The Deputy's Lost and Found by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell [Bagwell, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ranches, Fantasy, Category, Contemporary, Amnesia, Police, Romance, Fiction, Ranch Life, Men Of The West, General, Man-Woman Relationships
ISBN: 9780373655212
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2009-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

In spite of the heavy workload, Brady managed to make the drive home to the Diamond D and shower before dinnertime. Once he dressed and combed his hair into a semblance of order, he left his room, then stopped at Lass’s door on the chance that she’d not yet joined the rest of the family downstairs.

Rapping his knuckles on the wooden panel, he called to her in a low voice, “Lass? Are you in there?”

After a couple of moments he heard her light footsteps and then the door swung wide. Brady’s pulse stumbled, then leaped into a fast race as he drank in the sight of her petite figure sheathed in a pale blue dress that fit at her waist and flared at her knees. The neckline was daringly low. At least, in his mind, it dared him to take a second and third look at the tempting hint of cleavage exposed above the fabric.

“Brady,” she greeted with faint surprise. “Am I…late for supper or something?”

He smiled gently while he tried not to stare. There was a faint bit of makeup on her face and her black hair was coiled into intricate loops atop her head and fastened with rhinestone pins. She looked so lovely it made him ache in a way he’d never ached before.

“Don’t worry. I doubt the family has gathered yet. I…wanted to talk to you before we went downstairs,” he told her.

Her gray eyes earnestly searched his face. “Oh. Is anything wrong?”

He said, “Not exactly. May I come in?”

“Of course.”

With slightly flustered movements, she pushed the door wider and Brady entered the bedroom. The faint scent of her flowery perfume lingered in the air and from the corner of his eye he could see a few silky undergarments scattered across the end of the queen-size bed. For one reckless moment, Brady easily imagined himself pulling scraps of satin and lace from her slender body, of laying her on the bed and…

Before he could let his mind finish the erotic vision, he grabbed her by the elbow and maneuvered her over to a sliding glass door that opened onto a balcony.

“Let’s go out here,” he suggested. Where he could get some fresh air and hopefully forget how much he wanted to make love to this woman.

The balcony floor was made of planked timber and spanned the whole width of the house. Furniture made of redwood and covered with cushions of bright floral fabric was grouped along the wide expanse, so that each bedroom was provided with a variety of comfortable seating. Potted bougainvillea, agave and aloe plants were scattered here and there, but it was the huge loblolly pines towering over the front edge of the deck that made the spot feel truly outdoors.

As Brady helped her into one of the chairs, she spoke in an attempt to lighten the moment. “Should I be whispering? We’d have to go down to the barn to get much farther from your family.”

Brady eased onto the edge of the chair facing hers and leaned toward her.

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