The flashlight was still shining on the cat as she made her way over to Josh. I was stunned that he didn’t seem the least bit scared. He started jumping up and down on the one leg that wasn’t hurt, making some weird noise as he lifted his hands over his head. Josh made a quick jerking motion forward, causing the cat to stop. When he did it again, she turned around and quickly started to trot off. Jeff and I both looked at each other with stunned looks. We walked up to Josh, flashlights shining directly on him.
“Seriously, can you lower your lights, guys?”
I dropped mine some and came to a stop in front of him. “How in the hell did you spook her?” Jeff asked.
Josh laughed as he hit us both on the side of the arm. “No fear, gentlemen. I have no fear.”
Turning, he started to walk back over to his campsite.
“Yeah right, Hayes. It’s called luck!” Jeff called out.
Josh lifted his hand and waved off Jeff as he called out, “Josh the Magnificent, one. Mountain lion, zero.”
Jeff let out a chuckle and said, “Great. I wonder how many years we’re gonna hear about this?”
Gunner’s hands moved gently over me, sending an instant warmth through my body.
“Hmm, you feel so good.”
With a smile, I rolled over to face him. “We almost died last night.”
He chuckled lightly. “Hardly. But she was a big cat.”
“She was a lion! Not a cat!”
Gunner drew me in closer to his body. “That was something to tell our kids someday.”
My finger moved lazily over his chest. “This is our last day here.”
“Have you had fun?”
“I have,” I said with a wide grin. “I could have done without Josh almost cracking his head open, the bad art project, the skunk, the lion, and not to mention the almost orgy yesterday.”
Gunner let out a laugh. “Yeah, that was … different. Heather felt really bad.”
“She should! It makes my skin crawl thinking about it. Blah.”
“Well, Josh came to the rescue on that one as well.”
A small chuckle escaped from my lips. “You know he is never going to let you and Jeff forget how he scared that mountain lion away.”
Groaning, Gunner moved over me, causing me to lay flat on my back. “Tell me about it. The way he walked off like he was king of the world was only the beginning.” He leaned down and rubbed his nose against mine as he pushed his hard length on me. “What concerns me more is how your damn dog slept through the whole thing.”
We both turned and looked at Gus. He was asleep on his bed, all four paws up and snoring.
I shook my head as I gazed back up at Gunner.
He pushed into me again. “I really don’t want to talk about Josh or the crazy folks we met yesterday, or even that damn dog.”
My teeth captured my lip and I wiggled my brows. “What do you want to talk about?”
“Nothing. I want to make love to my wife before the air leaks out of this mattress.”
“I haven’t brushed my teeth yet.”
His finger traced along my jaw. “I’m willing to take the risk if you are.”
My stomach dipped. I loved this man so much and I each time we were together, I swore it felt like the first time.