Round-the-Clock Temptation (2005)
“She wrapped her legs around his waist, clinging to him, and he hugged her tight against his chest. He carried her away from the truck and sat on the hood of his car with her still wrapped around him. Now that it was over, and she was safe, her entire body began to tremble and she felt dizzy and fuzzy-headed, as if she might pass out.
Adrenaline.
This had happened once before when she’d been thrown by a stallion and almost trampled. Afterward she’d felt weak and shaky. But not like this.
Connor ...stroked her back, her hair. “Are you okay?”
She nodded against his shoulder.
“Don’t you ever, ever pull a stunt like that again, you hear me?” Intermingled with the anger in his voice, she could swear she heard fear. Which meant he still cared about her, despite how he’d been acting lately. Nothing like a near-death experience to make someone admit he liked you.
Well, hell, if she’d known this was all it would take, she’d have staged her near-death weeks ago.
She heard another vehicle approaching, knew from the squeal of the brakes as it slid to a stop that it was the other farm truck.MoreLess
Adrenaline.
This had happened once before when she’d been thrown by a stallion and almost trampled. Afterward she’d felt weak and shaky. But not like this.
Connor ...stroked her back, her hair. “Are you okay?”
She nodded against his shoulder.
“Don’t you ever, ever pull a stunt like that again, you hear me?” Intermingled with the anger in his voice, she could swear she heard fear. Which meant he still cared about her, despite how he’d been acting lately. Nothing like a near-death experience to make someone admit he liked you.
Well, hell, if she’d known this was all it would take, she’d have staged her near-death weeks ago.
She heard another vehicle approaching, knew from the squeal of the brakes as it slid to a stop that it was the other farm truck.MoreLess
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