Cabin Fever by Karen Rose Smith

Author:Karen Rose Smith
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Man-woman relationships, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Montana, General, Love stories
ISBN: 9780373246823
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

When Emily and Brad returned to the Lazy D, Adele and Caleb were both solicitous and wanted to know what they could do to make her feel better. She simply smiled, gave them her “I’ll be fine” speech and then said she was going up to her room to rest.

“Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes,” Adele advised her.

“I think I’ll skip dinner tonight.”

After she mounted the stairs, she made it to her room and lowered herself onto the bed.

Brad followed her. “I put the ice packs in the freezer. The doctor’s orders said fifteen minutes every hour. He said a warm bath might help relax you, too.”

“I just want to go to bed.”

“Not going to listen to doctor’s orders?”

She wrinkled her nose at him. “Don’t parent me, Brad.”

“Believe me, the last thing I want to do is parent you.”

When she saw the glimmer of desire in his eyes, she remembered how he’d kissed her so tenderly yet with so much passion at the emergency room. Dealing with that on top of everything else was just a little bit too much.

“Just leave me alone, okay?”

Coming over to her, he hunkered down in front of her. “No, I’m not going to leave you alone. I’m going to draw you a warm bath. When you’re finished, I’ll put ice cubes in a plastic bag for your wrist until the ice packs are ready. So get undressed, put on a robe and come into the bathroom in about ten minutes. If you don’t appear, I’ll come and get you.”

“You can be so arrogant,” she mumbled under her breath.

Even though it had been low, he’d still heard it. Rather than being offended, he grinned. “I know I can. It’s a great way to get my own way. Ten minutes, Emily.”

After he disappeared into the bathroom, she heard water running in the tub.

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Whoever could have imagined Brad Vaughn would draw her a bath. That was as crazy as this whole trip had been. But she did know Brad always got what he wanted and she didn’t have the energy to fight him, so she did as he suggested.

He was still in the bathroom, standing over the tub, when she finally went in, her robe belted tight. Bubbles floated everywhere and the sweet scent of lavender hovered in the air.

“It’s ready.” He looked her over, making no move to leave.

“If you think you’re going to stand here and watch me take a bath, you’re sadly mistaken,” she teased.

With a chuckle, he shook his head. “Somehow I knew you’d say that. I’ll leave. But I won’t be far away. Just yell if you need anything.”

When he’d shut the door to his room partway, she laid her robe over a small settee and stepped down into the water. It did feel heavenly. Sinking beneath the bubbles, she let her head loll back, resting her bandaged wrist on the side of the tub.

For the most part Emily kept her eyes closed while she soaked, but every once in a while she’d hear Brad moving about in his bedroom.

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