statement.
He leaned over and gently kissed her nose. “Come on. I’m anxious to get you naked and trapped at my mercy in the isolated wilderness. You can park your car in my garage while we’re gone.”
Erica felt they were back on more familiar ground and gave Mark a sly come-hither look. “You have to get me naked first. I refuse to capitulate to your whims without a fight—
and I like to fight dirty.”
Mark’s eyes flashed with arousal then she turned towards the front door. As she walked out to her car, she heard Mark whistle as he caught a look at her baby.
“Wow! That’s not the car you normally drive to the office.”
“Yeah, this is my secret addiction. I love classic muscle cars, and the 1971 Corvette Stingray truly embodies that. I finally bought her when I was awarded the V.P. position. This baby has four hundred and twenty-five horses under the hood. It will do zero to sixty in five point nine seconds and has a quarter mile time of twelve seconds flat. She can purr like a contented cat or roar down the road at full throttle.” She laughed at the look of shock on Mark’s face. “You seem surprised. Did you think only men could talk performance cars?”
“No… I just didn’t know you could. Can I drive it?”
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Unable to deny the enthusiastically boyish look on his face, Erica gave in. She threw him the keys. “Come on. We can spin around the block a few times.”
He caught the keys and practically jumped in the car. With a wicked look in his eyes, he took off down the street, smoothly sliding through the gears like a professional driver. Erica loved driving the car but found there was defiantly something to be said for riding alongside someone obviously confident in his skills. She relaxed into the seat and let the rumble of the engine and feel of the tires caressing the road move through her body. Looking over at him, she gave him a little wink.
“You know exactly how to handle her. Do you have a secret muscle car fetish as well?”
The smile on his face gave away the fact that he was thrilled at the feel of the performance car beneath him.
Mark laughed. “I grew up surrounded by posters of these cars. My brothers and I were always tinkering with one engine or another in the garage and trying to get the tuning perfect for the next weekend at the drag strip. Man, they would be in absolute heaven if they were sitting where I am right now.”
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Mark pulled back into the driveway and raised the door on the garage with the remote on the key fob in his pocket. Guiding the car into the spot beside his own vehicle, he turned off the engine and released a pent-up breath. She looked over at the driver seat as he reached up to circle his hand around her neck bringing their lips together for a long tight kiss. The closed-mouthed kiss was no less erotic or compelling than others they’d shared. She thought she could taste the words of thanks for the trust and the experience of driving her baby.
* * * *
He navigated his way through Denver to Highway thirty-six leading to Boulder. Erica had her eyes closed and was relaxed with her head leaned back against the seat. He hadn’t meant to fluster her in the kitchen with his comment about not letting her go, but his mind had already accepted that he harboured fantasies of them sharing more than a weekend of setting the sheets on fire.
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The drive to Estes Park took about an hour and half. As the scenery passed, the peaceful silence was unbroken with inane chatter. He reached for her hand as they steadily climbed up into mountains.
Finally, he pulled up the steep drive that led to his cabin. ‘Cabin’ was an understatement for the dwelling in front of them. True, it was made of wood, but the front side was a wall of windows facing the majestic peaks within Rocky Mountain National Park.
A deck reached around the entire expanse, and the land surrounding it