eyes.
“You may have to tie me up again, just to stop me for a bit, so you could rest up.”
Her eyes shot up again. “You really feel like that—really?”
He nodded. “Really, really.”
“But how can that be?”
“I just know I want you every time I look at you.”
Kanda’s heart pounded so loud she felt it banging in her ears.
“That’s why you’d better get into some clothes or I might start another dammed fire, Miss Ropin’ Ripper.”
She giggled at the joke and realized again how he could make her laugh in an instant, no matter how she was feeling. She gazed over at the man shirt lying on the bed that he’d found for her, grabbing it up, she raised it to her nose. His scent was now imprinted in her memory, probably forever.
Fear crept in. What was happening here? She was falling hard for this Aussie man. Her heart could get smashed to bits if she didn’t watch out. She suddenly wondered if she could find something to make this man less appealing to her.
There has to be something. He’s funny, hot, hard-bodied and bullheaded. So powerfully sexy, he makes me want to stay here and be loved by him…burned by Wade fire till I died!
She tugged on her jeans as she watched him go through the door to check on her horse . I’d better be trying to find this unholy factor about him or I’m gonna be a goner. Licked and stripped clean like a steak bone in a freakin’ dog pound!
TEN
If luck was a bright penny,
then I would be a tarnished dime.
Daisy’s Roundup Room
Daisy was out of breath as she grabbed her overnight bag and rushed to the closet to get her shoe bag. She was always packed and ready to go. A habit she formed throughout her life. She’d been on the line of the law here, running this ranch and even though she had the protection of a few officials in high places? A fast girl knows when it’s time to run fast.
Now that Rand had showed up. Time to sprint and quick-like. Yeah, she knew he might eventually, but not this soon. I can’t see him, I just can’t! She grabbed the shoe bag and hurried out of the walk-in closet.
“Going somewhere?” Rand stood in the middle of her room.
Daisy dropped the bags as little shocks kept running along her nerve endings to her brain.
He stood tall and wide as usual, his physique just the same as all those years ago. Sandy blond hair with just a touch of gray at his temples.
It was his voice that struck her dumb though. That voice could excite a freakin’ nun on Xanax. He could just read a grocery list and a woman might climax when he got to the meat section.
Gulping, she didn’t know what to do or what to say. A real miracle for Daisy Plush. Always there with the first and last word. She prided herself on it. “Yep.” Was her response. Pithy, Daisy, real eloquent!
He stepped closer and gave her that smile.
Oh no! Not that. He could smile and the room would get brighter. Dang, she forgot about that. Okay, now the deck is just temporarily stacked that’s all; you can beat him. She hoped he would just up and disappear like he did in all her dreams for the years since she last saw him.
“I just wanna talk, Daize.”
Her body was shaking and she knew she was gonna turn into a California jolter if he didn’t leave and real quick. Keep the poker face, your ante will come, just keep focused. “Just get out!” she whispered weak-like.
He shook his head and took another step toward her. “How about I just say…no.”
Dammit, I’m always pulling up the joker card. Daisy was unnerved to say the least as she wrung her hands. “No?”
He nodded. “We aren’t enemies and I don’t see the harm—?”
“Harm?’ she squeaked. My sanity, my soul…gone! Harm is all you are.
He tilted his head. “I don’t remember ever hurting you.”
Daisy’s heart pounded. Sweet Jesus, he is so dammed sexy! “No. But you could’ve so easily.”
Rand laughed dryly. “What kind of defense is that?” He stepped closer. “I never
“You may have to tie me up again, just to stop me for a bit, so you could rest up.”
Her eyes shot up again. “You really feel like that—really?”
He nodded. “Really, really.”
“But how can that be?”
“I just know I want you every time I look at you.”
Kanda’s heart pounded so loud she felt it banging in her ears.
“That’s why you’d better get into some clothes or I might start another dammed fire, Miss Ropin’ Ripper.”
She giggled at the joke and realized again how he could make her laugh in an instant, no matter how she was feeling. She gazed over at the man shirt lying on the bed that he’d found for her, grabbing it up, she raised it to her nose. His scent was now imprinted in her memory, probably forever.
Fear crept in. What was happening here? She was falling hard for this Aussie man. Her heart could get smashed to bits if she didn’t watch out. She suddenly wondered if she could find something to make this man less appealing to her.
There has to be something. He’s funny, hot, hard-bodied and bullheaded. So powerfully sexy, he makes me want to stay here and be loved by him…burned by Wade fire till I died!
She tugged on her jeans as she watched him go through the door to check on her horse . I’d better be trying to find this unholy factor about him or I’m gonna be a goner. Licked and stripped clean like a steak bone in a freakin’ dog pound!
TEN
If luck was a bright penny,
then I would be a tarnished dime.
Daisy’s Roundup Room
Daisy was out of breath as she grabbed her overnight bag and rushed to the closet to get her shoe bag. She was always packed and ready to go. A habit she formed throughout her life. She’d been on the line of the law here, running this ranch and even though she had the protection of a few officials in high places? A fast girl knows when it’s time to run fast.
Now that Rand had showed up. Time to sprint and quick-like. Yeah, she knew he might eventually, but not this soon. I can’t see him, I just can’t! She grabbed the shoe bag and hurried out of the walk-in closet.
“Going somewhere?” Rand stood in the middle of her room.
Daisy dropped the bags as little shocks kept running along her nerve endings to her brain.
He stood tall and wide as usual, his physique just the same as all those years ago. Sandy blond hair with just a touch of gray at his temples.
It was his voice that struck her dumb though. That voice could excite a freakin’ nun on Xanax. He could just read a grocery list and a woman might climax when he got to the meat section.
Gulping, she didn’t know what to do or what to say. A real miracle for Daisy Plush. Always there with the first and last word. She prided herself on it. “Yep.” Was her response. Pithy, Daisy, real eloquent!
He stepped closer and gave her that smile.
Oh no! Not that. He could smile and the room would get brighter. Dang, she forgot about that. Okay, now the deck is just temporarily stacked that’s all; you can beat him. She hoped he would just up and disappear like he did in all her dreams for the years since she last saw him.
“I just wanna talk, Daize.”
Her body was shaking and she knew she was gonna turn into a California jolter if he didn’t leave and real quick. Keep the poker face, your ante will come, just keep focused. “Just get out!” she whispered weak-like.
He shook his head and took another step toward her. “How about I just say…no.”
Dammit, I’m always pulling up the joker card. Daisy was unnerved to say the least as she wrung her hands. “No?”
He nodded. “We aren’t enemies and I don’t see the harm—?”
“Harm?’ she squeaked. My sanity, my soul…gone! Harm is all you are.
He tilted his head. “I don’t remember ever hurting you.”
Daisy’s heart pounded. Sweet Jesus, he is so dammed sexy! “No. But you could’ve so easily.”
Rand laughed dryly. “What kind of defense is that?” He stepped closer. “I never
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