A Kiss on Crimson Ranch (Harlequin Special Edition) by Michelle Major

Author:Michelle Major [Major, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Josh rubbed his hand over his face and gave a weary look around yet another store filled with racks of women’s clothes. How many different shops had he been into today? More than in the past ten years if he had to guess. After eating, Claire had led them from one end of the ritzy neighborhood to the other.

She’d promised this would be the last one, and Josh couldn’t be finished soon enough. His knee ached, his head pounded and all he wanted was to get out of the city and up into the mountains again. Sara had gamely kept up with Claire’s boundless energy, but even she’d begun to wilt a little as she’d followed his daughter back to the fitting rooms.

He’d also noticed that in the whole day, Sara hadn’t purchased one thing for herself. All of her attention remained focused on Claire’s needs. He knew Claire had never had that with her own mother, and it made his heart open to Sara all the more.

“I’m not sure that’s your size,” a voice said next to him.

Sara stood just to the side of a rack of dresses, eyeing him with a smile.

He looked down at the soft fabric he clutched to his chest, then held up the dress. “It would look good on you,” he said softly.

Her eyes sparked, whether with humor or temper he couldn’t tell. “Today isn’t about me.”

“You haven’t seen anything you want?”

“Doesn’t matter.” She sighed. “I don’t have the money for new clothes.”

He ignored the way his gut tightened at her comment. “I thought maybe Colorado wasn’t trendy enough for you.”

“What do you know about trendy?”

“More than I ever wanted to after today.” He held the dress out. “Try it on,” he coaxed, suddenly wanting to see her in something other than her chosen uniform of jeans and shapeless T-shirts.

“No point,” she answered, but he thought he saw a sliver of longing in her gaze. Josh knew all about longing these days. Although he found it hard to believe, Sara had almost as many walls built up as he did. Right now, he wanted to crash through each and every one of them.

“You’re right, though,” he told her. “It doesn’t matter what you wear. The bottom line is you’re beautiful.”

She took a step toward him and reached for the dress. “I’m not sure—”

“What do you think?”

He and Sara turned as Claire came from the back of the store. Josh felt his eyes widen. “I think you have thirty seconds to take that off and put on a decent outfit.”

Sara’s mouth dropped open as her gaze traveled up and down Claire. The saleswoman who’d followed Claire from the dressing room quickly backed away as Sara shot her a glare.

His daughter wore a skintight, black lace concoction that revealed more skin than it covered. Suddenly, he saw her not as his little girl but as a woman, one who was quickly going to rival her supermodel mother in the looks department. He had a visceral need to polish a shotgun or move to Tibet.

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