[The McLendon Family 01.0] The Heart of Falcon Ridge by DL Roan

Author:DL Roan [Roan, DL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781519765376
Google: kG9njwEACAAJ
Amazon: B00BH34Y74
Barnesnoble: B00BH34Y74
Goodreads: 27971172
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2013-02-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Claira’s heart jumped out of her chest when she stepped out into the pre-dawn air and saw a dark figure out of the corner of her eye. As she turned to run, she caught the familiar profile, a startled squeak her first reaction. “Mr. McLendon? What…what are you doing here?”

Grey pried his numb and aching body from the miniature torture rack he’d all but slept in for the last five hours and met Clara’s startled gaze. “We need to talk. And call me Grey.”

“How long have you been out here?” Claira glanced out at her driveway, her brow furrowing in confusion when she didn’t see any of the McLendon’s trucks parked in her driveway. “How did you get here?”

Grey pulled off his Stetson and turned it in his hands a few times before he scrubbed a hand over his stubble-covered jaw and motioned to the door she still held half ajar. “Got any coffee?”

She tried to ignore the butterflies that had replaced the nauseating panic knotting her stomach. He was so ruggedly handsome, even when he was half asleep on his feet. His dark hair was mussed, his green eyes languid and unfocused, his movements slow and a little stiff. He was adorable, like a big, grumpy teddy bear.

If she could only find out why he was here, she might feel a little sorry for him. In his disheveled state he wasn’t near as intimidating. She almost felt comfortable enough to tease him. Almost.

“No, I’m sorry.” She shook her head and closed the door behind her. “The coffee maker is broken. I haven’t had time to get a new one since…” She paused, her cheeks reddening with the thought of what she’d put them through the past weekend. What she’d done with his brothers. What is he doing here?

“Do you always leave this early for work?” Grey asked, his hat still clutched in his hand.

“No. I...It was late when Mason dropped me off. I haven’t done any lesson plans for the week so I’m going in early to catch up.”

“Look, Claira,” Grey’s voice came out a little scratchy after sitting in the night air for the past few hours. He cleared his throat, stalling a little longer. Now that he’d had time to calm down, asking Claira to come home with him was a little more difficult than he’d expected.

He was still adamant about her not staying there alone, but common sense had won out over anger sometime during the night. He knew he couldn’t force her to go. God, how did he talk to her? It had been a long time since he’d been interested in a woman, much less asked one out for coffee. He’d never had those awkward dating moments with Sarah.

He watched as she turned the key, locking the two deadbolts, and then cleared his throat again. “Can we go get some coffee?”

Claira studied him for a moment, long enough to make him feel like an ass. “Grey? Why are you here?”

“As I said, we need to talk.

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