Chapter Six
Holly
My cheeks were hot, my panties were wet, and my pulse just wouldn’t quit. Not that I wanted it to quit, mind you. That would’ve meant I was having a heart attack. Although, I suppose Nate was the most likely person to cause me to have a heart attack.
I needed to escape. With him here beside me, his heat and strength emanating, and the woodsy scent he carried drifting to me, I was all kinds of hot and bothered. I took a shaky breath, letting it out slowly. When Charlie stood to go, I snagged my jacket off the back of my chair.
“I need to get going too,” I said brightly.
Not bothering to wait for a round of goodbyes, I blew a kiss at the table in general and spun away, hurrying to catch up with Charlie. She glanced over her shoulder, her gray eyes meeting mine. “You ok
