Break Down Here: A Country Romance by McClendon Shayne

Author:McClendon, Shayne [McClendon, Shayne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Always the Good Girl LLC
Published: 2015-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Xander allowed her to lead him with a smile. “Madison, you don’t have to do that. I didn’t want you to have to wait to hear from your sister…or see her.” He waved the camera at her invitingly and she tugged her lower lip between her teeth.

Pushing him down in one of the two dining chairs, she grinned. “Nice try but nope. You’ve been traveling all day and you need food first. We can talk while I make it.” He nodded and watched her move kick off her shoes before moving efficiently around the kitchen.

He hoped that one day, just maybe, Madison would look at him and see a man she could love.

It was way past that point for him.

Hell, he’d been half in love with her the day they met. Even when she fell apart…tired, beaten, and needing help…he saw how strong she was.

Little by little, he’d fallen more in love with the brave woman he found on the side of the road. He would never make her feel uncomfortable, knowing what she’d been through.

They talked all the time, more than he ever had with a woman who wasn’t related. She was smart and motivated, hard working.

There would come a day when the man who hunted her was no longer a threat. Sometimes, Xander laid awake, staring at the ceiling, and wondered where she would go after she got her life back. If she would drive out of his small town and never come back.

Setting a steaming mug of coffee in front of him, light and sweet just the way he liked it, her hand settled in his hair. Xander closed his eyes, soaking up her touch. He was careful not to touch her too much so when she reached out, he couldn’t help but wallow in it.

“Your hair gets so blonde in the summer.” She stroked through the strands and cupped the back of his head. Then she shook herself, stepped away, and went back to the kitchen.

“You’re getting a huge turkey and Swiss sandwich. I’m out of that roast beef you like but I’ll get more this week.” Madison pulled everything out of her refrigerator and made food for him, adding a pickle spear and his favorite potato chips. Setting his plate on the table, she grabbed a glass of iced tea and sat with him. “Eat. Talk to me.”

He grinned. “Which is it? Eat or talk to you? I have to maintain manners, you know. Aunt Reba would string me up.” She laughed and he dug in. “You really didn’t have to feed me, Madi. You worked all day.”

“I like watching you eat.”

After a few minutes, she got up to refill his coffee. He was distracted by the way her jeans cupped her butt. Mentally kicking himself, he focused on his plate.

Madison returned with a fresh cup and sat with her bare feet on the chair, arms wrapped around her knees. She watched him in silence but it never felt awkward between them.

“You look tired, Xander.

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