The Cowboy Way: A Creed in Stone Creek / Part Time Cowboy. Maisey Yates
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Название: The Cowboy Way: A Creed in Stone Creek / Part Time Cowboy
Автор: Maisey Yates
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Вестерны
isbn: 9781474048323
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“Steven, stop it.”
Tessa came back with their drinks then—both of them had ordered iced tea.
“You’re okay, aren’t you?” Tessa asked, giving Melissa much closer scrutiny than before. “Somebody at the counter just told me you were almost hit by a car this morning, while you were out for your run.”
Small towns. Every incident, no matter how small, was grist for the mill.
“Just a little shaken up,” Melissa said, aware of the change in Steven’s face even though she wasn’t looking directly at him just then. His grip tightened around her hand. “It was no big deal, Tessa. A miss is as good as a mile and all that.”
“It could have been a very big deal,” Tessa protested. “Did you see a doctor?”
“Tessa,” Melissa said, with a smile and a shake of her head, “I’m fine. Really.”
Tessa hesitated for another moment or so, then turned and walked away.
“You were almost run over by a car?” Steven asked. He was holding both her hands by then. And he no longer looked amused.
People were watching them.
Jumping to all kinds of conclusions.
She could feel it.
“I wasn’t hurt,” she insisted. It bothered her, how much she was enjoying his concern.
“What happened?” Steven asked.
“Nothing,” Melissa answered. “That’s why the word almost comes into play.”
His fine jawline tightened briefly, relaxed again.
“Let’s talk about something else besides accidents that didn’t quite happen,” she suggested, hoping to lighten the mood.
The grin was back, and it was as dangerous as ever. “Like what?”
“Well, not sex,” Melissa said, and then regretted it.
He laughed. “I agree,” he said. “It’s better to just go ahead and do some things, rather than wasting time talking about them.”
Melissa blinked. “Did you just say what I think you just said?” she demanded, whispering again. Leaning toward him.
“You were the one who brought up the subject of sex,” Steven pointed out reasonably. “Not me.”
He looked so damnably comfortable, sitting there, easy in his skin, with his glass of iced tea in front of him and his eyes that indescribable shade of blue-violet.
“Then I’m officially unbringing it up,” Melissa said. “Forget I mentioned sex at all. It was totally inappropriate. A slip of the tongue—”
His grin flashed again.
She blushed even more. “I didn’t mean—”
Mercifully, the food arrived then.
Since her stomach was still doing the circus thing, Melissa was surprised to realize that she was hungry. She picked up her spoon and focused on the delicious beef stew.
“What do you like to do, Melissa?” Steven asked, about midway through the meal. He’d made a pretty good dent in his club sandwich, and pushed away his plate to focus all his attention on her.
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