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“It’s a travesty to drink this pinot noir in such ugly glasses,” she said as she held up the offensive glasses to the firelight The vintage was brilliant ruby in the glow It smelled as advertised, with notes of cherry, anise and sandalwood

“What do youinto his chair, tugging the blanket around his knees He balanced the plate of cookies in his lap

That h

“You’re so different now,” he said The teasing in his eyes had disappeared and he stared at her thoughtfully

“How so?”

“I don’t know It’s like you’re Emma, but you’re not Just different”

“Did you expect er You should know that when you feed and water the a chocolate off the plate and biting into it “Mood”

She felt hi zipped in the air Like the crackling of static electricity Or the prickling of hair at the nape of her neck She chewed the decadent candy she’d bought at Belvedere’s when she’d gone shopping in Denver

Turning, she caught hier present in his eyes He blinked, cleared his throat and said, “I’saw puzzles”

ERIK WAS IN TROUBLE Not because he was stranded in a cabin in the middle of nowhere with no electricity and no way to coer wore dias and fuzzy wool socks And she smelled like exotic perfume and had hair soft as spun silk Not that he even knehat spun silk was But it was probably soft since everyone co about her oed to be traced, plump flesh ready to yield to the hardness of a man

Yeah, little E-time trouble

“You really want to do a puzzle?” she asked, her tongue darting out to take care of the small chocolate fleck in the corner of her luscious lips

No, I really want to do you

But he couldn’t actually say that to her

“Uh, sure We can drag the table in front of the fire It would be easier to set the glasses and cookies on the table, too”