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Оглавление“Why’d you kiss me?”
The simple question took him by surprise. In all his life, he didn’t think a woman had ever asked him that question.
He had to think. He knew he could give her the glib answer, say something like, Because I wanted to. Which he had. But he figured he owed it to Ellie to give her the truth.
“When I saw him knock you to the ground, my heart stopped,” he answered quietly. “I jumped him. If not for my damn injuries, I would have had him. You would have been safe, and that piece of trash wouldn’t have bothered you ever again. My blood was pumping, but he got away, and I let you down. When I saw you watching me, you looked scared and disappointed and…”
He dragged his hand through his too-short hair. “I wish I was better with words. I’m not saying it right.”
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The Coltons: Return to Wyoming—One family’s scandalous homecoming
