Cade's Loss: California Cowboys 1 by Selena Laurence

Author:Selena Laurence [Laurence, Selena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Golden Age Press
Published: 2017-02-26T18:30:00+00:00

9

Nina was drying her hair as she came out of the shower, already in her pajamas—boy shorts and a camisole—when the knock came on her cabin door.

“Nina, it’s Cade,” his deep voice said through the thick wood door.

Her heart fluttered around like a bird in a cage, and she scowled, taking a deep breath and reminding herself that just a few hours ago, he’d told her he wasn’t going to give in to whatever it was he felt. He might want her, but that was all it was, and even that wasn’t enough for him to pursue her.

She swung the door open, realizing a moment too late that she was wearing virtually nothing. If she hadn’t remembered, Cade’s eyes roaming up and down her body would have reminded her pretty damn fast.

He cleared his throat. “Hey,” he said with a wry smile.

“Hi.”

“Can I come in?”

Her traitorous heart did that fluttering thing again, and this time it was joined by her traitorous lower half that couldn’t help but notice how perfectly the black T-shirt he was wearing contrasted with the blond of his hair and the blue of his eyes. He looked like a fallen angel, all smudged light and beautiful pain.

“Sure,” she said, pretending to be steady as she swept her arm to the side.

He stepped in, closing the door behind him. His hands were stuffed into the front pocket of his jeans, and that stupid piece of hair that was always falling over his eyes was there, begging for her to push the silky strands back.

“Do you want something? I have a couple of beers in the fridge.” She walked toward the small refrigerator that was stowed underneath the TV cabinet.

“No, thanks, I’m good.”

She nodded, crossing her arms in front of her but realizing by the way his eyes raked over her that she’d just made the thinness of her camisole that much more obvious.

“I’m just going to…” She pointed to a sweatshirt lying on the bed and grabbed it, pulling it over her head in record time. When she turned back toward him, Cade had walked to the far end of the room, looking out the windows toward the house.

“Is Katie okay?” she asked.

“Oh. Yeah, Ty got home a bit ago. Auction finished early enough he was able to drive home tonight instead of tomorrow morning.”

“Good. I’m sure she’ll be happy to see him.”

He didn’t say anything, just took a step closer to her. His expression said it all. It was predatory, fierce, and hot, and goddammit, Nina didn’t think she could do this. Didn’t think she wanted to do this. It was complicated—the way she felt—and she wasn’t ready to try to dissect it. She might never be ready to dissect it. Because examining it, taking it out into the light and turning it this way and that? That might reveal something that was only destined to leave her with heartache—something genuine and significant. She couldn’t do genuine and significant with this man. That way lay disaster.

She turned to face the bookcase, panic shooting through her in a rush of adrenaline.

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