A Texan's Honor by Gray Shelley

Author:Gray, Shelley [Gray, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781426714634
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2012-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

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Kitty was trying the very last of Scout's patience—and he hadn't been gifted with a lot of it to begin with.

Fact was, he didn't like being around the girl all that much. Not because she was difficult—shoot, she wasn't demanding at all. What he found disturbing was how she was too easy to be with. Actually, she kept to herself and was so quiet that sometimes he felt like blinking a few times just to make sure she was real and not something he'd dreamed up in the middle of a whiskey fog.

But she was definitely real. And unquestionably different. Indeed, she was like no woman he'd ever encountered before. And those differences were setting his teeth on edge. And for all the wrong reasons too. Kitty didn't chatter incessantly. She didn't ask questions.

She didn't flirt with him, need to constantly go to the bathroom, or complain about the lack of food in his trail bag.

In short, she didn't ask for much, and didn't expect much either. It seemed that if he wasn't molesting her, she reckoned her life was good.

He found her attitude to be fairly disturbing.

After all, from the time he'd set out on his own, just about everyone and their brother had wanted something from him. Most hadn't been afraid to use coercion, pain, or blackmail to make sure they got it, either. After a time, he'd learned not to take things personally. It was just how things were. People wanted what they wanted and were willing to do whatever it took to get it. He certainly had done that a time or two.

In contrast, Kitty's lack of motivation in that direction was slowly driving him crazy. At least, she had last night.

After riding all night, he'd picked an abandoned shack for them to sleep in. He'd stood at the entrance, waiting for her to complain. She didn't.

When they'd entered and the dank smell of mold and mildew and the previous occupants infused the air, he waited for her to wrinkle her nose. She said nothing.

Instead, after cautiously looking his way, she'd stood stockstill while he spread out the dirt and attempted to smooth it. When he lay on the ground, offering no excuses for the hard surface, she lay down beside him without even a moment's hesitation. In fact, the only clue that she was at all at odds with the situation was that her body was tense. At the ready.

And that's when he'd realized that she'd expected him to hurt her. Even though he definitely remembered telling her that he wouldn't.

She'd looked surprised as all get out when she'd woken up beside him, obviously having gotten more sleep than she was accustomed to.

Which made him mad. And because he wasn't all that good of a man, he'd snapped at her. "What has your life been like, girl?"

Instead of crying, she'd simply stared right back. "How do you think it's been, Mr. Proffitt? You know why I found you."

Her no-nonsense way of speaking embarrassed him mightily. "I'm talking 'bout other things.

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