Heart of Devin MacKade by Nora Roberts

Author:Nora Roberts [Roberts, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Nora Roberts, Adult
ISBN: 9780373076970
Google: llJwQgAACAAJ
Amazon: 0373076975
Barnesnoble: 0373076975
Goodreads: 658499
Publisher: Gale Group
Published: 1996-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

pieces are left of my life and go.

But she said nothing, and he knew when he stepped back, walked down the hall

and down the stairs that it was the end. Her weeping drifted to him when he

left the house.

Cassie stood on the other side of the desk, twisting the strap of her purse

in her fingers. She hadn't expected to find him asleep, didn't know if she

would wake him or leave as quietly as she had come.

There was nothing peaceful about him. There should have been, the way his

feet were propped on the desk, crossed at the ankles, the way the book was

lying open against his chest, the desk lamp slanting light over it.

But his face was hard and tense, his mouth grim. She wished she had the

courage to smooth those lines away and make him smile.

Then again, courage had always been her problem. He opened his eyes and had

her jumping like a rabbit. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you."

"I wasn't asleep." At least he didn't think he'd been asleep. His brain was

fuzzy and full of the scent of roses, and for a moment he'd thought she was

wearing some full-skirted blue gown, with lace at the throat.

Of course, she wasn't. Just her tidy little blouse and slacks, he thought,

dragging a hand through his hair.

"I was just going over some things in my head. Town business."

"If you're busy, I can"

"What do you want, Cassie?"

"I…" He was still angry. She had expected that, was prepared for it. "I

have some things to say to you ." '

"All right. Go ahead."

"I know I hurt you, and that you're furious with me. You don't want me to

apologize. You get mad when I do, so I won't."

"Fine. Aren't you going to make me coffee?"

"Oh, I" -- She'd already turned to the pot before she caught herself. She

drew a breath, turned-back and faced him. He had a brow lifted. "No."

"Well, that's something."

"I'm used to waiting on people." Now she was irritated, a not entirely

unpleasant sensation, even if an Unfamiliar one. "If it annoys you, I can't

help it. Maybe I like waiting on people. Maybe it makes me feel useful."

"I don't want you to wait on me." He could see the irritation clearly

enough. It added a snap to her eyes that fascinated him. "I don't want you

to feel obliged to me."

"Well, I do feel obliged. And I can't help that, either. And the fact that

I do feel obliged and do feel grateful-- Don't shout at me, Devin."

Impressed with her no-nonsense tone, he closed his mouth, then added, "I

might yet."

"At least wait until I've finished." It wasn't so hard, she realized. It

was like dealing with the children, really. You just had to be fair and

firm, and not allow yourself to be. sidetracked. "I have good reasons to

feel obliged to you, and grateful to you, but that doesn't meant that beyond

that, or besides that… It doesn't mean I don't have other feelings, too."

"Such as?"

"I don't know, exactly. I haven't had real feelings for a man in--maybe

never," she decided. "But I don't want to lose your friendship and…

affection.

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