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was ten times the size. Rustic
furnishing, dark wood, and a massive fireplace in the living room, it brought
the word “country” to a whole new meaning.
    He shut the door once he was in
the cabin, and she walked into the kitchen. The floor plan was open, with the
living room and kitchen one massive area and the bedrooms upstairs. The loft
was opened as well, with a thick oak banister wrapping around the second level.
She looked over at him, saw that Lucas was checking out the pictures on the
bookshelf, and asked, “You want a beer?”
    “Yeah, that’d be great,” he said
without turning and facing her.
    She grabbed the beers and a roll
of cookies out of the fridge. Setting the bottles on the island in the center
of the kitchen, she opened the roll of cookies and cut them into circles before
placing them on a baking pan. Not that she was especially hungry for cookies
right now, but the truth was she was trying to keep herself busy because she
was nervous as hell. Once the pan was in the oven and she had it turned on, she
headed into the living room to stand beside him. For several seconds they just
stood there staring at the pictures. There were ones of Tawny and her as
babies, ones of her mom and dad before they had either of them, and pictures of
the club members during get-togethers with their families.
    “Those were good times.” He
pointed his beer toward the few pictures of the club members and their
families.
    “Yeah, but that seems like it so
long ago,” she said, thinking about the last time they had all been together
like that, which had been during their graduation.
    “Seems like
longer than a year.”
    Tarren nodded.
    He turned, and the way he stared
at her, as if he wanted to say something, or hell, do something, flashed across his face. She swallowed, feeling her
pulse beat faster, her dormant animal rise up, and her arousal increase.
    “I’ve been thinking about you, Tarren … a lot,” he said and looked at her lips. She licked
them involuntarily, a soft moan leaning her when his eyelids dropped low and he
stared at the act.
    God she hated and loved her
reaction to him. It was dangerous, tempting, and as much as she wanted to say
fuck it all and just let her emotions take over, she knew that this would
totally ruin the last year of trying to mend their once strong friendship.
Hell, Tarren hadn’t even said anything to Alexis or
anyone else for that matter.
    And then the air changed between
them. She lifted her beer and chugged the rest of it as she watched him over
the rim. This wasn’t a friendly look he gave her, but one that was filled with
heat and intensity, and it was directed right at her.

Chapter Five
     
    Lucas
moved toward her, staring at the way her chest rose and fell, and the way she
was retreating from him, maybe thinking she could escape. Maybe this wasn’t the
best laid plan, but having her in front of him again, smelling the sweet,
floral scent of her perfume, and the fucking mega curves that he could see
beneath her clothes, had his cock harder than fucking steel. The truth was over
the last year she was all he thought about, all he envisioned when he jerked
off. He couldn’t even get hard for another female. He remembered the tight, wet
heat of her pussy around his cock. God, just thinking about it had him getting
harder.
      She paused, the counter stopping her from
retreating. He stood in front of her, his pulse pounding in his ears and his
bear pushing forward. The bastard was insistent when it came to her, and
although he had known staying away was the best because he wasn’t worthy of
being with her, that didn’t mean his animal was going to forget about what they
had done with Tarren . She had been so primed, so
fucking wet and ready to take his dick last year. He had gone on the run to the
other charters, hoping that he’d be able to patch up the colossal screw-up he’d
made by not being able to keep his dick in his pants. It might have been a
mistake, one that