The Kansas Lawman's Proposal by Carol Finch

Author:Carol Finch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

When Rachel slumped against him, fast asleep, Nate eased away. He smiled as he combed his fingers through the silky raven tresses that tumbled over her shoulders and spilled across the pillow. He didn’t know if Rachel had forgotten everything she knew, but he certainly had.

He’d never known a woman like Rachel. She was tough and resilient. She was also a dozen kinds of passion waiting release. She was the symbol of indomitable spirit and independence, and he admired her strength and determination.

He seemed to have no self-control whatsoever when Rachel was in his arms. When she responded to him with pure instinct and reckless abandon, his ravenous need for her knew no restraint.

Nate walked over to cover up Rachel, then brushed a feathery kiss on her forehead. He still wasn’t sure if he was relieved or insulted that Rachel insisted she wouldn’t marry him under any circumstances. All he knew was that the prospect of some other man coming along to take his place—even temporarily—in the future didn’t set well with him.

Lost in thought, Nate tiptoed over to douse the lantern. With the supper tray in hand, he exited the room. He pulled up short because Doc Grant stood in the hall, glowering at him in blatant disapproval. How did Doc know what had gone on behind the closed door? Nate asked himself.

He followed Doc’s disparaging gaze to his torso—and noticed his shirt was buttoned improperly. Well, hell. That was a dead giveaway.

“Damn you, I told you not to toy with Rachel.” Doc stabbed his index finger into Nate’s chest for emphasis. “She’s like the daughter I never had. I won’t let you or any other man hurt her.”

Nate had never seen Doc so puffed up with anger and indignation. Usually he was wallowing in his own misery and battling his demons. Now his hazel-eyed gaze filleted Nate and his lips curled with disdain. If Nate were easily intimidated, he might have backed away from the skewering glare. However, Nate had confronted heartless criminals who preferred to kill him rather than look at him, so Doc’s murderous glower rolled off him like water off a duck’s back.

When Doc growled a few epithets to his name, then tried to stalk past him to open the door to Rachel’s room, Nate blocked his path. “She’s asleep. She needs to stay that way. You can speak with her in the morning.”

Doc flashed him another killing stare. “Maybe you need to schedule your departure for right now.” He dug into his pocket, then thrust a roll of banknotes at him. “Purchase whatever else you need before you leave. Don’t bother paying me what you owe. Your leaving will be payment enough.”

Nate slapped the money back into Doc’s hand but Doc countered by cramming it in Nate’s shirt pocket. “I’m not leaving until after the performance at Evening Shade,” Nate insisted. “And I will repay all the money you loaned me. Every last penny of it. Plus interest.”

Doc shook his blond head briskly, then lurched around.

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