The Blacksmith (Foxworth Stud Ranch Book 2) by Mia Madison

Author:Mia Madison [Madison, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter ELEVEN

Edie

“I don't want to go home,” I say, very quietly.

It's not like me at all, the girl that normally has no problem announcing what she wants and telling people what to do. Bossy, they call me sometimes. But how else do you run a bar full of hunky cowboys without being a bit of a tough nut yourself?

“Are you afraid, Baby?” Quint asks.

When he calls me that a shiver runs along the lining of my skin. It could be just a friendly nickname. I mean, even the guy at the corner store will call you 'Baby' on occasion. Just to be friendly. I wish I could ask Quint outright whether he thinks of me as his baby now. Whether something's shifted after our close call.

But I don't dare.

I want to know the truth but I can't take the truth. What if hes a killer? Worse, what if he's just being kind? We had the most intense kiss of my life and now he wants to send me home? Why doesn't he throw me down on the floor and tear my clothes off. That's what I want and I don't get why he doesn't want the same. He can't have gone back to the friend zone. Now when I felt that solid bolt of burning steel pressing into my spine. I know he wants me too. Or wanted me, until Shea and the others busted in on us with all their macho jocularity.

“If you don't want to be alone -” he starts and I interject, completely distracted by his bared muscular form.

The taut defined V disappearing into the towel that he's managed to rearrange so as to be almost decent. Almost. There still a tent shifting there. From those narrow hips, his torso splays out to shoulders that are bristling with power. There is no way in hell I can think of Quint as a friend right now.

“I'm not afraid,” I tell him.

“Edie,” he grits out, his voice raw with feral need.

“What?” Mine is filled with defiance.

“You can't stay here.”

I wasn't expecting that.

“Fine.”

I grab the door handle and tug it back but Quint's hand slams flat against it so it cracks back into the frame.

“You can't stay here because it isn't safe, Babe. Remember a shot just went flying past an inch from that beautiful head? You think I'm going to sleep one minute knowing you could be in danger?”

“I said I'm not afraid. And who said anything abut sleeping?”

“Baby,” he rasps. “The guys will never let you live it down. You have a reputation in town. I wont let you ruin it for me.”

“What if I want to ruin it? You think I can't handle Rafe's teasing?”

“Babe, think about what you're wanting.”

“Are you saying that because you regret kissing me?”

“Jesus, no. How could you imagine that? You have no idea the things I want to do to your gorgeous body but I want you to be safe. And happy.”

“Then make me happy.”

Quint's gaze plunges into mine and holds me captured like a slave.

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