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anything.”
    Elle twisted, but because her feet were still strapped down, she fell on her ass, knocking her breath out of her.
    “Whoa.” James nimbly jumped over and grabbed Elle’s wrists, but Cunningham had tossed his ski poles aside and was reaching for her as well.  
    “I got her,” Cunningham growled, his hands on her upper arms. James straightened, his eyebrows rising.
    “It’s ok, James. I know him.” Elle wanted to dust off her powder-covered pants, but Cunningham still hadn’t released her. She’d never seen Cunningham like this before. Even when he’d walked in on her with four other men, he hadn’t been exactly … jealous?
    Jonathan didn’t look very comfortable either. Nolan gracefully skied over, smirking so hard that it was a miracle he kept his balance. “I told you that was Elle,” he said. “Looks like dinner’s on you.” When he made eye contact with Elle, he winked.
    Elle turned to her instructor. “Thanks, James. Maybe I’ll spoil myself and see you tomorrow.”
    “That’d be swell. You got my digits.” He walked off, whistling.
    Cunningham finally let her go. “Who the hell is that?”
    “I believe that was James,” Nolan said. Elle smiled despite herself; it was nice to see, for once, Nolan being infuriating to someone other than her.
    She crossed her arms. “I’m a little rusty, so I hired an instructor.”
    “You don’t need an instructor.” Cunningham retrieved his ski poles. “We’ll take the gondola to the summit for lunch, and we can talk about it there.”
    He went off, and Elle freed herself from her snowboard. Take a gondola up and down? Seemed pretty safe.
    But two hours later, Elle was staring at the big map of the resort, trying to figure out how to get down without snapping her neck because Cunningham insisted that they ski down together.
    “We’ll take this one,” Cunningham said, indicating a trail marked with a black diamond. He turned to Elle. “It’s not very steep, and with all the snow last night, it’s more like an intermediate trail. You’ll probably find it too easy.”
    Crap.
    He skied off, Jonathan and Nolan right behind him. Elle chewed on her lower lip. She’d done an intermediate trail that morning. She could do this.
    She set off, channeling the voice of her instructor as she navigated the first part. Not steep? Cunningham seriously had no clue. This trail was a black diamond for a reason.
    Elle whimpered. It was too late to turn back. She babied herself, going at a snail’s pace, but it was ok. Just back and forth, back and forth.
    And then she saw the three men waiting for her around the first curve.  
    Jonathan pulled up his goggles. “You are rusty.” He sounded perplexed.
    “Yeah, well.” She looked away.
    “Elle, what’s going on?” Cunningham demanded.
    “It was a misunderstanding.” She shrugged helplessly.
    “I see.” Cunningham pulled a folded map out of his pocket and studied it. “We intersect with a green not too far away.”
    Jonathan tapped on the map. “These trees shouldn’t be hard to get to, and since the upper part is closed, it’ll be empty.”
    Cunningham nodded as a smile spread across his face. Nolan looked at her and slowly licked his lips, and Elle gulped.  
    “What are you going to do to me?”
    Cunningham stared at her as he stuffed his map inside his jacket. “You’re going to learn that there are consequences when you lie to your bosses.”
    Elle put her hands on her hips, but there was nothing she could say to defend herself. All she could come up with was, “Nolan’s not my boss.”
    Nolan moved in, his blue eyes darkening. “Wanna bet?” He stared at her mouth, and Elle blushed, remembering the hot tub kiss.
    “We’ll settle this in the trees,” Cunningham said firmly. He motioned for Jonathan to go first, then he and Nolan flanked Elle. She couldn’t help but notice that they weren’t even using their poles; each man held an arm out, ready to catch her.
    Geez. She