Against the Wind & Savior in the Saddle by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“I want to go home.” Sarah turned as Jackson closed the door to their suite behind them. It was seven-thirty in the morning and they were just getting back to the hotel.

“All right. I’ll call the airport, make arrangements to leave. We’ll be back in Wyoming before dark.”

Sarah paced over to the window and looked down into the courtyard. She watched a young valet pull a car up in front of the lobby, then wait for the driver to climb inside.

She turned back to Jackson. “This all seems so surreal.”

“I know what you mean.”

“I don’t feel right about leaving that stuff in the mine. We don’t even know what it is.”

“Some kind of waste from whatever it is Hexel doesn’t want anyone to know they’re doing.”

“I feel like I should do something, but—” She shook her head. “But I’ve got Holly to think of.” She returned to staring out the window, watched the valet through a sudden film of tears. “How could I have married a man like that? How could I not have seen what he was like from the beginning?”

Jackson walked up behind her. Slipping his arms around her waist, he drew her back against his chest. “You were young. He was good at what he did and that included conning you.”

She turned around and leaned into him, slid her arms around his neck. “I wish it had been you.”

He moved a strand of dark hair off her cheek with his finger. “There’s time, Sarah. You’re young yet and so am I. Things can still work out.”

She looked up at him and the tears in her eyes rolled down her cheeks. She stepped out of his embrace, felt a chill at the loss of his warmth. “I won’t marry again, Jackson. Not ever. You might as well know that. If you’re looking for a wife, you need to look somewhere else.”

Jackson’s gaze remained on her face. “I wasn’t looking for a wife when you came along, Sarah. I’m not looking now. But unlike you, if the right person happens to come into my life—if I fall in love—I won’t throw away the chance for happiness.”

Sarah felt a sharp pinch in her heart. If I fall in love...

She was in love with Jackson. She didn’t think he knew and she would never tell him. How could she? How could she drag a good man like Jackson into the kind of sordid life she had been living? The kind that seemed to follow her wherever she went?

“I need to pack,” she said, turning away from him and heading for her bedroom.

“I’ll arrange our flight home.”

Sarah paused at the door and looked back at him, saw him reach for the phone. He was so handsome her heart squeezed. She had never met anyone like him. She never would again.

She was in love with him and she didn’t deserve him.

She stepped into the bedroom, closed the door and leaned against it. If Spalino kept his bargain, she and Holly would be safe.

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