A Thing Called Love by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders [Sanders, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945100215
Publisher: Grayton Press

Chapter Fourteen

“You didn’t see who it was?” Jacob asked for the second time.

“No.” Conner ran his hands through his wet hair and cursed under his breath as Rose helped roll up Kara’s jeans to look at the large red mark on her calf.

“If it was one of my guys, I’ll find out. I won’t tolerate this kind of recklessness on my job site,” Jacob said sternly.

When she’d cried out and buckled in his arms, he’d been so concerned about her that he hadn’t looked at the truck. Instead, he’d raced up the hill towards his truck with Kara in his arms.

“I should have looked at the truck, but when it was heading towards us, it had its high beams on and, well, I didn’t have time to do anything except make sure we weren’t in its direct path,” he admitted. “How is she?” he asked Rose.

“I’m fine,” Kara answered. “As I said many times before.” She touched his arms. “Really, it was just dirt.”

“By the look of this, dirt with a few rocks in it,” Rose added, looking down at Kara’s red skin.

“Okay, yeah, there had to be a few rocks,” Kara admitted with a hiss when Rose ran her fingers over the back of her calf.

Kara was trying to twist and get a better look at the back of her leg. She winced when she noticed her marred skin.

“I should take you to see my uncle.” He reached to pick her up, but she stopped him.

“Conner, it was dirt and rocks. I’ve had worse. I can still walk. Nothing is broken. I’m not bleeding.”

“I’d put some ice on it and keep it elevated for the rest of the day,” Rose suggested. “It is pretty swollen.”

“Good idea,” Kara said, then she glanced at him.

He swallowed his concern, knowing it wasn’t doing her or him any good.

“I’ll take you home,” he said, feeling a little defeated that their day had been cut short. He moved to pick her up again, only to have her nudge him aside and stand on her own.

“I can walk,” she assured him with a smile as she tugged her jean leg back into place.

He held onto her as she limped towards the door.

“Thanks,” Kara said to Rose. “Oh, hold lot seven for my parents. I’ll see if they can come down next weekend to look at it themselves.”

“Will do,” Rose said with a smile. “I look forward to meeting them. Take care of your leg. We’ll see you around.”

“Thanks,” Kara said again.

The moment they were outside, he lifted her into his arms and carried her the rest of the way to his truck.

“I could have walked,” Kara said.

“I like carrying you,” he answered as he set her down in the truck.

“Who do you think that was?” she asked as they started making their way down the hill. “A worker?”

“No,” he answered after a moment. He had an idea of who it was but didn’t want to involve her in his family’s messy business.

“There’s a rumor going

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