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“Lie down? I can hardly sit down for more than a minute.” He looked at the man
he’d expected his daughter to marry. “How come you’re not more upset than you are?
Why the hell are you so damn calm? Your fiancée ran out on you and you act like you
don’t give a damn.”
Elliott dropped into the big chair across from the desk. “Of course I’m upset. I care
for Erin very deeply.”
“Care for?” Rance pounced on the words. “But not love?”
“Okay, love. That means a lot of different things to different people. If I didn’t want
to marry Erin I never would have asked her. Scratch that. I never would have let you set
us up the way you did.”
“Set you up?” Rance stared. “What the hell’s that supposed to mean?”
“Come on, Rance. Erin was a wounded bird when you brought her home. She’s
your only child. Your only family all these years since Mattie died.”
“And the point of that is?”
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“I know you only want what’s best for her. Always have. But maybe you held her
just a little too tight. A little too close. These past months she’s been getting stronger.
More sure of herself again. I know—hell, everyone knows—you’re convinced marriage
to me is the answer to everything. I let you pull the strings because I thought I could
make her happy. And Erin just let herself be swept along with the tidal wave you
created.”
Rance closed his eyes for a moment then opened them. “Are you trying to tell me
she really didn’t want to marry you? Hell, she could have had the best life in the world.
Just like here.”
“And maybe that’s the problem. Maybe she doesn’t want that. Cal wasn’t the
answer, obviously, but maybe she needs to find out what is.”
Silence dropped like a stone into the room. “We’ll discuss that when I’ve got her
safely back here at the ranch. But for damn sure no whistling gypsy is going to get his
hands on her or her money or this ranch.”
T.J. shook his head and stood up. “Fine. We’ll discuss it then. Meanwhile I’m
heading home. I’ll change clothes and go to my office. I sure don’t feel like practicing
law today but I can make calls and see who I haven’t already talked to who can turn
over some rocks.”
When he was alone again Rance leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. To
save his life he couldn’t figure out what had gone wrong. Why Erin had run away from
a life millions of women would have hung on to like barnacles. When he got her home
he’d damn sure find out. But not before he sent Grady Sinclair running as if his ass were
on fire.
* * * * *
A handful of people had stayed after the last set to compliment Grady and Erin
watched him smile and chat with them until finally they were able to leave. Now it was
one o’clock in the morning and they were back at the motel.
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Hard Lovin’
“I hope you weren’t too bored tonight,” Grady said, carefully laying his guitar case
on the table and placing his hat on top of it.
“Are you kidding?” Erin grinned at him. “I could listen to you sing forever. Your
music is enchanted, Grady. Or maybe enchanting is a better word.”
He cupped her face in his big palms and kissed the tip of her nose. “Darlin’, you
make my head swell.” He moved his body against hers and said in a low voice, “And
other parts of my body, too.”
She slid her arms around him, pressing herself against him. It seemed all he had to
do was touch her and she was on fire. Hot and ready for him. Oh, sure, she’d had a lot
of sex in her life. It had always been…pleasant. Except, of course, with Cal after the first
few months.
No. Quit that. Don’t let thoughts of him ruin this.
“Kiss me,” she demanded.
He obliged willingly, his mouth hot on hers, his tongue thrusting inside, dancing
everywhere. His hands rubbing up and down her back in a way that sent shivers
skating over her spine. He slipped one hand up through her hair to cup her head, tilting
it to give him a better angle. When he broke the kiss she was panting for air and her
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