Never Alone by Lyn Cote

Author:Lyn Cote [Lyn Cote]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459264564
Publisher: Harlequin

She turned to him with an amused expression.

“It’s not every day,” he observed laconically, “that one can be at the absolute center of things.”

“Shall we put our feet on the exact spot?” Her brows rose with sudden high spirits.

“Thought you’d never ask.”

They scrambled out into the mist. As they hurried to the marker, the saturated sod squished underfoot They both put a foot on the small metal circle that marked the spot, denoting the exact center of the Northwestern World.

Jane grinned at him, showing her lightened mood. He had been right about her reaction to this. Again he felt that everything he wanted from today would go well.

Two fat raindrops plopped onto his forehead. Then the onslaught of rain came down as though a faucet had been turned on. Cash lifted Jane up and ran, carrying her to the Jeep. He lunged inside, slamming the door behind them.

Still in his arms, she faced him in a convoluted posture, the steering wheel behind her and her legs over the center gearshift. A bead of rain slid down her forehead and then dripped off her nose. A second one followed the first.

As the third ran down, Cash grinned and kissed her nose. He chuckled. “You’re raining on me, Red.”

Embarrassed, she moved to the passenger seat. When she watched his face draw nearer to hers, she almost pulled back. Instead, feeling his uneven breathing on her cheek, she tilted her head back slightly, inviting him closer.

The rush of warm breath as he exhaled tipped the balance, making a chill arc through her. His lips roamed over her face, enticing but innocent. They demanded nothing from her, took nothing from her. Instead, she reaped the closeness, his regard for her. Each touch of his lips felt like a gift bestowed.

Her hands found the sides of his head, and she drew his face to hers in a renewed embrace. She pressed her lips to his skin, so warm and masculine.

She felt him kiss the tip of her nose, then her closed eyes, and finally he satisfied her longing by caressing her lips with his. Her heart sighed.

“Jane, Jane, I,” he murmured.

A loud bawl interrupted him.

Jane drew back sharply from him. “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” she said, putting her forehead into her hands.

Two cows had their heads over the fence and were only inches from Cash’s window. Their warm breath fogged the Jeep’s glass.

Jane hung her head farther and stifled a moan. Just as her mother’s phone call had, the night of the Fourth, this intrusion snatched away the intimacy of the moment. She was sure he had been about to tell her why he was kissing her.

Cash’s face became a mask. He put the Jeep into reverse. Mud flew up as he backed out onto the county road again.

Jane stared out her window.

The cloudburst slowed and gushed by turns as they drove down the meandering road over the green, rolling hills. At a crossroads, the pink neon sign at Bud and Pearl’s Café beckoned them. Jane touched his arm.

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