Free The Billionaire's Courageous Lover (Bold, Alaskan Men Book 3) by Elizabeth Lennox Page B

from the curb.  The drive to her house was less than five minutes and when he pulled into her driveway, he put the car in park and turned it off.  “Let’s talk,” he said and came around to her side of the truck, opening her door and reaching up to help her down. 
    When they were in her house, she pulled off her coat and immediately went to the stove.  He knew she was going to make some tea and he had to fist his hands to his sides to stop himself from carrying her into her bedroom. 
    Looking around, he realized that there was a large box in her living room.  “What’s this?” he asked. 
    Andie pulled her hand away from the box of tea bags and turned around.  “It’s here!” she gasped, her nervousness giving way to excitement.  “How could I have missed this?” she laughed, almost dancing over to the enormous box that was pushed against the wall.  She looked up and laughed again.  She knew exactly how she had missed her new sofa.  When Knox was around, all she could think about was Knox. 
    “What’s here?” he asked again. 
    “My sofa!  It finally arrived!”  She hurried back into the kitchen and pulled out a knife.  Slicing away the cardboard, she practically danced around the large package.  “I was hoping it would come today but the tracking didn’t say it was going to arrive yet.  I gave my neighbor keys so that she could let the delivery people put my boxes inside as they arrive.”
    Knox crossed his arms over his chest, irritated that yet another piece of furniture had arrived.  But he relented and helped her, taking the knife from her and getting the pieces out of the cardboard.  “Where are the instructions?” he asked, astonished that she’d actually purchased a sofa that needed to be assembled.  He hadn’t known that was even possible until this moment.  In his life, he’d gotten his furniture off of whatever curb it had been left on by the previous owners, or, lately, called a decorator and explained what he wanted.  The room was magically decorated and he simply moved in. 
    With a sigh of resignation, he helped Andie move the large pieces. In less time than he would have thought possible, the sofa was completed and set in front the fireplace.  When she flopped down on it, he looked at her, thinking she was incredibly lovely. 
    But he wasn’t going to kiss her again.  That was just plain stupid. 
    “Andie, about this morning,” he started to say. 
    She jumped up and hurried into her kitchen.  “I know.  It was stupid to kiss and we should never do it again.  I’m sorry that I even initiated the kiss.  I should have just gotten out of your vehicle and ignored all of my…”
    She couldn’t say another word since Knox had pulled her into his arms and was now kissing her.  That hadn’t been his intention.  She was saying all of the things that he’d meant to say.  But hearing the words come from her lips made him go a bit nuts.  He had to prove to her that she was wrong, that they should have kissed this morning and now and forever, if he had his way. 
    “Shut up, Andie,” he growled as he pulled her closer.  His hand moved up underneath her sweater and he felt all of the soft, delicate skin hidden from him.  His frustration was almost physical as he tried to pull away, only to be lured back to her when she made that sound, that soft, sexy sound that he couldn’t really define as a whimper or a purr like a kitten.  Nor did he give a damn!  She felt good, she tasted good, and she was his.  Not for long, but until she came to her senses and moved away, this was his woman. 
    “Hello?” a feminine voice called out.
    Knox pulled away and looked around, cursing when he saw Andie’s neighbor about to knock on the door again. 
    He stepped away from Andie and straightened her sweater.  There wasn’t anything he could do about the dazed look in her eyes and his body hardened to throbbing levels once again when he noticed that her lips were