Tex Appeal by Kimberly Raye Alison Kent

Author:Kimberly Raye, Alison Kent [Kent, Kimberly Raye, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2008-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

8

TESS watched him struggle to find a response he could live with. Then again, he could have been struggling to get out of answering at all, not wanting to share something that personal. But somehow she didn’t think so.

Something made her think that he’d kept himself bottled up in solitude for so long that he wasn’t comfortable letting anything of himself out. And that couldn’t do anything but put off a woman’s interest.

What she hadn’t expected was for him to turn the question around on her. “What about you? You’re degreed, successful, an amazing kisser and that car you drive speaks clearly about the money you come from—”

She held up a hand, cutting him off. “That car is all about the money I make, cowboy. Remember the degreed and successful part?”

Again with the tactical evasion. “Mostly I remember the kissing part.”

Well, if he insisted on bringing it up…

She didn’t think she’d dreamed or imagined how good he’d tasted, the wonderful movements of his mouth over hers, his tongue doing all the things a tongue should do. But knowing that what they’d shared stuck in his mind as well thrilled her beyond reason.

She looked down, stared at spots worn through the speckled flooring. “The kissing part was not the smartest thing in the world we could’ve done. If I want to present an unbiased look at the cowboy’s side of the story, I need to maintain a certain detachment.”

His boots scuffed against the vinyl as he shifted his stance. “You’re not allowed to feel passionate about your subject?”

“Subject matter, sure. Not the subject himself.” Though how easy had it been to do just that? And, oh, how much more passion did she have to give.

“Ah, but you’re not interviewing me, remember?” he reminded her with no small hint of how he enjoyed his upper hand. “The deal was that you only talk to my men.”

An agreement she regretted making, but how could she have known he’d be the one to rouse her curiosity the most?

Sidestepping the topic of the kiss, she queried him about more of last night’s conversation. “Then since you’re not a part of my column, there’s no reason for you not to tell me what turned a high-profile guy into a loner.”

She wanted to know. She really wanted to know. She didn’t believe for a minute it was only about the women who wanted to mount him as a trophy…so to speak.

He walked across the room to the coffeemaker and sniffed at the liquid in the stainless-steel carafe. She knew Buck had put the pot on to brew before they’d talked, so when Wyatt offered to pour her a cup, she accepted.

Tess didn’t need the caffeine; her stomach was already in knots, her energy wired high. But fixing the cup the way she liked it kept her from pressing him for a response. She had to give him time. Time and patience would get her what she wanted.

Once they’d both added cream and sugar and were sitting across from one another at the end of the table, he began.

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