Texas-Sized Temptation by Sara Orwig

Author:Sara Orwig
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-12T22:00:00+00:00

Six

One more time they would be thrown together in close contact, spending the night under the same roof. For her own well-being the answer should be no. Spending more time with him would make it harder to say no to his seduction. But it might make it more difficult for him to refuse to sell the land to her, so that meant a yes. The easiest answer.

She nodded. “I’d like that, actually.”

“Let’s go get something to drink and we can sit and talk where it’s comfortable.”

“Same as before, Jake, I don’t have anything else to wear. I brought nothing with me.”

He gave her a crooked grin. “Here, too, I’m prepared, although I could make a suggestion, but I don’t think you’d take it.”

“I can guess that suggestion,” she remarked dryly, uncertain, but suspecting he was teasing. “No thanks. I’ll take you up on what you have, which was very nice at the ranch.”

“Great. Let’s get something to drink. Cold or hot? Soft or otherwise?”

“I’ll take a cup of hot tea.”

“I’ll pass on that one and have a cold beer.”

She walked beside him down the hall, trying to get composed and ignore desire that was still white-hot and making her acutely aware of him, more sensitive than ever to the slightest physical contact with him. He had come so close to seduction—a few more minutes and she couldn’t have said no. If they were together often, she wouldn’t be able to continue to resist him.

“I have to be in Houston tomorrow night because I have an appointment early Tuesday morning.”

“I’ll get you back in time to go home. I have to be in Kansas City this week. I’ll be gone until Friday. Go out with me again next Friday.”

“Jake, what about the ranch? I thought we were going to talk tomorrow.”

“I’ll get an answer to you as soon as I can. I have people checking out the sale for me. Gabe brought information to me at the ranch. Just a little longer, Caitlin.”

She studied him, wondering about the delay. She suspected if he wanted to buy it and she had it for sale, there would be no such delay, study of the situation or long thinking about it. She still thought he was stalling for a reason. So far only one reason came to mind—seduction. Now he had asked her out Friday night. Perhaps that was what he had been waiting for.

“How about Friday?” he asked, his dark gaze steady.

“I’ll be in Houston, Jake. Not at the ranch.”

“I’ll pick you up in Houston and have something planned. Maybe a weekend in a tropical place. How’s that?”

She smiled. “Extreme. What about dinner in Houston?”

“Far too short a time with you and too ordinary. Let’s get away somewhere.”

“Sounds exciting,” she answered truthfully. “Very well. Let me know when you decide where, so I can let my friend Ginny know where I am. We keep track of each other because neither of us has a family any longer. Ginny’s family had the McCorkin drugstore in town.

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