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He’s a strong, powerful man. Big enough to force me against my will. Perhaps I was too trusting coming out here alone with him?
But, isn’t this what I want?
I wish I had an answer to that. Coming to Peace Springs is a way for me to start over, but I’m not looking to jump into a new relationship.
Work is my focus.
Or should be. Yet, here I am.
Alone.
In a barn.
With a man who rescued me from wolves and worse. He brought me to safety.
This is when I should make a break for it, but I find myself entranced and hope he’ll deliver on the promise smoldering in his gaze.
Every nerve in my body stands up and takes notice, thrumming with anticipation as he dips his head and lowers his mouth.
“You’re a provocative and intoxicating mystery that kept me up all night.”
His seductive voice transfixes me. It’s deep and rumbles with all the power and promise of a distant thunderstorm on the horizon.
I could run for shelter. Or, I can take a risk and weather the full force of the storm as it descends upon me. Is this what I want? Am I too scarred from Scott and the cruelty of his fists to trust another man?
I don’t want to be that person. I want to believe in a world where kindness and good prevail. I want to believe in men like Drake who rescue those in danger and provide them shelter from the storm.
Is that too much to ask?
“I didn’t …”
He taps the pad of his thumb against my lips.
“My dreams were positively indecent.” He captures my eyes with his stormy gaze. “What are you doing to me?”
“I’m not …”
“You are, and you feel it too.” His stony gaze shifts from my face to the rest of me. “I feel it in you.”
“Drake, I don’t know about…”
He silences me with a sharp shake of his head.
“I’m going to say this only once, and I don’t mean it to frighten you, but I need you to understand.”
“Understand, what?” I’m so overwhelmed right now he could recite gibberish and I wouldn’t know the difference.
“When I see something I want, there’s very little to stop me from going after it. If you don’t want this to go any further, I need you to tell me no. I’ll take a step back. I’ll walk away, but—this is your one and only warning. I want you, city girl. I want you in ways that are positively indecent.”
My heart sputters as his brick-hard body moves closer. He’s everywhere all at once.
The press of his body.
The heat of his breath.
The low rumble of his voice.
Drake cages me in. His breath rustles my hair as he dips his head, not for the kiss I desire, but to nuzzle my neck. He hooks an arm around my waist and pulls me against his body.
