Hard Rustler & Shotgun Bride by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-06-14T17:15:46+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Annabelle didn’t know how long she’d been asleep when she felt something warm and wet touch her cheek. Her eyes flew open. She jerked back, a laugh escaping her lips as Dawson’s puppy gave her another kiss.

“Sadie, no,” he cried as he rushed into the room. “She has been wanting to come see you for hours. I thought I’d closed the door all the way after I checked on you earlier. How are you?”

“Good, thanks to you.”

“Well, when you’re ready, I made you something special for breakfast.” With that, he called the puppy, who scampered out and the door closed.

Annabelle looked around for her clothes and groaned when she realized that last night she’d thrown on one of her grandmother’s sweatshirts and her jeans. She pulled on the sweatshirt, thinking about her grandmother. Was she really like Frannie? Her grandmother had been a survivor. Annabelle guessed she could say that about herself too.

“Something smells good,” she said as she walked into Dawson’s kitchen.

“I thought you might be hungry. You slept a long time. It’s almost noon.”

She couldn’t believe it. Then again, last night she remembered his arm around her all the way out to his house. He’d helped her inside and into the bed. She remembered trying to thank him, but he’d already closed the door. The next thing she knew, she was waking to Sadie’s kisses.

“You saved my life last night,” she said, her voice breaking. “If you hadn’t come back to look in on me...”

“For once my instincts were right,” he said and turned back to dishing up the Mexican quiche he’d made.

The smell of it brought back other memories of the two of them. Dawson had always been a great cook. There wasn’t anything the man couldn’t do.

“Your instincts weren’t wrong thirteen years ago,” she said as he put a slice in front of her along with a bowl of fresh fruit. “I wanted so badly to marry you. The ring, the roses...” Her voice broke again. “But I couldn’t.”

He nodded, his brown eyes serious. “I know. There were things you had to do. I was incredibly selfish asking you to give up your dream.”

“I’m not going back to modeling. I know you said you’re seeing Amy now, but—”

“Annie, you can’t make a decision like that so soon after everything that’s happened.”

“I’m not going to change my mind. Also, I’m going to give Amy Baker a run for her money. I want you back, Dawson.”

He shook his head. “Annie.”

“My life was so up in the air the night we made love. But I’m perfectly clear on what I want now. I love you. I’ll wait for you. I’ll talk to Mary Sue about keeping the house and I think I can get a job down at the grocery store. If not there, then—”

He reached across the breakfast bar and took her face in his big hands. Bending, he kissed her. She forgot all about the quiche. All about everything except being in this man’s arms again.

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