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“Kaley, you’re not cut out for this life,” Tripp told her.
Оглавление“It takes a tough heart. That’s why I want you to sell out to me. You’re better off without this.”
“Better off with—”
The same thing he’d said in his kiss-off letter nine years ago! You’ll be better off without me.
She jerked upright in his arms. “Who the hell are you to tell me that?”
His tender half smile faded to bewilderment. “Hey, I’m just trying to—”
She brought her hands to his chest and shoved, arching her back against his hold. “That’s right! You’re doing this all for my own good. Taking my ranch from me. You’re such a considerate guy!” She shoved him again, but still he held on. For just a moment there—oh, she was such a fool to feel safe and loved in his arms! Nothing but her old longings betraying her—just as they’d betrayed her the first time all those years ago. It isn’t me he gives a damn about! Tripp takes what he needs for himself, then tells you he’s done you a favor!
Well, not this time, Kaley vowed….
