Gunslinger by Connie Mason

Author:Connie Mason [Mason, Connie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780843945324
Publisher: Leisure
Published: 1999-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Desperado walked out of the cafe with one purpose in mind. He was determined to find out why Calvin Talbot was gobbling up land north of town. If he didn’t intend to ranch or live on one of his properties, what did he intend to do with all the land?

He ducked into the telegraph office, composed a telegram and paid to have it sent to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe headquarters in Topeka. Now all he had to do was wait for an answer. If what he suspected was true, Talbot stood to make a small fortune from his recent land buys.

Desperado’s next project was to convince Chloe to return to the ranch. With grim purpose he headed over to the hotel and obtained Chloe’s room number from the clerk. Chloe’s room was on the first floor, at the end of a long hallway. Desperado stopped before her door and rapped sharply.

There was a long pause before Chloe answered. “Who is it?”

“It’s Jones, let me in.”

“Go away. I have nothing more to say to you except I hope you struck a lucrative deal with Calvin Talbot.”

“I didn’t sell the ranch. Open up, Chloe.”

He heard the key scrape in the lock and then the door was flung open. “You didn’t sell the ranch?” she asked, clearly skeptical.

Desperado pushed his way inside and closed the door behind him. “No, I have no intention of selling the ranch, not to Talbot or anyone else.”

Hope flared in Chloe’s heart. “Are you going to settle down and become a rancher?”

“I…that remains to be seen. All that aside, I want you back where you belong. You’re as much a part of the ranch as I am. Will you come? Or do I have to carry you home.”

Chloe turned away. “The ranch is no longer my home.”

“It is if I say it is.”

Chloe gazed into his eyes, startled by the depth of desire burning within them. Her blood heated, sending liquid fire surging through her veins. All he had to do was look at her from beneath those long black lashes and she literally melted. He must have read her mind for suddenly his arms went around her, dragging her against him. Chloe wanted to resist, but Desperado’s sensual appeal kept pulling her in another direction. Toward incredible pleasure…and eternal damnation.

“Oh God, sweetheart, I want you,” Desperado whispered against her mouth. “Nothing is ever going to change the attraction we have for one another. Can you feel it? It’s like a magnet pulling us together.” He tilted her chin up so he could look into her eyes. “Tell me it’s the same for you.”

Chloe shook her head, but she was irresistibly drawn into his glittering gaze. How could she love a man who had lied to her? A man who would love her and leave her? Desperado Jones wasn’t the forever kind of man she needed. But despite her inner warnings, he was the man she wanted. The only man she needed.

“Tell me, sweetheart, tell me you want me,” Desperado urged in that sexy-as-sin voice she couldn’t resist.

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