"It always is." He started to undo my harness and help me out of it. "It's even more fun in the rain. You should try it in the middle of a thunderstorm."
"Isn't that dangerous?" One hand on his shoulder, I stepped out of the harness.
He smiled. "Very. That's why we don't run tours during storms. Doesn't stop me and Riley though."
"You two are out of your minds," I told him.
He chuckled. "Nah, we like to live a little harder than most. Keeps things interesting."
"It's all fun and games until you get struck by lightning," I said.
He started folding the harness. "Gotta die of something."
I straightened my clothes. "Yes, but you don't need to tempt fate that badly, do you?"
"Always." He placed the harness into a box and clicked it shut. "I think of it as making fate my bitch on a daily basis. Someday, I'll be hers."
"That's a dark way to think about it," I said.
"I'm a realist. Charlie, let's get this box into the truck." He grabbed one handle and waited for her to take the one on the other side before they carried it off the platform and over to one of the trucks parked a few metres away. On the other side of that, the weekend adventurers were climbing onto the two buses and heading down to town. Laughing, talking and sounding as exhilarated as I felt.
"I can see why you like this job." I followed Connor over to the truck. "Fresh air, sunshine and excitement."
"Yeah, that's my tagline," he said sarcastically. "Fits my personality, don't you think?" He offered a sideways smile.
"I was going to suggest Sunshine was your middle name," I teased. "Connor Sunshine Ferguson."
He barked a laugh. "That would be the fucking day."
"It's perfect," I insisted. "Sunshine."
He scowled at me. "If you think that's a nickname you can use…"
I grinned.
He ran a hand over the back of his neck and shook his head. "Fuck me."
Charlie was laughing as she headed over to the other truck and climbed in.
"Your ass is going to be pink by the time I’m finished punishing you for that," Connor growled.
My arousal was back, this time with interest. I slid into the passenger seat of his truck and clicked my seatbelt.
"You talk the talk, Sunshine."
"Honey, I can spank the spank too. And I don't mean spank bank." He climbed into the driver's seat and started the engine before following Charlie back toward Aurora Hollow.
27
LEAH
"Soundslike you got the royal treatment." Fiona tapped her fingers on the arm of her chair along to the drum beat from the small band in the corner of the beer garden. "White water rafting and zip lining. Are you going to bungee jump next?" Head bobbing, she slid me a look, one eyebrow raised.
"You should," Holly said. "It's amazing." Her eyes were wide like she happily ate adrenaline for breakfast.
"You're all out of your minds." Whitney's eyes were on the lead guitarist as she spoke. "I'm going to keep my feet on solid ground."
"He's solid something all right," Fiona said slyly.
