Daring by Sylvia McDaniel

Author:Sylvia McDaniel [McDaniel, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Western Historical Romance
Publisher: Virtual Bookseller
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

She took a deep breath and huffed out her chest. “She had no business…trying to do…sell herself to you.”

He took a step toward her. “You know this kills the idea that we didn’t know each other before we rode into town.”

“No, we’re just getting more acquainted now,” she said, walking backwards away from the door, uneasiness prickling along her spine. The two of them were alone in a bedroom, in a bordello.

Sounds were coming from the room next to them—groaning and moaning and all kinds of noises that made her feel as out of place as a cow on a front porch. What was she thinking dragging Deke upstairs?

She swallowed, her ears cringing, her face heating up, her breath getting raspy. A soiled dove was entertaining a man in the room right next door.

Oh, my God, they were having sex, right next door.

Ruby gazed at Deke to see if he understood what was happening.

His lips turned up in a grin, and he took another step toward her. Oh yeah, he knew.

She hadn’t really thought too much about what people would think they were doing up here in this room. She’d only seen one of those whores going after her man. Deke was hers, even if he didn’t know it yet.

He advanced toward her. “Ruby, we’ve been doing this dance for years.”

“What dance?” she asked, taking another step back, trying to squelch the nerves that were jumping like a Mexican bean at a convention.

“You know what dance. The one you wanted when I rejected you. Then I wanted and you rejected me. Now…now, I have no objections. We’re in a bedroom alone, and people are going to assume we’re consummating our desire for each other.”

“All the more reason for us not to. Besides, we need to talk.”

Deke shook his head. “No, all the more reason for us to take advantage of this time together. The waltz ends now.”

Anxiety just about leaped right out of her skin. “But…”

“What objections do you have now, Ruby? I’m not married. You’re old enough. What’s the excuse this time?”

Isn’t this what she wanted? So, why did it feel so scary and awkward and yet she didn’t want to say no?

The back of her legs bumped into the bed. “I guess I don’t have any.”

Deke took one large step and was on top of her. “God, woman, I have wanted and dreamed of you for so many years.”

He had? She’d desired him since the first time she saw him.

He gripped her face in his hand and lowered his mouth to hers. He kissed her thoroughly, leaving her hungry and aching in areas of her body she’d never considered feeling so sensitive before. Craving him, she wrapped her arms around his chest, bringing him in close to her body.

Her hands trailed down his back and then returned to his head to seize him and hold his mouth in place. She didn’t understand what was happening, but right now, he was kissing her in a way she’d only fantasized about.

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