The Cowboy's Honor
Page 36
Malcolm took a deep breath. The woman’s wrath was something to behold, not unlike a summer thunderstorm sweeping in from out of nowhere, but he was not about to stand for having it directed toward him.
“What makes you think you’d be any safer with me?”
Her eyes widened at the hint of menace he purposely inserted into his voice. She folded her arms across her chest in a protective gesture, but then she lifted her chin and met his shadowed gaze with a defiant stare.
“If you intended to…attack me”—her voice caught on the phrase before she powered through it—“you’ve already had plenty of opportunity.”
Malcolm slowly curved his mouth in a smile. “Maybe I like my women warmed up a bit first.”
She glanced toward the fire in front of her. It was just a brief flick of her gaze. In less than half a second, she was back to staring at him. “You wouldn’t,” she declared quickly, but her weight shifted in preparation for flight.
Malcolm waited long enough to see the wariness spread across her pert little features before he replied, “I might.”
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Acknowledgments
A special thank-you goes to Sonia Paredes, Gladys Ruiz, and Vladimir Paredes for correcting my dreadful attempts at Spanish.
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