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me out of my current daze. “Another thing?”
    “Yeah,” he said with a wink. “We both like to run and we both love the mountains.”
    Why did my knees feel weak? Did I run too hard? Maybe I was tired.
    With an awkward chuckle, I nodded. “I’d kill for a weekend in the mountains. Anything to get away. You’re lucky.”
    He lifted his eyebrow and something moved across his face.
    Change the subject, Kilyn. Fast.
    “Hey, so is Thano short for something?”
    “It is,” he said with another drop-my-panties smile. “My full name is Athanasios.”
    Dear. God. Why does that make my panties soaking wet? It’s the way he said it. Those green eyes of his confused me. They held a sad secret, but every now and then he would look at me like he wanted to rip my clothes off.
    I would so be down with him ripping my clothes off. My eyes moved to his arm and the tattoos on it. Licking my lips, I forced the moan to stay in.
    “That’s . . . a really cool name.”
    He tossed his head back and laughed. “Gotta love my Greek parents.”
    I needed to know his full name. Okay, that’s not true. I didn’t need to know, I just wanted to hear him say his name again.
    “So what’s your full name? Do the Greeks use like a thousand different names for members of the family? You know, like ten middle names?”
    When he laughed again, I couldn’t help but notice how a crazy feeling zipped through my body. My eyes lingered a little too long on the scruff that covered his perfectly beautiful face. “No. It’s Athanasios Adrax Drivas.”
    And there it was.
    I was positive Thano could get any girl he wanted merely by saying his name. Another reason to stay away from him. With those looks and that name . . . let’s not forget the rocking body. Yep. He had player written all over him.
    Thano opened his mouth to talk and his phone rang. With a smile, I lifted my hand and said, “Well, it was great seeing you again. Maybe I’ll see ya around.”
    He looked conflicted. “Wait! What’s your last name since you know mine?”
    I couldn’t help but notice how my chest fluttered. “O’Kelly is my last name.”
    The smile that spread across his face made me smile.
    “Irish.”
    “Yep.” Glancing to his phone, I pointed. “You better answer that.”
    He nodded and said, “Yep. See ya, Kilyn.”
    I lifted my hand and said, “See ya.”
    Turning, I took off running. I’d never run so fast in my life. It was as if I was running from the way he looked at me.
    Or worse yet, from the way he made me feel.

W ALKING THROUGH THE cabin, I tried like hell to forget about my conversation with Kilyn. Blowing out a deep breath, I shook my head to clear my thoughts.
    “How’s it looking?” Mike asked. He was the contractor handling the building. He was also a friend of mine since high school.
    With a smile, I replied, “It looks great. What’s left to do?”
    “If you’re happy with everything, we’re done. We had a few paint touch-ups to do that the guys took care of earlier this morning. The inspector came in and all is looking good. You my friend, have your cabin in the woods.”
    My chest tightened. Savannah and I talked about building a place in the mountains. She would have never gone for how simple this cabin was though. She grew up in a very wealthy family. A three-bedroom cabin would never have made her happy. But being up here would have.
    She should be here.
    “Hey. You okay, Thano? You look pale.”
    Clearing my throat, I nodded and hit him on the side of the arm. “Yeah. I’m great. It all looks great, Mike.”
    “Did you ever tell your parents?”
    With a halfhearted chuckle, I looked around again. “Hell no. My mother would have been all over you. Picking paint colors and adding this or that. In a way, I did it for you, Mike.”
    He narrowed his eyes and stared at me with a disbelieving look. “For me? How’s that?”
    “If she had known I was building this place, she would have been calling you on the phone every day.