I went on a hike to clear my head.
But then a storm blows in, and now I’m taking shelter with my rescuer—my dad’s best friend.
My goal was to clear my head. To figure out what I want in life—besides mountain ranger Beau Cameron, that is.
He’s my dad’s best friend, more than twenty years older than me, and it’s not like he returns my feelings. Beau and I are never going to happen.
I need to let it go. Move on.
But I get caught in a life-threatening deluge of wind, rain, and hail. Soon, I’m lost, freezing, and I think my ankle might be broken.
I’m absolutely terrified.
Somehow, he finds me. Like a knight in shining armor, Beau scoops me up and rescues me from the storm, taking me to an abandoned cabin.
And then he starts to strip off his clothes, telling me that we need to huddle together for warmth…