Branded with his Baby. Stella Bagwell

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      Quickly rising to her feet, she said nervously, “Well, I’m glad that I didn’t interrupt your work—though I guess the injury to your arm had already done that. But I won’t keep you any longer. I promised Abe I’d be back to Apache Wells before it got too late.”

      Quint rose to his feet also. “You haven’t finished your soda.”

      “I’ve had enough. Thank you.”

      She started out of the kitchen and as she did, she could feel Quint’s presence following close behind her. The idea made her heart thump at a rapid pace and she drew in a deep breath in an attempt to calm it.

      “I’m not in that big of a hurry to get back to work, Maura. Why don’t you let me show you around before you leave?”

      His suggestion caught her by surprise and she dared to glance over her shoulder at him. “Do you really want to?”

      He suddenly chuckled and Maura was amazed at how different he looked with humor softening his features.

      “I don’t make offers unless I want to.”

      Something about the husky tone of his voice, the warmth in his eyes, sent prickles of excitement racing through her. She could feel her cheeks growing warm and pink and she suddenly felt like a foolish teenager instead of a thirty-six-year-old woman who’d been married and divorced.

      But just for this once, she wasn’t going to think about the dangers this man represented to her peace of mind. Tomorrow she would remind herself that she was behaving like an idiot. Today she was going to let herself enjoy the pleasure of being in the presence of a very sexy man.

      “In that case,” she said, “I’d love to have a look around.”

      Moving forward, he touched a hand to her back and Maura felt her senses splintering in all directions.

      “Good,” he murmured. “Just let me get my hat and we’ll be on our way,” he told her.