Ambushed! by B. J. Daniels

Author:B. J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: American Light Romantic Fiction, Romance - Suspense, Man-woman relationships, Ranchers, Romance: Modern, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Romantic suspense fiction, Montana, Suspense, Romance - General, Cowboys, Sheriffs, General, Love stories, Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 9780373886197
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

CASH SAW FEAR FLICKER in her green eyes before Molly said, “Bernard thinks you were responsible for Jasmine disappearing? That’s ridiculous.” She said it with almost enough conviction that Cash believed she meant it. “You loved her. You wouldn’t have hurt her. Anyway, if her brother knew you, he’d know you aren’t that kind of man.”

Cash had to smile. “Thanks for the vote of confidence. You almost sound as if you’ve known me longer than a few hours.”

“I’m a pretty good judge of character,” she said. “Anyway, you had no reason to hurt her.”

He didn’t correct her. Instead, he slid the pot roast closer to her. “Well, with you alive, I guess that proves I’m innocent at least of killing you. But it remains to be seen whether or not I had something to do with your disappearance. Too bad you can’t remember that day.”

She helped herself to seconds while he buttered her another roll and one for himself—and said nothing.

There was no way Jasmine would have eaten even a small plate of pot roast, let alone two, and there was no way she’d have even touched a roll dripping with butter. Jasmine had been off bread long before the low-carb craze.

He felt the prick of a memory, Jasmine making a scene at a café when served iceberg lettuce. He tried to swallow down the bad taste the memory left in his mouth. He’d forgotten how much he’d disliked eating with her because she always picked at her food and complained.

So how could this woman who looked so much like Jasmine actually be her? He told himself that losing her identity, her money, possibly almost her life and being forced to live a hand-to-mouth existence could change a person. But Jasmine Wolfe?

He couldn’t see her changing even if she were homeless and starving. He had a flash of Jasmine digging in a garbage can saying, “Iceberg lettuce? You have to be joking. I’d rather starve.”

He studied the woman across the table from him. Was it possible that the Jasmine he’d known and this woman really were the same person?

Jasmine had been one hell of an actress, playing any role she thought would get her what she wanted. But she wasn’t this good.

He watched her clean her plate as if she’d never tasted anything so good. Watching her eat with such relish, such passion, he started to think of her as Molly—the last thing he wanted to do. “Would you like a glass of milk?”

She seemed surprised, as if she’d been lost in the meal. She smiled and nodded. “That would be nice.”

Jasmine wouldn’t touch milk, he thought as he went into the kitchen to the fridge. He brought back a tall glass of whole milk—not even two percent—and watched her chug half of it then smile and lick her lips. “Thank you. That was delicious.”

He nodded. If she was Jasmine, he liked the changes, he thought, then realized he’d thought if. What if she wasn’t Jasmine? He wanted her to be Jasmine even more desperately than he had earlier.

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