihtly as he said, "That’s a pretty name Unique, too"

She’d never, ever had to forcibly restrain herself fro herself at a man to steal a kiss A kiss she kneith one hundred percent certainty would blow her mind But he hadn’t saved her so that she could maul him

He brushed a lump of snow off her forehead and when she shivered, he said, "You’re cold"

She couldn’t tell hihts of the things she wanted to do to his she wanted hi hi sexy and witty about how he could keep her war but sexy and witty right at that moment, all she could think to say was, "We should probably find our skis before they take anyone else down"

Without waiting for his agreement, she started to h to the tree line that the snoas really soft and really deep, and a couple of steps were all it took for her to fall in again

Noah reached for her "Hold on to me"

Grateful--andmore than a man’s arm wrapped around her waist--she moved back up the mountain with hi his own, he picked up hers and said, "Sit, and I’ll put them on for you"

As the quiet one in school, she’d learned to excel in other ways Everyone had always told her how capable she was and she’d done her best to live up to their expectations When was the last tiht with her girlfriends, she’d tucked each of the up the cabin’s kitchen and living roo to bed herself For once, it was a pleasure to let so Noah slide one of her skis into place on her ski boot, she said, "You look like you’ve done that before Do you have kids?" Her unsaid question, "Or a wife?" hung between them

"No wife No kids" He attached her other ski "But I used to be a ski instructor back in college"

She made a face "I’m pretty sure the last instructor I took a class froain "I’ve always thrived on a challenge"

What was he saying? Was he offering to spend the day with her?

A fantasy of spending an entire day with Noah, his hot eyes caressing her, his hands on her as he picked her up when she fell, spun through her brain If she could e to redeeress with a kiss? Orher carefully, he said, "All you need to do is listen to your body It isn’t about the skis or poles or your feet or the mountain It’s only about you And how you feel" His seductive words wrapped around her "I could show you how to do that, Colbie"