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Not her literal cold feet, which weren’t too bad now that the fire had war out fro across to hide her desire for the man she’d alanted to take a bite of

And why not?

What was the issue with having a fun little one-night stand?

After all, they were adults Healthy, so to do but put together an old warped puzzle of a sperm whale Not to mention Alexis never had to find out that she and Erik had entertained the the old iron bed some action

What Alexis didn’t knoouldn’t hurt her

“You want a cookie, too?” Erik asked, jarring her froued a cookie at her

“No, thanks”

He took a bite and chewed thoughtfully “You knoith the snow coer than one night”

The desire she’d been flirting with took a backseat at the thought of the more than half a bottle of wine, a dozen cookies and two protein bars “And my parents won’t be worried because they didn’t knoas co If Alexis thinks I’, the only shot we have is someone will miss you”

“But not until toht because of the storm”

“Well, we can hope that the storm will be over tomorrow and we can head back to the road to look for help So at some point”

“Right,” he said, grabbing another log and placing it carefully onto the blaze The fire had warmed the room nicely, but because the as so dry, it burned fast “Last one for tonight We can’t go to sleep with the fire roaring”

Unwittingly, she darted a glance to the bed she’d put sheets on How in the hell were they going toaard?

He followed her gaze “Don’t worry I can sleep here in the chair”

“But you’ll freeze,” she said

“Let’s not worry about that now Want to work some more on the puzzle?” he asked

She shook her head “My eyes hurt froht” She walked back to the table and picked up the wine bottle and poured herself another glass Then she sank back into the chair, tucking the blanket around her “Tell hter”