Chapter 66

“Should we return to the house or the trailer?” Liam asked.

“I’d love to see the woods,” Frank responded. “I’d love to snuggle with you for warmth against our tree before the snow gets too deep again and the bitter cold sets in in earnest.”

“In earnest?” Liam teased. “I will always love it when you talk like that.”

“I want us to lie together in our bed in the trailer and make love for the first time with nothing between us, with nothing covering our bodies so that I can feel the prickle of every hair on your body and the warmth of one part of you and the heat of another. The wait has been torture. Four weeks, Vaughn told me. Four weeks. They’re finally almost up.”

“I am as thankful as you.”