Her Mountain Sanctuary by Jeannie Watt

Author:Jeannie Watt [Watt, Jeannie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-08T16:27:05+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

DREW DROVE HOME while Faith stared at the highway, wishing she could fall asleep. She was mentally exhausted but still too hyped up on adrenaline to have half a hope of nodding off. They both had a lot to think about, so there was no conversation, superficial or otherwise.

She’d made it through a rodeo. She’d kissed Drew Miller. She wouldn’t have thought twice about doing either two years ago, but tonight both were noteworthy events. Drew hadn’t spoken since they’d gotten into the truck, and even though he’d started to kiss her back before she’d pulled away, she had a feeling he hadn’t welcomed her kiss. Yet another complication in his already complex life.

Faith didn’t want to be a complication. And that meant she needed to backtrack.

“About that kiss,” she said when they were almost home. “And about my question.” He glanced over at her. “We don’t have to go there again.”

“By ‘go there,’ you mean...?”

“I don’t want lessons to be awkward.”

“Thank you.”

She felt a stab of disappointment at his answer but shoved it aside. Some things simply weren’t meant to be. “I think there’s an attraction there,” she continued, wondering why she was seemingly unable to stop herself. “But we’re in rugged places. Both of us.”

“Yes.”

“And it would be hell if we messed up our lives even more. Especially since we do seem to be doing each other some good.”

Drew gave a nod instead of answering, then slowed the truck as they reached Eagle Valley city limits. He turned off the highway onto the road leading to the Lightning Creek Ranch, his jaw set, his expression hard. Faith shifted her gaze to the glove compartment.

She shouldn’t have kissed him. Now he’d probably have a nightmare and it’d be her fault.

But the memory of his mouth on hers, the pressure of his lips, the way he’d tasted...

She wanted more.

After Drew parked the truck and trailer, and Sully bounded out of the barn, ready to resume his bodyguard duties, she expected Drew to get in his truck and drive away to safety. But no. He waited until she’d unloaded Tommy.

“I’m okay now,” she said after he closed the trailer door.

“I know.”

Faith frowned a little as she led Tommy past him and then released the horse into the pasture. When she turned back, Drew was still there.

He rubbed his hand across his forehead, as if prepping for an unpleasant task, then dropped it back to his side. “We do do each other some good.”

Faith swallowed as adrenaline started to spike again. “I think so.”

“And there’s a level of understanding between us.”

“Yes.”

“I don’t want to lose that.”

She wasn’t certain she’d heard right. “Me, neither. I shouldn’t have kissed you.”

He gave a short laugh. “Well, that didn’t make things easier.” He began to close the distance between them, taking slow, measured steps, as if he didn’t want to spook her. Faith swore she could feel the warmth of his body before he was close enough for it to be physically possible. Or maybe it was her own body feeling like it was ready to burst into flames.

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