Читать книгу The Cowboy's Unexpected Family - Linda Ford - Страница 3
Оглавление“Cassie, if you need me you have only to holler,” Roper said.
“I won’t be hollering.”
“I expect not. But I feel better knowing anyone could and I’ll hear them.”
He meant the kids could call for him. “Why would they need you when I’ll be right there in the same tent or whatever you want to call it?”
“No reason. Just as there’s no reason to get all prickly about it.”
“Prickly?” She swallowed hard. “If I am it’s because you make me sound like I can’t manage on my own.”
He held up his hands in a sign of protest. “It never crossed my mind.”
“Well, then. So long as we understand each other.” She headed back to her site.
He chuckled softly and followed her. “Oh, I get it.”
She ignored the note of triumph in his voice. How could he possibly comprehend? He had no idea of the events that had shaped her life and made her want nothing half as much as she wanted to be independent. Self-sufficient.“I don’t need anyone,” she muttered.
“Sounds mighty lonely to me.”
