Armed And Dangerous (The McKinnon Legends - The McKinnon American Men Book 2) by James Ranay

Author:James, Ranay [James, Ranay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

On the way back to their camp, Mason grabbed her by the arm, gently spinning her around. “You can just drop the cold shoulder, Barbara. You have to talk to me sometime and besides, I need to know, not only did you see Jesse, you spoke to her didn’t you?” Mason asked after they finished with the briefing. They were making their way back to their campsite bringing with them a wild boar to slow cook in a pit. It was their excuse for being out all night in camouflage. They were hunting should anyone ask. Barbara’s wound could well have been sustained from the boar, so chances were no one would even inquire. His tusks were enormous.

She hated it when he called her Barbie Doll. It was usually when he was feeling defensive. That much, she did know. However, so much of her conceptions of Mason were being shattered, and she was not sure she really understood him any longer. She questioned her motives, her understandings, and her feelings. She was beginning to doubt that she ever really had understood him. There were greater depths to him than she ever could have fathomed, and much to her dismay, she was really beginning to like him even if he did still chap her ass from time to time. She was seeing the more deeply intellectual and serious man, yet there was a playful side to him, as well. And like it or not, she was going to have to keep her secret. She was falling for him. As much as she tried to put the skids on her feelings, it was in vain. She was just trying to stop herself from feeling what she knew she had to push into the deep recesses of her heart.

He was so wrong for her. She could not taste this weakness. If she ever got a taste of that sweet candy, she might not be able to walk away unscathed when the time came and she would be damned before she became just one more conquest for Mason McKinnon, notorious ladies man.

She pulled her arm away and started walking away. If he wanted to talk he could do it walking. She was about to fall down and needed to keep moving.

“I did speak to her, yes. And I’m not giving you the cold shoulder, Mason. I'm just tired as hell, and I have nothing to say, and by your own admission, you like your women seen and not heard,” she shrugged.

“Real funny,” he said while pulling her up short again.

He looked at her face and for the first time saw just how tired she was. She was swaying on her feet, yet she had not uttered a single word of complaint. She was full of inner strength and tough as any man he knew, yet managed to stay all female. He was finding a new admiration for his boss. Any of the other women in his life would have been railing by now, screeching at him for the dreadful conditions and complaining that they needed a manicure.

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