Mountain Wild. Stacey Kayne
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apologies.”
She took a step back, glowering at him as she rubbed her wrist. He knew he hadn’t used enough pressure to bruise her soft skin.
“Well?” he persisted. “Why isn’t your husband here? You are married, aren’t you?”
“I don’t see how my life history would be beneficial to you, Mr. Daines.”
“Considering I’ve been lying naked in your bed for the past few days,” he said bluntly, “asking your marital status seems a fair question.”
She crossed her arms, her pointed little chin raising a few notches. “Are you suggesting I should have left you in the snow for the sake of propriety?”
Her crisp speech carried a hint of formality that reminded him of Amanda’s. This woman’s sharp gaze and graceful mannerisms belayed her odd attire. She’d been properly schooled. Must have been a sweet-talking sonuvagun who’d convinced her to come all the way out here.
“No, ma’am,” he said. “I’m grateful for your help. But your husband may not appreciate—”
“I don’t have a husband, so you can relax.”
Relax? With the thoughts that were filtering through his mind. Not likely. Why the hell didn’t she have a husband? “You live way up here alone?”
“You should be focusing on getting your strength back. You’ll be leaving as soon as the weather allows.”
Her hostility and evasiveness gnawed at him. He was obviously making her nervous. Hell, he was making himself nervous!
“I know for certain I wasn’t near any homestead when the storm hit,” he said, hoping a less invasive question would get him some answers. “At least none that I’m aware of. I’ve lived in this area for nearly nine years.”
“Do you really think you’re on a homestead?”
She wasn’t buying any of it.
“No, ma’am. More of a miner’s claim, I suppose.”
Her single arched eyebrow wasn’t a denial or a confirmation. The sheer challenge in her gaze caused a discomforting stir in his britches. He was starting to think he had a thing for sassy women. Sassy, stern and pretty beyond measure.
Her cheeks flushed to a soft pink before she hooded those blue eyes with thick lashes.
And passionate, his mind added. She’d been hesitant at first but had quickly turned to sweet fire in his arms.
Garret dropped his spoon, the provocative images in his mind driving him to the brink of insanity.
“Did I bed you?”
Her gaze snapped up, pinning him with those vibrant blue eyes.
Well hell, that hadn’t been the smooth delivery he’d hoped for.
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