Josh couldnt remember the last time hed really smiled.
Thank you, Clare said with a smile.
Without thinking, only needing to feel her warmth, he leaned in closer. I dont know what to say, he murmured. He was hovering within an inch of those tantalizing lips, caught between a wish and a prayer.
Say, Youre welcome.
The soft whisper of air from her words fanned over his face as he closed his eyes and breathed her in. What would she do if he narrowed the gap between them and bent for a taste of those luscious lips?
He reached out and ended up grabbing a handful of air.
Hot damn. He shouldve known better.
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He shrugged a shoulder and jammed his foot down on the gas pedal, praying the old tread would hold together. A few seconds later hed crossed the barrier and was slowing down on the other side in order to pick his way through the trash and glass scattered around the vacant lot.
Another scream, this time closer, captured his attention. He stepped on the brakes and searched the dark lot for any signs of trouble.
A figure appeared, illuminated in the distance by his headlights. It was a female, all right. For a spilt second he saw a curvy form with a flash of blond hair. She seemed to be carrying something heavy. The vision dashed in and out of the beams.
Right on her tail were two greaseballs, dressed in suits with short haircuts. Their looks made Josh wonder if the FBI might be after this babe. But when he saw their drawn pistols, something in his brain snapped.
The picture was all wrong. No lawmen would run with guns out in the open like that, especially not when chasing an obviously unarmed woman.
Without another thought, Josh gunned his truck again and began chasing down the men. He used the Ford like he had his old mare back in the bronc-cutting days of his youth on the Delgado. But rounding up the two thugs turned out to be easier to manage than wild broncs had ever been.
Rooster-tailing it on the loose gravel as one of the men turned and tried to aim his pistol toward the truck, Josh sent a spray of caliche toward both guys, and they bolted. The two dudes headed away in the opposite direction as he nudged his bumper up close behind them. If theyd spilt up, one of them mightve stood a chance at getting off a shot at him. But it turned out that neither of them was as bright as any year-old colt.
He wore the two creeps slick and left them panting and limping off the lot as they slithered back into the darkness behind the roadhouse. Then Josh spun his pickup and went after the girl.
With no clue as to what kind of trouble she was in, Josh shouldve just let it be. If hed had a lick of sense, he wouldve been long gone down the road toward home by now. But nobody had ever referred to Josh Ryan as the most brilliant SOB in the world.
And besideshed become downright curious.
Clare slowed, trying to catch her breath. She couldnt believe her bad luck. Shed almost made it to the relative safety of the roadhouse when Ramzis two goons spotted them.
They wouldve overtaken her and Jimmy, too, if it hadnt been for whoever it was in that old pickup. The fellow behind the wheel had driven like a maniac, but hed done a fine job of blowing off the two thugs. It made her curious who her knight in scratched and dented armor might have been.