Wylder Bachelor by Virginia Barlow—Excerpt Day!
Wylder Bachelor Excerpt:
“There’s nothing to worry about.
A stranger came2 in asking questions. He’s gone now. No one knows you’re here.”
“Who is he? What did he want?”
Miss Jones licked her lips. She must be thirsty again.
He poured her another glass of water.
She lifted herself up to take the glass. Jackson slid behind her and helped her
until she pushed it away. Strangers must frighten her. Miss Jones trembled like
an autumn leaf in the breeze.
He laid her back against the pillow. “Mr.
Smythe asked about a gunshot cowboy. I sent him to Doc Sullivan.”
Miss Jones stiffened and paled a
bit more. “Mr. Smythe?”
“I won’t let anyone hurt you,” he
said. “Do you want to tell me what happened?”
Miss Jones lifted tortured eyes
to his. “I did. My father wants me to marry a horrible man. I…ran away…and got
involved in something I shouldn’t. I got shot in the process.” Her big blue
eyes looked up at him. She swallowed a sob. “I can’t go back. Please don’t make
me.”
“I might run a livery, but I am a
gentleman.” One wouldn’t know it by the thoughts going through his head every
time he looked at her. Jackson kept his gaze on her face. He didn’t want her to
notice he knew the front of her nightgown came unbuttoned while she slept. He
didn’t want her to know how sexy he thought she was with her hair messed up and
a blush on her cheeks. Jackson stared at her mouth. He shouldn’t think about
kissing her soft lips, either. He cleared his throat.“I brought you some
dinner.”
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