amazing. I pulled my phone out and snapped a couple of pics because we’d been too busy playing to take pictures. But they were both so serious and intent. How the heck were they…
“Got ’em,” Ian told me as he came back holding up two spindly looking branches. He joined me in watching the other two while I kept smoothing the head in circles to make it nice and round. “I think they want to impress you,” he murmured against my ear.
A warm glow spread through me. “Well, it’s definitely working.” Tilting my head, I glanced up at him and made a kissing noise. He chuckled and tugged my jacket collar down to free my face and then brushed his lips against mine. His were much cooler, but I didn’t care. I just leaned into him as he teased my lips to part and then groaned when he stroked my tongue gently.
He tasted like coffee and chocolate. Hmm, chocolate sounded really good.
As if on cue, my stomach grumbled, and Ian lifted his head. He fixed the collar so it shielded the lower half of my face again. “Let’s finish this up so we can feed you.”
“Okay.”
Coop returned with stuff for the head just as I finished it. The body listed a little, and the hat had to be stuck on with a stick ’cause the wind kept tugging at it. The eyes were mismatched, but he’d found some rocks that were about the right size. He used an actual carrot for the nose and made me laugh.
“And done,” Archie called.
“Me too!” Jake declared, and all three of us turned to look at their masterpieces.
They really were stunning and so utterly beyond my league as far as snowman building went. Jake’s definitely had a Santa feel, and Archie’s looked more like a pirate, but they were adorable.
I started bowing, and Coop and Ian joined me as we declared, “We are not worthy!”
More pictures, this time, me getting shots of all four of them with the different snowmen, then they insisted of pics with me, and it was a challenge, but we managed one hysterical selfie with all five of us crammed together around the snowman Coop, Ian, and I built.
I never wanted this vacation to end.
Chapter Eighteen
Morning Wake Up Call
After building snowmen—well, attempting to anyway—we escaped back to the warmth of the lodge. Our attempts fell apart about an hour after we were finished. Only Archie and Jake’s remained because they’d used water and stuff. I didn’t ask, they had a whole explanation they gave to Coop and Ian when we’d all clomped back into the house and stripped down out of the snow gear. I cradled my hot cocoa while they debated it and stared at the fire.
Dinner had been in the oven and waiting for us, not that I ever saw anyone preparing anything. When Archie said we wouldn’t notice the staff, he hadn’t been wrong. I didn’t even know who picked out the movie, it was a comedy and the guys’ laughing was the best sound. I curled up with Ian, but I was half-asleep and not even following the film.
I must have fallen asleep because I went from being warm and toasty on the sofa, to being carried with my nose planted firmly against Ian’s neck. Right, I needed to change into pajamas or something, was the very last thought I had. Maybe. Then I woke sandwiched between Ian and Archie, legs tangled and my head pressed against Ian’s chest, while Archie’s hand was firm on my hip and his morning erection was pressed against my ass.
For a moment, I completely forgot where we were. The light in the room came from the wrong direction. The warmth all around me was nice. Ian smelled good, and the muscle beneath my cheek flexed as I started to stretch. The fingers on my hip tightened, and I went from being plastered against Ian to rolled back to chest with Archie.
The stroke of his thumb along the edge of my panties had me squirming, until he tightened his fingers in a silent admonishment to be still. His breath whispered over my throat as he kissed his way up to my ear. “Shh,” he murmured, the vibration more than the actual words. I didn’t really get a chance to respond because he slid his fingers under my panties, and I swore my eyes rolled back as he glided his finger right along my labia, unerringly to my clit.
His teeth scraped my