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She took a deep steadying breath “You dee in our relationship, which I did Noe’re back to ether”

He pulled into the Pattersons’ drive He parked next to her truck, but didn’t turn off the engine “Let’s talk about this to, eet a lot of sleep last night”

She unbuckled her seatbelt and shoved her door open before juht the erabbed her purse off the seat and slaotten the front door open before he caught up with her

He spun her around to face hi He just sla kiss His lips were hard and deh she was still angry She pressed her body against hi primitive

He slipped his hands inside her coat, and it wasn’t until his fingers had closed over bare flesh under her sweater that she ca her mouth away from his “Stop”

He kissed the side of her neck when she denied hiainst his chest and shoved “Iharsh, he did as she deain I need some time to think Apparently so do you”

He took a step back and dug his fingers through his dark hair “Fine You’re right” He stepped toward his truck “I’ll call you tomorrow”

She nodded She couldn’t speak Her throat was too tight She watched him move toward the truck, her insides twisted in knots He stopped when he reached the driver’s side door

“Zoe?”

“Yes?” The word came out as no more than a whisper, but he heard her

“The e the horses and headed back up to the house He wanted to get in his truck and go to Zoe, but that wasn’t an option He’d called her thisshe’d had plenty of tiht Evidently she hadn’t spent it thinking about theall to tell him that she had slept and slept well He rubbed his tired eyes

He hadn’t He’d spent the night tores of Zoe on the countertop in the Pattersons’ kitchen Zoe coht he’d made a date with Carlene The feel of Zoe’s lips under his He kept playing her reaction to his suggestion that they follow John’s recoossip over in his et the look of wariness in her eyes when she’d told him they both needed time to think out of his ht? He’d only been trying to protect her And why had she been so hesitant to ade in their relationship? He didn’t like it that she needed time today to think about it either Or that she’d refused to see him until she was ready

She should be ready now

To heck with it She’d had all day He was going over there and they were going to talk things out Besides, he needed to tell her that Bud had been picked up by his nener Grant could have used the phone, but he’d rather tell her in person

He wasn’t going to say anything about the phone call he’d h He’d called Mr Jensen and read the olderZoe like their valued daughter and not an afterthought The older e his plans, but Grant could tell he’d been shaken by the things Grant had said

If the two didn’t show up for Christ Zoe about the possibility on the off chance he rong She would only be hurtthe back door open He went to grab his truck keys fro over the snow on his drive his hand froze midway She’d come to her senses He looked out the backCarlene’s stylish compact came into view It halted a few feet frootten to call her and set things straight After giving vent to his frustration with a feell-chosen words, he went outside to face the h-heeled boot and gave hiht, and instead of going hoht, you know?”