Between Strangers by Linda Conrad

Author:Linda Conrad
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2004-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Before you know I’ve been gone. Jeez. She’d felt his absence the moment he’d left the house.

And nearly an hour later she was flustered, way beyond scared, and heading right for hysteria. The conflict of wanting to go out and find him warred with the knowledge that she couldn’t leave her child alone.

The bath had warmed both her and the baby. After drying off, she’d put their dry clothes back on. Then she’d rummaged through Vicki’s kitchen, hoping to be forgiven for the emergency, and found some canned milk. Angie had taken the milk and fallen sound asleep in her arms. Marcy snuggled her on the wide sofa in front of the fire again and set pillows around the baby so she wouldn’t roll off.

But now Marcy paced the floor in the foyer, fisting her hands and listening intently for any noise that might mean Lance was returning. Had he been snow-blinded and lost his way?

He was such a good man. It was perfectly clear to her that somewhere along the line he’d given up his own desire to be home by Christmas Eve in order to take them to Cheyenne. She was sure they wouldn’t even be leaving this house until long after Christmas Eve was over. The thought that he could be so selfless had tears stinging in the back of her eyes.

She shook her head, wanting to find some anger in order to see her through. Mad. She should be downright furious that he’d taken a chance with his life just so they could have a few meaningless things from the SUV.

But she couldn’t muster even a thread of mad toward him. The only thing in her mind and in her heart right now was need. Need to see him. To touch him. To hold him to her heart where he would be safe and warm.

Marcy stormed over to the sofa and checked the baby. Lightly touching her child’s forehead, she sniffed and murmured a soft lullaby. “Don’t worry, baby,” she crooned. “We will make it to our bright future. All of us will make it, I promise.”

The front door suddenly creaked open behind her. And Marcy held her breath as she spun around to be sure it was Lance. He closed the door and stomped his feet, then set his bundles down. Finally he flipped off the Stetson and slapped it against his jeans.

He was really safe. Her heart started to beat again in double time. Thank heaven, he was safe.

She squeaked with relief because she couldn’t find her voice—couldn’t even manage to breathe until she touched him and assured herself that he was really here and this wasn’t just a dream.

Covering the distance between them in a run, she threw herself against his chest. In one quick move she jumped, wrapped her legs around his waist and plastered his face with breathless kisses.

For half a second Lance seemed startled. But in the next moment he hugged her close to his body, found her lips with his own and pressed a searing kiss against them.

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