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Why did she have to have eyes that penetrated the very depths of his soul, connecting with that spot he had purposely kept shut off for years?

He broke eye contact. He didn’t want her or anyone else invading that private place. Nor did he want her coming home with him.

Think, Haydon! Maybe he could buy her a one-way ticket home and set her up here in a Prosperity Mountain hotel until the next stagecoach.

He scanned the mining town. Several men stood in front of the saloon with their arms crossed and their legs spread, gawking at Miss Devonwood as if they hadn’t eaten in days and she were a fresh piece of meat.

His brother should be dealing with this. But with Jess injured, it was up to Haydon to do what he had to do to keep this woman safe.

No gentleman would do anything less. And if Haydon was anything, he prided himself in being a gentleman.

Most of the time anyway.