Suspicions of the Heart by Hestand Rita

Author:Hestand, Rita.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, mystery, rodeo, cowboys, rita hestand, suspicions of the heart, ranching, tonado

Chapter Ten

Joe slammed the door on his way out, not bothering to hide his indifference. Let her think what she wanted. What did he care? The lady wouldn't listen to reason, and he wasn't going to waste his time defending himself to her.

How he got so involved with a stubborn little red-head like her was beyond thinking. But then, he couldn't help himself. She had a way of getting under his skin and there wasn't a thing he could about that either! It wasn't like him to lose control but there simply was no dealing with Candy.

Sam, his foreman, happened by and Joe shot him a caustic command. Sam's head jerked about in complete surprise. Joe rarely snapped at his men, least of all Sam. But Joe was not himself these days and his men were about to find that out.

Part of the problem was the fact that he hadn't had a woman in a long time. He'd been too busy to even think about a woman. Up until recently he thought Lisa was the only woman in the world he would ever want. Now he was tied in knots. But why did it have to be her, of all people. Why Candy Arnold?

Still, he wanted more than casual sex from her. That was easy enough to find. No, what he wanted could take years. He needed a woman who could commit herself to a relationship. He wasn't a man to jump into a serious relationship without forethought. Let's face it pal, he scolded himself, you need a wife--a family. And you don't have years to find one any longer. Controlling a wild filly like Candy Arnold was not in his realm of experience. She'd been married once. Why did he keep knocking himself in the head about this one woman?

She was a woman that was determined to think the worst of him. He was past the point of arguing with her about it. Let her believe it, if that's what she wanted. What did he care?

But he did care. "Too much," he muttered aloud, and Sam's head flew up in surprise from his task as he heard his boss mumbling to himself.

"Sorry, Sam," Joe glanced at his foreman. He couldn't afford Sam reading things into this situation. But from the expression on Sam's face he had already guessed.

"She's really somethin' boss." Sam shook his head and smiled.

Joe started to make Sam retract that, but Sam was right. She was something. Joe nodded and walked away, his mind full of Candy Arnold.

Dammit! He was better off when he pined for Lisa. How ironic that the only woman he ever cared for married his best friend. That was that. So, he had contented himself with a select group of one-night stands through the years.

There wasn't time to worry about women; he was too busy building an empire. Well, he'd done it, hadn't he? But what for? Who was going to enjoy it with him?

He glanced about wondering if he was completely transparent to everyone about Candy.

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