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She sank to one of the chairs, and he paced back and forth in front of her. “I thought you were buying Plan B.”
Unfazed by the statement, she cracked the box of food and wet her lips. God, he did not need to see that sweet little tongue of hers darting across her full lip. Or the trace of wetness left behind.
His cock started to stiffen.
She picked up a plastic fork that the waitress placed in the box for him. “I was, but the pharmacy was out.”
“The one in the next town was out of the pill?”
She nodded. “I was going to go first thing in the morning to the local one…but then there was an emergency, and then another…then another…and that took me out of the time constraints.”
“What could be more important—”
She looked up from her meal, a strip of bacon poised at her lips. “This isn’t the only ranch with animals that are injured. I’m the only vet for miles. People rely on me.”
She had put her patients before herself. Much as he wanted to argue, he couldn’t say he was much different. He would put his brothers before himself every time. For Demi, she’d taken a risk that nothing would result from that broken condom.
She munched on the slice of bacon and in seconds, it was gone. She gobbled the second and then attacked her eggs with her fork.
He didn’t know what to say. The Navy hadn’t trained him to handle a woman who was pregnant with his baby.
“Thanks for the food.”
Caught up in his thoughts, her statement surprised him.
“No problem.”
“How did you know to go to Dilly’s Diner?”
He shrugged, feeling as awkward around her as a damn schoolboy and as turned on as the man who hadn’t been able to keep his hands off her from the moment she drew him into the parking lot of Badlands.
“In a town as small as Eden, there aren’t many options.”
“But you asked them what I like.”
He nodded. “Figured if I was bringing you food, you might as well get something you enjoy.”
God, she was beautiful with the early morning breeze teasing the honey-blonde strands of hair off her rounded cheeks. He’d only ever seen her in the dim lighting of the saloon and then in her bedroom, but he didn’t remember her skin glowing this much.
He had to ask. “How are you feeling?”
She dropped her fork in the box and closed the foam lid. Suddenly fishing out her phone, she stared at the screen. “That’s my receptionist asking how much longer I’ll be. I need to get to the next ranch.”
She stood and turned away from him.
He caught her by the elbow. Curling his fingers around her flesh had his balls tightening. “Demi—”
Her warm brown eyes locked on his. “I’m fine. Look, I really have to run. I need to get to all these animals and spay three cats before I can go home.”
The question in his mind was no longer whether she worked too hard. It was whether she ever rested.
Releasing her arm, he watched her walk away from him. Again.
But it would be the last time. He wouldn’t let her avoid him anymore.
* * * * *
Demi wasn’t proud of doing another cut-and-run from Ledger. But she did not want him to see her turn green and then lose her breakfast. Not to mention cleanup at the fire pit wasn’t ideal.
