The Rancher Gets Hitched & An Affair of Convenience by Cathie Linz

Author:Cathie Linz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

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TRACY’S STARTLED SCREAM echoed off the bathroom’s ceramic-tile walls, nearly deafening both her and Zane.

She’d decided to take a quick shower to cool down after her fight with him. She certainly hadn’t expected him to join her there! Not after she’d locked him out.

But she’d only locked the outside doors. Not the inside ones. Like the bathroom door. Tactical error.

“What are you doing here?” she demanded, as if it was of no importance that she and he were both naked.

“Joining you.” He stepped into the tub and leaned forward to lick the droplets of water from her shoulder.

Tracy refused to be swayed by his persuasive mouth. “Stop that and get out of my shower!”

His “umph” was the only response to her elbowing him in the stomach.

“Did I forget to tell you that I love you, too?” he murmured in her ear.

She stopped her protests long enough for him to kiss his way down the column of her throat. He held the golden rope of her long wet hair in one hand, lifting it out of the way to place a string of kisses along her nape.

To his surprise, Tracy wasn’t easily convinced of his feelings for her. “So you love me, huh? Big deal. You don’t want to love me. You don’t think I’m the right woman for you. You think I’m the kind of woman who would go from your bed back to Dennis.”

The next thing he knew he had a faceful of cold water, as she reached down to twirl the faucet before hopping out of the tub.

His yowl of surprise gave her some satisfaction. He really had his nerve. Thinking he could kiss her into submission. And okay, so she did weaken for a moment when he’d finally said the words she’d been longing to hear, when he’d finally said that he loved her. But it wasn’t enough. He still had plenty of making up to do, before there could be any making out.

Marching into the bedroom, she toweled off and deliberately put on a citified outfit of black-linen slacks and a tailored lime-green blouse. She twisted her wet hair on top of her head and held it in place with a banana clip.

By this time, Zane came out of the bathroom, with a towel wrapped around his waist.

“Anybody ever tell you that you’ve got a temper that could turn a blizzard around and send it home with a suntan? I know I’ve got some explaining to do but I need you to calm down and listen to me.”

She gave him a haughty look. “I’m listening.”

He sighed, as if talking was the last thing he wanted to do next to being tied to an anthill. But his rugged face wore an expression of stubborn determination that Tracy recognized. This rancher was on a mission and heaven help the person who tried to sway him from it. “My ex-wife, Pam, left when the twins were only a year old, just starting to talk and walk. Well, actually they

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