Page 27 of Finally Home

The low hum of the vibrator met her ears at the same time he slowly traced it down her collarbone, waking any nerve that wasn’t already on end. He drew lazy circles down her chest, coming close to her peaked nipples but never quite giving them the full stimulation they ached for.

Cami warred to keep control, the anticipation growing as he made his way to the bundle of nerves between her thighs. She teetered on the edge. He hadn’t even reached the sweet spot, and she felt as though she would explode at any moment.

Just when she thought West was going to reward her patience and give her what she so badly needed, there was a knock on the front door.

West snapped his head toward the sound and muttered, “What the hell?”

At the same time Cami whined, “Noooo.”

“Who’s at the door, Red?” He looked at her inquisitively, like she should have some inkling of who was knocking.

“Doesn’t matter. Just go back to what you were doing.”

He chuckled and tipped her nose with his. “Don’t you worry. I will as soon as we make sure we aren’t about to be murdered, since no one should be on the mountain but us.”

She hated that he was right. With a heavy sigh, she rolled out of the bed and shrugged on her robe and slippers, throwing a pair of sweats at West.

“Wait for me. I don’t want you answering it alone.”

Warm fuzzies filled her at the thought of having someone to protect her.

Together they padded down the stairs. Cami peered out the eyehole, and all breath left her. “What the fuck?”

It was as if the entirety of the snow outside had been dumped on her, any lingering lustful thoughts she had of West frozen solid.

She couldn’t believe this was happening.

Cami threw open the door to find an older man she’d known all her life standing on her doorstep: Chief Thompson, the local police chief. Behind him stood a worried-looking brunette.

Tiffani.

“Good morning, Chief. What are you doing here?”

Before he could answer, Tiffani rushed past them and into West’s arms.

“I was so worried about you, Wes. When your mom told me about the accident, I hopped on the first flight out here. You must have been so scared after everything that happened with Shelby.”

Wes? When the fuck did he lose thet?

Cami’s gaze flitted between West and Tiffani, hoping he wasn’t buying the fake sympathy this woman was spewing.

West pried her out of his arms, but Tifanni didn’t step back while Chief Thompson explained: “Your mother gave me a call after finding out about the slide. She called in a couple favors and guilted more than a few of our crews into clearing enough of the snow so we could get you both out of here in time for Christmas. We weren’t sure we were going to be able to pull it off, which is why no one told you ahead of time. We didn’t want to get your hopes up.”

Hopes up? No, the hope was that he’d be forced to stay with her forever in her cabin. That no one could get them out until spring and she could convince him to be with her for the rest of their lives. It was their turn at forever. That was the plan. Right?

Right?

“Tiffani here showed up at the station this morning and demanded I take her with me when I came up,” Chief Thompson continued, but it all blurred together. “She tried giving you a call to let you know the crew finished this morning and we were on the way.”

To anyone else this would be a downright Christmas miracle. To Cami, it was her worst nightmare.

Fuck.If West had only answered that phone call this morning, she wouldn’t be standing here in nothing but her robe, watching his ex-wife and mother of his child run her hands up and down his naked chest. The same chest she’d been pressed up against just moments ago.

“So the road is clear?” There was a little too much hope in West’s voice for Cami’s liking. Did he want to leave? She didn’t get that impression when he’d been about to impale her on his cock that morning, but maybe she’d read the signs wrong.

Or worse, maybe he was giving her the wrong signs.

He kept shrugging Tiffani off him but did nothing to put her in her place. Nothing to assure Cami of her role in his life.

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