Zach laughed, a warm sound that rolled over her like honey. "You can never be too bold for me, sugar pie. The bolder the better, okay?"
"Okay."
"Let's untangle ourselves for a minute here while I pour us some more wine. Then I have something I want to say to you."
Maddie couldn't help but admire the excellent lines of his body as he rolled to his feet. The hard muscles outlined by the firelight, the flat stomach, the narrow waist and tight buttocks. Just looking at him every one of her pulses leaped to life.
He handed her the wine goblet, then eased himself back down on the pillows. Outside the wind raged like a demon and they could hear the sleet pelting the house.
"Damn!" Maddie put her wine down and leaped to her feet. "I need to make sure my sisters are okay. What if they're stuck out in this somewhere?"
Zach reached up to take her hand. "Didn't you tell me Lisa went to Ty's? And that Jenna had hooked up with Mitch?"
"Yes but - "