Held by You

Author:Cheyenne McCray [McCray, Cheyenne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: western romance
Publisher: Pink Zebra Publishing
Published: 2014-01-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

John held Hollie’s gaze as she looked at him through the window and it was like a punch to the gut. She looked so sweet and innocent. She didn’t deserve any of what was happening to her.

Angel caught his attention by laying her hand on his arm and he tore his gaze from Hollie’s to face Angel’s again. “You were in such a hurry this morning that you didn’t tell me anything about your relationship with Hollie.” She paused. “Have you been dating long?”

John shook his head. “Just once.” And that hadn’t been a real date. He’d just let Hollie know that he wanted to get to know her better. He already felt like he’d known her for a very long time.

“So you’re not involved?” Angel asked.

“If I have my way, we will be,” he said.

She gave a slow nod. “I think she’s a sweet girl. She’ll be good for you.”

“Yes, she will.” His mouth tightened. “Whatever the case, I have to prove her innocence.”

“You will.” Angel reached up and kissed him on the cheek, her lips cold from the night’s chill. “Now go on back in there and give that girl some company. She needs you.”

And I need her, came the thought, but he didn’t voice it aloud.

“I’ll be over tomorrow with the clothes I’m going to pick up for her.” Angel looked out into the early evening. “It’s getting dark but the stores will be open for a while longer.” She looked back at him. “Especially since Christmas is so close.”

He nodded and opened the rear passenger door and set her basket on the seat before closing the door. He opened the driver’s side door for her and closed it once she’d slid behind the wheel of her vehicle and started it. She buzzed down the window and waved toward the house. John looked over his shoulder and saw Hollie still standing there, still looking out the window, and she waved back.

“See you tomorrow, John,” Angel said before she buzzed up her window. As she drove away, plumes of white came from the exhaust pipe, before disappearing in the chilly air.

He stood out in the cold, his hands shoved into his pockets and looked at several of his neighbors’ glittering Christmas lights. He hadn’t put up any himself. Hell, he hadn’t even put up a Christmas tree. He spent the holidays with his family and had never had a reason to decorate his own place.

But with Hollie here… He’d like to make this Christmas special for her. Make it so that she had something positive and good in her life while it was being torn apart and turned upside down.

A thought kept pressing and pressing at his mind. He cared for Hollie in a way he’d never cared for a woman in his life. Maybe it was too soon to tell, maybe he was rushing things, maybe he was out of his godforsaken mind.

But he didn’t care if he was rushing it. What he did care about was Hollie and seeing where things might take them.

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