Chapter 70

“Then I would have missed out on the best thing that ever happened to me.”

“Damn it, you’re making resisting you hard. Literally.” Pierce grimaced as if he was trying to focus. “Why is Matt still in town? Did something happen?”

“No. He said he’s taking a vacation. The weather is supposedly better here.”

“No supposedly about it.”

“He might have mentioned his…um, nether regions appreciating a break from a Wyoming winter.”

“Only you would describe a man’s balls that way.” The smile that creased his face now, just like the first one he’d ever flashed her, transformed him. She’d forgotten how brutally masculinely beautiful he was.

“I’m polite.”

“To a fault,” he teased. “You’re adorable.”

She smiled. “I suspect Matt thought I was helpless, so he stayed around because you weren’t here.”

His smile widened. “That’s Matt. He’s a good son of a bitch.”

A gust of wind surged and blew. Despite Pierce’s big body, she found herself shiveri