Chapter Five
Dani
Ducking my head and stuffing my hands in my pockets, I walked through the trees toward my small studio cabin. The thin layer of snow on the ground crunched under my feet, and I shivered slightly when a gust of wind blew through the valley.
Despite the cold outside, I felt like I was on fire inside. Spending a few hours mashed up beside Wade in the bar had driven me to near insanity. Somehow, that silly moment when I dumped flour all over myself in the pantry had blown open the door I’d been trying to keep closed and locked ever since Wade moved back to Stolen Hearts Valley.
Hell, the door didn’t just blow open, it fell off the damn hinges. I couldn’t say what had shifted. Except, in that moment, my guard had fallen just enough that I kissed Wade.
Fuck my life. All my
