Dallas Fire & Rescue: Flashpoint (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Cowboys on the Edge Book 4) by Delilah Devlin

Author:Delilah Devlin [Devlin, Delilah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-10-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Five

IF NOT FOR the delicious aches in places she hadn’t felt twinges in forever, she might have dreamed her sexy weekend with Troy. Right now, the person she’d been with him seemed far removed from her ordinary world.

A sexy wanton who seduced hot young firefighters, she wasn’t. Nope. After a weekend of excess, she’d arrived home late last night and crashed into bed.

After a day of herding seven-year-olds, she didn’t feel particularly pretty or sexy. Just bone tired. And old. Dressed in her favorite tattered shorts and faded T-shirt, she padded to her sofa with a cup of tea. As soon as she answered all the text messages she’d ignored over the weekend, she was heading straight to bed. This was her real life. Bed at eight PM. Alone.

However, she did wish she’d been like one of this women at the event this past weekend and snapped at least one shot of Troy. Something to salivate over when she was feeling lonely. A last hurrah before she resigned herself to spinsterhood.

Comforting was the thought that Troy hadn’t looked any more spry than she had when he’d driven her to her car on Sunday evening. He’d stood with his hands in his pockets beside her window, trying to exact a promise regarding when she’d see him again. His beard had darkened the bottom half of his face. His eyes glinted despite the fatigue that dug lines beside his eyes. He’d explained his schedule. She’d described hers. Not much to work with unless one wanted to hang around a house, waiting for windows of congruence where they might share a quick shower and a tumble onto clean sheets. Never mind the long drive they’d have to undertake to be together. Still, Troy had tried to nail her down to a date.

She’d left her response vague, and she wasn’t sure why.

Her doorbell rang, and she sighed and set down her cup. At the door, she peered through the peephole and had to suppress a groan. Cade. Was he there to scold? She pasted on a smile and swung open the door. “Hi there,” she said, pushing open her screen door to let him inside.

She eyed him with new appreciation. Something that surprised her. She’d always taken his looks for granted. Mike’s best buddy. A brother. But now, she noted he was pretty darn cute. Blond hair, hazel eyes. Not as tall as Troy, but broad and muscled. “What brings you by this evening,” she asked, feeling a blush sweep her cheeks.

His brows drew together. “Just stopping by to make sure you’re okay. Like I always do,” he said, a hint of accusation in his tone.

Which had her stiffening her back. He was here to scold. And although they had a long, friendly history, it wasn’t his place.

“Don’t look at me like that,” he growled.

His saying that didn’t do the same things Troy’s statement had. She scowled. “What way would that be, Cade?”

“Like you want to show me the door.”

“Well, why don’t you just spit out whatever it is you’ve come to say,” she said, crossing her arms over her chest.

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