The Valentine Two-Step by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The subtle tension simmering between her and Matt had eased somewhat while Jesse was there. After he walked out of the kitchen and left them alone once more, her nerves started humming again like power lines in the wind.

She blew out a quick breath and picked up her backpack from the table. “I think I’ll just head home now, too.”

Matt’s frown creased the weathered corners of his mouth. “I thought we agreed it would be best for you to stay here tonight.”

“We didn’t agree on anything.” She stared him down. “You made a proclamation and expected me to simply abide by your word.”

He gave her a disgusted look. “I swear, you are the stubbornest damn woman I have ever met.”

“That’s why you like me so much.” She smiled sweetly.

For one sizzling moment he studied her, a strange, glittery light in his eyes. “Oh, is that why?” he finally murmured.

Heat skimmed through her, and she gripped her bag more tightly. She found it completely unfair that he could disarm her with a look, that he could make her insides go all soft and gooey without even trying.

“Please stay, Doc. Just for tonight. You know, if you went home I’d spend the whole night worrying about you, and I’ve got a horse to train in the morning. You wouldn’t want me to make some dumb mistake and ruin her just because I didn’t get any sleep, would you?”

“Nice try, cowboy.”

He flashed a quick smile that sent her heartbeat into overdrive. “Humor me. It would make me feel a whole lot better knowing you’re not at that house by yourself after what happened tonight.”

She gave a disgruntled sigh. How could she continue to argue with him when he was being so sweet and protective?

On the other hand, she thoroughly despised this insidious need curling through her to crawl right into his arms and let him take all her worry and stress onto those wide, powerful shoulders.

She could take care of herself. Hadn’t she spent most of her life proving it? She wasn’t her mother. She didn’t need a man to make her feel whole, to smooth the jagged edges of her life.

She could do that all by herself.

“Come on.” He rose and headed for the door. “I’ll show you to one of the guest rooms.”

She looked at the stubborn set of his jaw and sighed. Like water on sandstone, he wasn’t going to give up until he totally wore her down. Either that or he would probably insist on following her home and inspecting every single inch of her house for imaginary bogeymen before he could be satisfied it was safe.

The idea of him invading her home—her personal space—with all that masculine intensity was far more disturbing to her peace of mind than spending the night in his guest room.

“This isn’t necessary,” she grumbled.

“It is for me.” He didn’t bother to turn around.

She huffed out a disgruntled breath. She would spend this one night in his guest room and then she was

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