The Fiercest Heart by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2010-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Haley parked behind Mack’s car and made a dash toward the house. Mack met her at the door before she could knock, swept her up in his arms and then kicked the door shut.

One moment she was laughing and breathless, and the next he had her up against the wall and was kissing her senseless.

They were at the point of looking for a bedroom when Mack’s phone began to ring.

“Darn it,” he muttered, as he glanced at the caller ID. “I’ve got to take this. It’s one of my foremen.”

He pressed a finger against Haley’s lips to seal their last kiss, then winked and walked away.

She couldn’t help but stare at the wide sweep of his shoulders and the taut shape of his backside as he sauntered out of the room.

“Lord have mercy,” she muttered. What a big man he’d turned out to be—a big man who made her ache for his touch. Where was her resolve to take this slow?

As she waited for Mack to finish the call, she began wandering through the rooms, trying to picture him growing up in this house and wondering how he felt about selling it. Unlike her, he’d had a wonderful childhood. There had to be lots of great memories in the place.

She paused in front of a grouping of photos in what she guessed was the den, then laughed out loud. There was a school picture of Mack from about second or third grade. His hair was sticking out on one side, and he was missing a tooth. But it was the grin that stole her heart. Even then, the little devil in his personality had been apparent.

As she started to move on, something crashed to the floor in another room. She heard a very loud thump, the sound of breaking glass and then curses. Her heart skipped a beat as she spun and started running.

“Mack! Mack! Where are you?” she yelled.

“In the kitchen!” he yelled back.

She took a right in the hall and burst into the room just as Mack moved from cabinet to sink. Blood was dripping steadily down his arm and onto the floor.

“Oh, no! What happened?” Haley cried, as she ran to his side.

“I was on that ladder, which is now on the floor, screwing on that new light fixture, which is also now on the floor, when it just fell apart in my hands. It must have been cracked already and I didn’t see it.”

As Haley unbuttoned his sleeve and shoved it up his arm for a better look, her stomach rolled.

“Mack, this is bad. That cut is almost to the muscle.”

“What do you mean, almost?” he asked. “I’m the man, therefore it’s all muscle.”

“So you’re bleeding like crazy and you still have to be macho?”

His grin was a little shaky, but it was definitely there.

“You’re impossible,” she said.

She yanked a dish towel from a nearby rack, tied it firmly above the cut, grabbed his coat from the back of a nearby chair and threw it over his shoulders.

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