The Ashtons - Cole, Abigail & Megan

prettiest gal in the wholedamned state.” They set their drinks down, and J.B. grinned as he took Nina’s hand and pulled her to her feet. “Come on, baby. Let’s see how many times I step on your toes.”
    Abby couldn’t help but smile as she watched the couple move around the dance floor. It was clear Nina and J.B. adored each other.
    “Would you like to dance?” Russ whispered close to her ear. His lips brushed her earlobe, and every cell in her being tingled to life.
    Unable to find her voice, she nodded and accepted his hand. As they walked out to join the other couples, Abby was conscious of having several women watching them.
    Russ took her into his arms. “Do you know how beautiful you look tonight?”
    Startled, she shook her head.
    He pulled her close. “All of the single men and half of the married ones are wishing they could be me right now.”
    Smiling, she shook her head and raised her arms to circle his shoulders. “I was thinking that’s the way the women felt about me being with you.”
    When the song ended and another slow tune began, he asked, “Do you want to sit down or dance some more?”
    Abby stared up into his handsome face. She loved the feel of his strong arms around her, his hard body pressed to hers. “I think I’d like to dance.”
    He drew her even closer, and as they moved in time to the music, she felt as if everyone in the room had disappeared. She no longer noticed the envious female stares following their every move. Nothing else mattered but the man holding her so tenderly against him.
    When Russ lowered his head to kiss the hollow below her ear, her heart sped up and a delicious wave of goose bumps shimmered over her. She reveled in the contrast of their bodies and how they fit together so perfectly.
    “I could hold you like this all night.”
    His lips skimming her earlobe caused a searing heat to flow throw her veins. Shivering with a need stronger than anything she’d ever experienced, she tightened her arms around his neck and held on to keep from melting into a puddle at his big, booted feet. But when she felt his strong arousal pressing into her soft lower belly, her knees gave way and she sagged against him.
    He caught her to him, and as the lead singer of Alabama crooned about how right it felt to be making love to the woman of his dreams, Abby knew in her heart that’s what she wanted with Russ. She wanted to feel the depth of his passion, know the power of his lovemaking.
    God help her, but she wanted him in a way that she’d never wanted any other man. She wanted him to make love to her.

Chapter Six
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    R uss reluctantly loosened his arms when he felt Abby start to pull back. Damn! He’d done it again. She had to have felt his rapidly hardening body, and it was no wonder she wanted to get away from him. They couldn’t be in the same room without him ending up as horny as a seventeen-year-old boy hiding out in the girls’ locker room.
    Cursing his lack of control, he took a deep breath and gazed down at the most desirable woman he’d ever known. But instead of the uncertainty he expected to see, passion and hunger darkened her emerald eyes to a beautiful forest green. His heart slammed into his rib cage and his body tightened to an almost painful state.
    “Abby?”
    Leaning forward, she whispered close to his ear. “Let’s go back to your camper, Russ.”
    “H-honey—” he stopped to clear the rust from his throat “—if we leave here now…”
    Her sweet, shy smile robbed him of the ability to breathe as she placed her index finger to his lips. “I know.”
    “Are you sure?” Was she really telling him she wanted them to make love?
    “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life,” she said, nodding.
    The air trapped in his lungs came out in one big whoosh, and taking her hand in his, Russ led her back to the table where J.B. and Nina were sitting. “Sorry to cut the evening short, but I think we’re going to head back to my trailer.”
    Grinning, J.B. glanced at Nina, then back at Russ. “We were talking about leaving, too.”
    Russ nodded as he turned to lead Abby to the door. “I’ll see you tomorrow morning.”
    Outside, he breathed in the crisp February air and hoped that it helped slow the adrenalin pumping through his veins. His recently neglected libido was dictating that he scoop Abby up and run to his trailer as fast as his legs could get them there. But as he put his arm around her shoulders and they silently