Loving the Texas Lawman: A Texas Lawman Romantic Suspense (Garrison's Law Book 1) by Mary Connealy

Author:Mary Connealy [Connealy, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-01T18:30:00+00:00

13

Ben decided the thousand or so light bulbs on the ceiling were going to hold. He gave Tru a pat on the shoulder. “I’m really proud of you. My mild mannered little kitten has some claws after all. Good job booting Liz out the door.”

“Get your hand off me.”

Ben lifted his hand slowly from her shoulder. Eleanor snickered but he didn’t take his eyes off Hurricane Tru.

“Okay.” He’d wanted to toughen her up. But now he felt a twinge of regret. The kitten had become a tiger, and turned on him.

“Brainless little sheep?” Tru clenched her teeny soft fists and took a menacing step toward him.

He wasn’t scared.

He leaned over until his nose almost touched hers. “I wondered how many insults you’d stand there and take before you defended yourself. I had a list of names to call you as long as my arm.”

Brushing one finger down the tip of her nose, he said, “And I didn’t mean any of ’em. I think you’re great. One of the smartest, nicest, bravest ladies I’ve ever met. Too sweet for your own good but, trust me on this, I know there are a lot worse things to be.”

Biting back a smile, he watched her turmoil rage. She wanted to tear him limb from limb. Good. His plan was working. Slowly, her rigid shoulders relaxed and the red in her face lightened. Then she got all wide-eyed, as if worried about how rude she’d been.

“I told you to shut up.”

“You sure did, darlin’.” Ben shrugged, proud of her. “And I deserved it.”

“No, you didn’t. I’m supposed to be helping you deal with bad situations in a more loving way. And here I’ve been the worse possible example. My disgraceful behavior this morning may have set your counseling back days or even weeks.”

Ben couldn’t look away from her. She was all stormy and irritated, with too much color in her cheeks and the blue in her eyes nearly burning him alive. “I’m still improving. Didn’t you notice how nice I was to the killer bee?”

“Nice?” Tru screeched. “You were rude. You insulted her and shouted. For heaven’s sake, Ben, you called her a bull dog.”

“Noticed that, did you?” Ben couldn’t hold back a snort of laughter.

Tru’s eyes narrowed.

“I know I was rude. But when it was about you, I was teasing. You’re such a sweetheart, I just couldn’t resist.”

“You weren’t going to snort anymore, as I recall.”

“That’s my last one.” Ben put his hand over his heart and kept a straight face even though it almost killed him.

Tru shook her head and turned to Eleanor. “What’ll we do about covering the phone today?”

Eleanor waved her hands, one holding the skillet, at Trudy. “Go on to work. I’ll handle it. And I think I’ll hire the next personal assistant, if it’s all the same to you.”

Tru nodded as if she were exhausted. Ben took a closer look and saw the dark circles under her bloodshot eyes and the slight trembling of her lips. She was exhausted.

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