The Texan's Bride by Linda Warren

Author:Linda Warren [Warren, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin HSR
Published: 2011-07-08T04:00:00+00:00

AROUND FIVE JESSIE WOKE UP. “Cadde, the light is off.”

“I know,” he mumbled. “Go back to sleep. I’m here.”

She kissed his neck. “I’m not sleepy.” Her lips moved to his shoulder, his chest and every muscle in him came to full attention and saluted.

“Jessie.”

“Hmm.” She slid one leg across him and sat on his stomach, her hair falling forward. “Don’t say you don’t want to have sex because you’d be lying. A man can’t hide that and you really can’t this morning without a stitch of clothes on.”

He leaned up and wrapped his tongue around one tempting nipple. “For someone so inexperienced you’re very wild in bed, do you know that?”

“I read a lot,” she murmured, and slid her body over his, her soft breasts pressing into his chest. He cupped her face, threaded his fingers through her long hair and kissed her. The emotions from last night fired to life. He rolled her onto her back and she giggled. It was the only sound in the room, beside sighs and moans, for some time.

A pounding on the door woke them from a lethargic sleep. “What the hell?” Cadde crawled from the bed and jerked on his jeans. “Kid’s supposed to be in Louisiana, but if that’s him, I’m going to wring his damn neck.” Kid was known for not knocking, though.

Cadde yanked opened the door and a dark-haired woman pushed past him.

“Where is she? Mama said she didn’t come home last night. What have you done to her?” She pointed a long finger at him. “Just so you know I have connections to the police.”

Cadde frowned. “Who are you?”

“Myra,” Jessie gasped from the doorway, wearing nothing but his white shirt. “What are you doing here?”

“Mama’s worried sick. You didn’t come home.”

“I told Rosa I wasn’t.”

“Oh.” Myra brushed aside her hair and looked at him and then back to Jessie. “Mama forgot to mention that part.”

“How did you get into the building?” Cadde asked, a little concerned that a maniac could walk right in.

“A good-looking guy let me in after I told him who I was.”

Chance. Cadde knew without a doubt.

“And who are you?”

“Myra Delgado. Rosa and Felix’s daughter.”

She didn’t extend a hand in greeting and that was fine with him. “I’ll go shave and shower and leave you two to…whatever.”

As he strolled away, Jessie clenched her hands into fists. “What are you doing?”

Myra shrugged. “Mama called at four, five, six and then again at eight. I promised I’d check on you. She’s worried.”

“If I hear worried one more time, I’m going to scream. Do you hear me, Myra?”

“I’m not deaf. You’re shouting.”

Jessie expelled a long breath. “Please let me live my life.”

Myra glanced toward the hallway. “He’s not bad, kind of ruggedly handsome in a brooding sort of way.”

“I would have introduced you, but you were acting like a real bitch.”

“I have that reputation, you know.”

“Yes. Use it in the courtroom but not in my life.”

Myra hugged her. “Gotcha. Have fun playing house.”

“Myra.” Jessie stopped her at the door. “Don’t come back unless you’re invited.

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