Читать книгу Cowboy to the Max - Rita Herron - Страница 3

Sadie was the last woman he’d made love to before his freedom had been ripped away.

And even though he’d hated her for not stepping forward to clear him, while he’d lain on that brick-hard cot every night in prison, he’d fantasized about making love to her again.

Only, now his touch made her cringe with horror.

She wrapped her arms around herself. “You broke in?”

Damn it. He had to be patient. And he had to protect her.

“Because you were screaming,” Carter said, intentionally lowering his voice. “I thought the guy who shot at us had broken in.” He gestured toward the sheers. “Maybe through the window.”

Her gaze darted to the window then back to him, as if she was trying to decide whether to trust him. Whether to believe him.

He suddenly wanted that trust more than anything he’d wanted in a long time.

Almost as much as he wanted his freedom.