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feel for
me is lust.” As she said the words, she knew they weren’t true, but she
couldn’t help it. She allowed herself to look up at him and she instantly
regretted it.
    Anger flashed in his eyes, just as it did a long time ago
on that day in the barn. She braced herself for the blow she could feel coming,
but to her surprise it never did. Instead he turned, picked up her suitcase and
started walking again.
    A part of her wished he would have shouted something. She
hated the silence between them. It was worse than if he did explode in anger.
    In the distance ahead she could see the cabins dotting
the east pasture. As soon as they reached the first row of cabins, a door flew
open.
    A blond headed woman came running out and latched herself
onto Blade. “I missed you today,” she cooed as she traced a red painted
fingernail back and forth along his jawline. “When are you planning to take me
out again?”
    “I’m sure it will be soon,” was Blade’s response.
    So that’s was how it was. He kissed her while he had this
other woman under his spell. She wondered how many other women were on his list
of conquests. If he thought he could add her to the list of women he already
added, he was sadly mistaken.
    She waited until the blond girl went back inside her
cabin before she spoke. “Will you please show me to my new home? I’m very
tired.”
    Without answering her question he started walking again. When
he reached the cabin she would be calling home for the next year or so, he fished
in his pocket for the key. When he got the door open, he carried her suitcase
inside and set it down. With a tip of his cowboy hat in parting, he was gone.
    She looked around the quaint little cabin. She could fit
the entire place inside her penthouse apartment back in New York and still have
plenty of living space leftover. The cabin was rustic with a homey feel to it.
    She let out a long sigh and was getting ready to pick up
her suitcase when she heard a knock at the door. She hoped whoever was there
would go away soon. She was not in the mood for visitors.
    By the time she reached what she thought was the bedroom
door, the knock grew louder and more persistent. Whoever was on the other side
was determined for her to open it for them.
    Maybe it’s one of the guests , she thought. Maybe someone witnessed
her arrival and come to welcome her to the ranch. I can always fake a
headache, she thought with a small smile as she made her way over to the
door and opened it.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
    CHAPTER THREE
    T he person on the other side of the
door turned out to be Blade. He was the last person she wanted to see. After an
awkward moment of silence, he finally spoke. “I’m not going to apologize for
the kiss we shared tonight, but I do promise to try not to lay a finger on you
if you let me help you get settled in.”
    She backed away in a silent invitation for him to come
inside. He took it without saying a word. When he was inside the cabin and the
door was closed behind him, she began to wonder if she made the right decision
inviting him in like this.
    The cabin seemed much smaller with him in it. Every nerve
in her body began to tingle with awareness of his presence. Her throat suddenly
felt very dry, as if she’d been walking through the Sahara Dessert with a
mouthful of cotton. She did her best to find her voice, but it didn’t seem to
want to come. Finely, after clearing her throat, she said, “You really don’t
have to help me if you don’t want to. I can manage the task on my own.”
    “No, it’s alright. I want to help you.” His voice came out
sounding huskier than usual. She wondered if he knew it. She certainly picked
up on it.
    She felt a strong desire to pull him into her arms, and
not just kiss him, but to have her way with him as well. She fought it. The
last thing she wanted was to end up one of those women on his list, and later
discarded when he got tired of her.
    She