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"You make it sound so easy," she said in a far less steady voice than she would have liked

"Not necessarily easy," he countered, "but worth it"

She was tempted, so very teet what had happened at Christmas with Rob? He’d wanted to spend the weekend at a ritzy ski resort in Colorado and had pro deal to teach her how to ski well Of course, after only an hour on thewhen she’d accidentally cut him off and he had to take a nosedive in the snow to avoid crashing into her

Almost certain that any impromptu lesson with Noah was bound to end the same way, and not at all in the mood to look any more like a fool than she already did, she forced herself to turn hiood tie of teachingfor any reason she could find, "I’irlfriends for the weekend"

He o skiing by yourself?"

"Not exactly," she ado on without ot the whole day to yourself, Colbie" The way he said her name felt like a heated whisper across her skin "Let e"

If he had said anything else, she et her skis, pushed off with her poles, and been down at the botto hiot her After all, it hy she’d gotten on the ski lift in the first place It was also the reason she’d quit her job and signed a 12-o

All her life she’d worked hard to please other people, but the way Rob had treated her had been the last straw Finally, she’d decided to start pleasing herself

Suddenly, she couldn’t think of anything that would please her eous man on a snowy mountain in Lake Tahoe

She looked up at Noah and s teacher today, then I’ll try to be the best student you’ve ever had"

Chapter Three

Noah’s entire body reacted to the unintentional sensuality of Colbie’s words He wanted to pull her against hiood as it looked But he could sense hoary she was about spending a few hours with him, so he knew better than to push her too hard

Later, after she felt more comfortable with him, he’d steal a kiss

"Leave your poles in the snow for now," he told her "I want you to hold on to my hands instead"

She hesitated for a rinned at her "Only the pretty ones"

Flushing, she put her hands in his "Okay, nohat?"

"Close your eyes" Her ih out loud "Don’t worry, you’ll be keeping them open once we head down the hill"

She looked doard the bottorimaced "If only we could stay up here forever"

"Colbie" He waited until she looked back at hi you’re not ready for Trust me"

He could see in her eyes that she understood he wasn’t just talking about skiing He was talking about the two of the moment, she finally nodded, then closed her eyes as he’d asked her to

"Adjust your weight so that you’re standing evenly on both skis" When she wobbled a little on her skis and stiffened, he said, "Don’t worry, I’ve got you and I’ain, he let his proet co as norh you’re in boots and skis That’s why I asked you to close your eyes, so that you’re not depending on anything but what you’re feeling"

As she adjusted her weight from one foot to the other with her eyes closed, he took the opportunity to stare at her She had long, dark eyelashes and her features were beautifully defined, her cheekbones high, her mouth lush and kissable Her eyes had been as blue as the lake and her long, dark hair fell in waves down her shoulders, falling to cover the swell of her breasts If she was this beautiful in a ski jacket and pants, he couldn’t i on at all, her hair like silk over crea blue eyes blurry with desire as she looked up at hihtly, he asked, "Are you feeling steadier now?"

He could see the surprise on her face as she nodded and said, "Actually, I ah what he called the lift-and-tilt technique and she picked it up just fine, he leaned in close and whispered in her ear, "You’re ready"

She shivered at his war a deep breath and pushing back her shoulders When she opened her eyes again, he thought he could already see that desire he’d been fantasizing about in therin, "and let’s do this thing"

One sassy little smile was all it took to stop Noah co so beautiful in his life

She simply lit up the entire mountain

When he didn’t hand her the poles, she looked down at the okay?"