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Maddy complimented him several times on the drive back to Midnight Bay, and said he should be able to get his license very soon.
William decided the more time he spent with the lass, the more he liked her.
He slowly made his way down the dirt road going into his land, then stopped at the edge of the cove and shut off the engine. And stillthe lights didn’t go out.
“Are the blasted lights going to stay on all night?” he muttered.
Maddy giggled. “They’re on a timer; they’ll go out in a minute or two. They stay on so you can walk to the house without tripping over anything.” She giggled again. “I haven’t been down this road since high school. We used to come here to drink and go parking.”
“How does one ‘go parking’? If you’re parked, you aren’t going anywhere.”
The dash lights let him see her surprise. “You’ve never been parking?”
“I believe we’re parking right now, are we not?”
Her expression went from surprised to somewhat … intense.
The headlights suddenly went out, plunging them into darkness, and Maddy giggled again. “We’re certainly not going to be able to park in this truck with the stupid console between us.” There was enough moonlight that William could see her smiling as her fingers feathered over his forearm. “But I guess that’s why they make backseats,” she said huskily.
He glanced over his shoulder and would have laughed if he hadn’t known she was serious. Full-grown men and women made love in backseats? He’d get a leg cramp just trying to undress her.
“Come on,” he said, opening his door. “Let’s head up to the bluff so I can show you my building site. Stay there; I’ll walk around and get you, so ye don’t trip and fall.”
On her side of the truck, he took hold of her hand as she slid out, then laced his fingers through hers. “Are ye cold, lass?” he asked when she hugged herself with her free arm. “Here, I’ll give ye my shirt,” he said, letting go of her to unbutton it.
“No! You should leave it on,” she said, her voice sounding husky as she stopped him by grabbing both his wrists.
William heard her breath hitch, and suddenly her hands were gone from him.
William unbuttoned his shirt, pulled the tails out of his pants and shrugged it off, and then wrapped it around her shoulders.
“Ohmigod,” he heard her whisper on an indrawn breath, which was quickly followed by a strangled giggle.
“Slide your arms in the sleeves,” he told her. As soon as she did, he took her hand and led her up the new road the crew had carved through the trees. “Can ye see well enough?” he asked, wrapping an arm around her waist and tucking her against his side when they reached the uneven ground of the building site.
She stumbled anyway, and William immediately steadied her. When she leaned against him, her eyes wide, he cupped her face in his palms, tilted her head, and covered her mouth with his just as her soft, sweet lips parted in surprise.
He felt her breath hitch, and as she leaned into him more forcefully, he smiled. He knew exactly what the lass wanted, and he was all too glad to make her happy.