One Night Charmer by Maisey Yates

Author:Maisey Yates
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2016-04-18T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

SHE LIFTED HER HEAD, turning to see Ace looming in the open door. “Having a nervous breakdown, can’t you tell?”

“That is kind of what it looks like.” She wiped her arm underneath her nose, then her fingers under her eyes, well aware that the action wasn’t particularly sexy. Not really caring. He stepped into the stall, crouching down beside her, putting his hand on her cheek. “You’re freezing cold.”

Was she? Suddenly, now that he had said that, she realized that she was shivering. That her cheeks felt like they had been bitten by frost, and her lips were numb. “I walked out in the rain,” she said.

“I see that,” he said, his voice tense.

“I just... I woke up and...”

“I know. You set my alarm off. Because I don’t really want people wandering around in my barn at two in the morning, so I have a system to notify me in case something is going on. But I don’t think you’re a burglar.”

She shook her head. “No. I’m not burgling anything.”

He leaned closer, wrapping her face with his hands, tilting her face upward, brushing the damp hair off of her forehead. “So what exactly are you doing?”

“I already told you.”

“Nervous breakdown?”

She nodded, swallowing hard, trying to keep a fresh batch of tears from running down her face. She shivered again.

He swore. “We should get you inside.”

“I’m fine—”

Before she could finish the rest of her sentence she found herself being scooped up off the floor of the stall, and lifted up into his arms. He cradled her against his chest, holding her like she weighed nothing, and even in her distressed state she found that... Well, she didn’t exactly know what. She only knew that it made her heart flutter a little bit.

He carried her out of the stall, then kept his hold on her as he reached out and slid the door closed behind them. Then he continued walking out of the barn, taking both of them back out into the rain. It was still pouring hard, each drop of rain splashing in the puddles around their feet. He continued on toward the house, holding her close as the rain pelted them both. She curled her fingers around his shirt, clinging to him, even though she knew he held her securely enough.

There was something comforting about being held like this. About him holding her up against his beating heart. It made her feel not so alone. Not quite so desolate.

Exhaustion flooded her, deep, down to her bones. And she sank into his hold, letting everything else melt away. Maybe she was going crazy, but at least Ace was here.

* * *

ACE BIT BACK a curse as he kicked open the front door of his house, keeping hold of Sierra as he maneuvered it back shut again. She was trembling, freezing and soaking wet in his arms, and about as substantial as a rag doll.

He should have known this was coming. That all of her determination, her spunk and her resilience were going to crumble eventually.

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