A Time For Love: (A Time Travel Romance) (Dodge City Brides Book 3) by MacLean Julianne

Author:MacLean, Julianne [MacLean, Julianne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Julianne MacLean Publishing Inc.
Published: 2011-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

Truman hadn’t gambled in years, but since a drink was out of the question, tonight he was going to lay his money on the table.

Because of the late hour, there were only a few gamblers in the saloon, so he walked up to the card table and waved the dealer over. He sat at an angle to keep Jessica’s door in view and waited for the first card to be dealt.

“Didn’t take you for a gamblin’ man, Sheriff,” the dealer said, as he sat down and shuffled the cards.

“I ain’t.”

“Feelin’ lucky?”

“I wouldn’t put it that way.”

“How would you put it, then?” the dealer asked, snapping each card down.

“I’d call it deserving of punishment.” Truman leaned back in his chair, every so often glancing up at that door.

“How’s that now?”

“It ain’t worth talking about.”

The truth was, Truman hadn’t talked about anything personal to anyone in the full two years since Dorothy’s death. It just seemed easier to keep it secret. If no one knew what happened, maybe he could forget it too. Pretend that part of his life never existed. He could even forget he’d been married.

But Jessica—with all her questions—had been pushing him to remember things. She’d been digging up the past. Rousing him when he didn’t want to be roused.

Was it just physical? he wondered broodingly. It certainly felt that way—like his body was thawing out and yearning for the kind of pleasure he’d not enjoyed in a very long time. He was a man, after all. He supposed he couldn’t deny that forever.

But was that all it was? His body’s aching need for sexual release and nothing else? If he satisfied it, would that be the end of it?

Truman played a card without thinking, then leaned forward to rest his elbows on the table. He glanced up at Jessica’s door again, wondering what she was doing in there. Had she undressed and gotten into bed? Was she thinking about him at all, wishing he’d come back and pick up where they’d left off?

Clenching his jaw, he played another card. He could feel it again—that deep sexual need, the ache to hold her and feel his bare skin heating up close to hers. He hadn’t enjoyed that kind of sexual pleasure in a long time. He wanted it now.

No, he didn’t want it.

He wanted her, and the whole thing made his head pound with the searing knowledge that no matter how hard he tried, he was going to lose this battle. Maybe he should just yield now, go back upstairs, and get on with it.

He laid his cards down on the table and nodded at the dealer.

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