Montana Darling (Big Sky Mavericks Book 3) by Salonen Debra

Author:Salonen, Debra [Salonen, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Contemporary, Western
ISBN: 9781942240266
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group
Published: 2015-01-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

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Mia parked a block away from Marietta High, hopefully out of view of either Hunter or Emilee. Luckily, Serena’s classroom—or cloakroom, as she called it—was near the gym. She knew visitors were supposed to sign in, but whoever was manning the front desk wasn’t present when Mia walked by so she just kept walking. Except for a kid or two wandering between a classroom and the toilet, she didn’t see anyone. No teachers.

Great, she thought. If I’m fast, I can pop in and out without getting drawn into any sort of conversation or drama.

Drama? Would casual sex with a relative stranger qualify?

So much for her theory that chemo killed her libido. She didn’t know exactly why she entered that tent or why she initiated the whole encounter, except she’d wanted to feel again. Something! Anything! She’d wanted to remember how it felt when your blood raced through your veins with purpose and desire. She needed to connect with something—someone—who had nothing to do with her life before or during cancer.

Why Ryker? Maybe her years of working with cops and lawyers and liars made it easier to know who to trust. She’d bet anything Ryker Bensen wouldn’t be that guy bragging and strutting his stuff tonight at the Wolf Den. He wasn’t part of Marietta, which made him damn close to perfect.

And it didn’t hurt that he was gorgeous and seemed to possess some kind of power that flipped her “loose-girl” switch. Not once while she was married had she fantasized about having sex with other men. But, damn. Give her a hot, young photographer in a tent and suddenly she was a easy.

She rapped once on the door and hurried inside without waiting for an answer.

Serena looked up from her iPad.

“Mia.” Her smile turned serious. “What’s going on? You look upset.”

Mia closed the door and checked out the tiny space to be sure they were alone. “I’m pretty sure I’m losing my mind. Or having a panic attack. Take your pick.”

Serena jumped to her feet and rushed to her side. “You’re flushed and breathless.” She laid the back of her hand against Mia’s cheek. “No fever. Sit down and tell me what’s going on.”

Once they were seated across from each other at two student desks, Mia’s panic started to recede, but that didn’t mean she was ready to blurt out the truth—especially when she honestly couldn’t explain what got into her. Or didn’t, a part of her added.

She bit down on a naughty smile that started to form on her lips.

God knew she would have liked to have made love with Ryker. Full on, naked, crazy sex. But that was even scarier than a quick, one-sided hook-up. Sex was messy, no way around it.

Serena glanced at the clock above her desk. “Class change is in six minutes. Can you tell me what’s going on in that time or should we meet after school? If you come to the ranch, you can have some alpaca therapy. One hug from a big fuzzy helps cure what ails you.

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