Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas

Author:Jodi Thomas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 1997-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

In the darkness Kora felt like a light flashed on in her mind. Suddenly she knew what she’d never thought to guess. Win was jealous.

The knowledge made her feel powerful and cherished for the first time in her life. He wasn’t angry about the ranch, or at anyone.

It was time to put her shyness aside. The darkness became her ally, allowing her to do what she might never do in the light. She’d been the outsider, looking in all her life, and she couldn’t stand the thought that Win felt like that now.

She slid her fingers down his arm and closed her hand around his. “We need to talk,” she whispered as she led him the few feet to a fallen tree trunk.

Win was silent, but she could feel his body tensing for a fight.

“Sit,” she ordered as she put her hands on his shoulders.

Slowly he lowered to the log. Now she was almost a head taller than him. Kora moved between his knees, trapping him. She pulled off his hat and laid it beside him.

“Steven is a friend, but you are my husband. That night we talked on the porch, the morning you washed my hair, when I rode with you—all those were times I let you closer than I’ve ever allowed another person. And I did it not because I signed some paper and made an agreement for six months, but because I wanted to.”

Kora rested her hands on his shoulders. “I could never feel about him the way I feel about you.” How could she explain that laughter was shallow compared to the way Winter made her whole body react just by being in the same room? Could he really have been so close and not know what he did to her? “I did those things and more. Every night I kiss you when you’re asleep. Not because I’m playing the part of your wife, but because I want you.” Kora surprised herself with her boldness.

She lowered her lips to his and lightly kissed him. He pulled away at the unexpected act, so she repeated her action more slowly.

“And you,” she whispered against his mouth, “want me.”

He returned her kiss, but didn’t respond otherwise, leaving Kora to wonder if she’d been wrong. He was the first man she’d ever wanted to touch her. Could it be possible that he didn’t feel the same?

Moving her fingers into his hair, Kora held his head in her hands as she lowered her lips once more for a longer kiss. She had to make him believe how much his nearness meant to her. She didn’t want him to feel like an outsider any longer.

When she straightened, he moaned slightly, but didn’t reach for her.

“You know I was never in mourning, but I still needed time. But since that night you held me all the way back from the settlement, I thought you’d come up to our room if only to sleep beside me. It’s the way of husbands and wives. But you haven’t.

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