A Ranch to Keep by Claire McEwen

Author:Claire McEwen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

IT WASN’T FAIR that Jack looked so gorgeous when asleep. No snoring, no drool, just a quiet breathing and a bronzed body that looked like a dream in cutoff Levi’s shorts. His chest was hairless except for a small golden patch in the center. His legs were pale compared to the rest of his body, but strong and more gilded by the sun than she would have expected from someone who wore jeans every day.

She realized his eyes were open, watching her watch him. Her cheeks went hot and she quickly looked out toward the lake. “You’re beautiful,” he said in a low voice. “You’re incredibly beautiful.”

“Really?” she asked.

“Really,” he answered.

She turned to look at him, trying to read his face. “How beautiful?”

He obviously wasn’t expecting that. “Um...very.” He sat up, a look of concern replacing the admiration.

Samantha’s heart was pounding through her chest with nerves. She could do this. She needed to do this. He wanted her, she could tell, and his desire was a balm, already soothing the blow her ego had taken from Mark. “Beautiful enough that you still want to kiss me?” She leaned toward him then, and brought one hand up to touch the angles of his face, the lines around his eyes. She brought her mouth to his. He didn’t kiss her back, just looked at her warily. She kissed him again.

Tess had been right. This was just what she needed. Mark had blindsided her with his betrayal and left her feeling discarded, undesirable. This kiss was her salvation. She kissed him again and heard the sharp intake of his breath. A rush of want lit her down to her chilled soul.

And finally he kissed her back. His firm mouth going soft for her was almost her undoing. She wanted more from him and pushed her mouth against his, relieved when he answered her demand with his own, coiling a hand in her hair and pulling her hard into his arms. His next kiss opened her mouth and she slid her hands down his bare torso, molding the hard muscles of his back, clinging to his strength for support as she rose to her knees with one fleeting thought: that this is what she’d always knew kissing should be like.

“Samantha, wait.” He stopped kissing her so suddenly that she felt disoriented for a moment. He pulled back and she sat down abruptly on the towel, alone.

Jack moved back to put a few more inches of space between them. His voice was hoarse. “There are so many reasons this can’t happen.” He looked down at her with eyes that had turned almost black with wanting. “Number-one reason being that you have a boyfriend.”

His words hit her like a dash of the icy lake water. She’d been hoping he’d somehow have forgotten about Mark, the way she’d miraculously forgotten about him for the past few minutes. The last thing she wanted was to explain to this beautiful man, who probably had women fighting

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