Читать книгу The Texas Ranger's Daughter - Jenna Kernan, Jenna Kernan - Страница 2
Оглавление“My father saw something in you. I see it, too. You’re the only one who doesn’t know that you’re a hero.”
“That’s wrong.”
Laurie gnawed her lower lip. If he was a hero, he wouldn’t be thinking of kissing her again.
“Then what’s in this for you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” He glanced away and felt her hand clamp on his arm.
“He didn’t promise you anything? You didn’t ask for anything?”
He shook his head.
“But you’re hoping for something? Something important? Something you won’t have otherwise? You bring me home and my father is indebted to you. What is it he can give you?”
Boon’s face heated and he looked away. Laurie gasped.
“You want to be a Texas Ranger!” Her jaw dropped open at the startling discovery. Boon wanted to be a lawman—protect the weak, uphold the law. She blinked in astonishment.
His eyes narrowed and his features hardened into a nasty scowl. He tugged his arm free. “They don’t let outlaws into the Rangers.”
She ignored that. “But that proves my point. A good man. I knew it all along.”
