A Moment in Time by Deb Stover

Author:Deb Stover [Stover, Deb]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Romance, Western, Historical, Fiction, Time Travel
ISBN: 9780821766200
Google: 7w9Jme_-uPIC
Amazon: 0821766201
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2000-05-01T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Jackie watched Cole stomp back into the waterfall, and she laughed even though she felt more like crying. She'd seen the naked desire in his eyes and the even more naked state of his body.

And what a body. Cole Morrison was one well-endowed man. He couldn't have been more beautiful if Michelangelo had risen from the dead to create him. But it was much more than his looks that drew her to him. He was a good man–kind, generous, a loving father.

And a kidnapper. Don't forget that.

Tonight, by God, she would find out why he'd been willing to abduct her for pay. He'd promised and she wouldn't let him weasel out of telling her again. Cougars, bears, Big Foot–nothing would stand in her way tonight.

Then after his confession...maybe they'd get back to that other unfinished matter between them. Of course, there were really two unfinished matters between them, but until Henri's broken finger was healed...

She cleared her throat. After having seen Cole in his birthday suit–oh, my–she couldn't call their attraction a small matter by any stretch of the imagination. Not that she had before.

Somehow, she'd known exactly where he was going when he'd stormed out of the cabin earlier. Todd had been only too eager to tell her how to find the falls, though she'd worried the whole time that she might become lost again in the mountains. But she'd found the falls. And Cole.

Whoa. She fanned herself and released a long, slow breath.

Of course, she probably should fill him in on the visitor she'd had this morning. Rock Smith. The name made her cringe, but was it really any worse than Blade? Yep.

But he couldn't be any worse than Blade. Unless he was Blade...

Should she tell Cole about Smith's visit and Goodfellow's offer? What if it was really Blade setting a trap for her again? She had to be careful and think this through first.

And if she decided to tell Cole about Smith, should she do it before or after they made love...? Could she keep her emotions disengaged long enough to have casual sex?

No. Get real, Clarke.

She cared about Cole Morrison even more than she wanted him.

The thought of lying naked in his arms made her tingle all over, and her nipples stiffened against her clothing. She glanced down, wondering if he'd be able to see through the brown fabric. No. Darn it.

In all seriousness, urging Cole to return her to the Gold Mine Saloon and the unfinished portrait was the right thing. He'd get paid and, maybe, she could go home, and stop thinking about seducing him with every breath she took.

Unless Lolita Belle was living Jackie's life. Stop that. She couldn't think straight as it was without adding more confusion.

Like this morning, the thought of going home left her feeling sort of empty and confused. A lump formed in her throat. Get over it. She wasn't the kind of woman a man like Cole Morrison wanted as a stepmother for his son. Besides, he thought Jackie was a notorious saloon singer.

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