Page 2 of Building with the Mountain Man

I dared to sneak a glance and holy shit was this man smoking hot. I swallowed hard, like I had drool or something, and my hand flew to my mouth in hopes I reallywasn’tdrooling. He was tall, must be around six foot four if I were to take a guess, and the muscles bulging beneath his tight t-shirt were hard to miss. I imagined what he might look like underneath, maybe a sexy six pack I’d like to run my teeth all over. Tattoos covered his arms, full sleeves on both, with a few peeking out from the top of his t-shirt. Dark brown hair matched his brown eyes, intense brown eyes I should say, with the way they were staring right through to my soul.

Clearing my throat, I pushed a piece of loose hair back into my bun and smoothed down my now wrinkly tank top and shorts, dusty from the back room. “I should be asking if you need any help. Do you?” I looked everywhere but him, his handsome rugged looks causing alarm bells to ring and red flags to wave.Please say no, please say no.

“Actually, would you mind showing me where the marble slats are?”

Dammit.I still couldn’t even look at him.

You got this, girl. Don’t let his looks get to you.

More like don’t drag him into the back room and have your way with him.

Not that I would ever do that. Not here, hell no. My father has cameras around, and my family is constantly appearing out of nowhere.

“We don’t have any in stock. But we are taking custom orders for them. You can make one at the customer service desk.”

“Perfect, thanks. Journey, is it?”

I froze.How does he know my name?!

Oh wait. My nametag. Duh.

“Yep, that’s me.”

“I’m Cullen. Nice to meet you. I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot of each other.”

His words made me pause.Seeing a lot of each other? Why?

My heart kicked into overdrive as I finally made eye contact with him again. Big mistake.

Cullen winked, and that was it. There went my panties.

I watched his sexy ass sway in those tight cargo pants of his as he walked away, unable to resist. He turned around and I jumped, my back rigid. I pretended to busy myself with the display case, but I heard his laughter.

“Whoa. Who was that, sis?” Carina said from behind me, and I spun on my heel, jumping for a second time.

I clutched my pounding chest. “Can you please stop doing that? And I don’t know, just a customer.” I shrugged.

“Mmhmm, sure was hot.”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever you say.” With a wave of my hand, I went to grab the succulents, hoping I never saw that sexy man again.

CHAPTER TWO

Cullen

After placingan order for the marble slats my boss wanted, I headed out to my truck. With a quick stop for lunch, I’d drive back over to the construction site and see what needed to be done.

I only started this job a couple of days ago, jumping on the opportunity as soon as it came. Before, I worked odd jobs here and there, but nothing steady ever appeared. Until Thane Stanton brought Stanton Construction to Apple Falls and employed a bunch of us guys to form an entire crew.

Now, the jobs were flowing, and I was busy. It gave me less time to work on my side hobby of building custom pieces of furniture, but I’d rather be busy making money than not.

Today was my first day visiting the Apple Falls Garden Center and something told me I’d be back a lot more. Not only because of work, but a certain beautiful woman I kept seeing in my mind.

Her green eyes so bright, her face covered in freckles, and the curves…my dick thickened just thinking about her sexy self.

But it was strange at the same time.

I haven’t wanted a woman in a long time, haven’t felt the need to date, or even have sex. As my forties were rapidly approaching in the next year, I thought maybe the family thing just wasn’t for me. I’m fine being alone, content even.

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