Alaskan Adventure (Destination: Desire) by Crystal Jordan Read Free Book Online

and soon they had a large audience. While everyone was still asking questions, Anne rose and quietly fetched a tray with two cups of coffee—black, the way both Gabe and she preferred it—and a couple of ham sandwiches and bowls of chicken noodle soup. She brought the laden tray back to the table and slid Gabe’s portions in front of him. He cast her a quick smile and dug in.
    People turned to Anne and started asking her questions too, and she and Gabe managed to eat in fits and starts. She was more than ready to escape when she sucked down her last bit of coffee. Gabe seemed willing to stick it out and stay as long as everyone wanted him, but to hell with that. She stood up and grabbed the arm of his jacket, tugging him to his feet.
    “Okay, folks. Gabe and I need a shower like whoa and damn. We’ll see you all at dinner.” She slanted a glance at his parents. “Let me know if you need anything in the meantime.”
    “We’ll be fine,” Vince replied easily. He patted Bridget’s youngest boy on the shoulder reassuringly. Peggy nodded her agreement and shooed them away.
    “Later, all!” Keeping her grip on Gabe’s sleeve, she pulled him out of the dining room and down the hall. It wasn’t until they’d reached her cabin door that she realized Gabe wasn’t supposed to shower in her room.
    Unless she wanted him to.
    That thought floated through her mind, a temptation she didn’t think she could resist. Not anymore; not after what she’d seen of him today. Not after that kiss. She wanted him, and maybe this wasn’t going to be the kind of happily-ever-after relationship her friends had found, but she was a practical soul. Sometimes you took what you could get and enjoyed it for all it was worth. She grinned. Gabe was a pretty damn good consolation prize, especially if their naked chemistry was as good as the fully clothed version. She was guessing it was even better.
    “Anne?” he asked, his voice a low rumble.
    She blinked back to the present and met his green gaze squarely. “Do you want to come in?”
    One side of his mouth quirked upward. “You know I do. Are you sure that’s what you want?”
    She cocked an eyebrow. “I wouldn’t have asked if I wasn’t sure, Warren.”
    A full-blown grin flashed across his face. “Good, because it would have sucked ass if you backed out of that offer.”
    After using her cardkey to unlock the door, she grabbed the front of his jacket and hauled him into her cabin. His rich laughter warmed her insides, and then she shoved him back against the closed door.
    She pressed herself into the muscular planes of his big body, making them both groan. Her nipples tightened, and goose bumps shivered down her limbs. Ah, yeah. Chemistry. “Let’s try this again without the drippy cave and hard hat.”
    His hands framed her hips, pulling her tight into the swelling length of his erection. “Yes, please.”
    A chuckle trickled out of her as she brushed her mouth over his. It was like an electric current flowed from his skin to hers. A little tingle coursed down her body and heat followed in its wake. Very nice. She flicked her tongue out to slide along the seam of his lips. They parted for her, and she plunged into his mouth. Gabe and she fought for control of the kiss, nipping, biting and sucking. The stubble on his chin rasped across her face, but it just added to the sensations rolling over her. Fire built within her, higher and hotter until she wanted to sob. The taste of him was perfect, and she pushed closer, wanting more contact but frustrated by the bulky layers of clothes they wore. She fumbled with the zipper on his jacket and wrenched it down. A quick tug and she had his thermal shirt free of his pants. Then her hands were on his bare skin.
    He felt even better than he tasted, hot satin stretched taut over steely strength. She stroked over the hard slab of his abs, up to his well-defined pecs, and then circled his nipples. A shudder wracked him, and his fingers