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He drew his brows together. “Sweet? I’d rather be called something manly. Something that makes you swoon.”
“Honey, that night when you held me while I cried, you instantly became my hero. You’re my big, strong cowboy. You’re mine.”
Now, that, he liked the sound of.
“And you’re mine,” he whispered.
She gave a giggle and he loved to hear her laugh. Since she’d been at his home, she’d gone from the distraught young woman to someone who laughed with ease.
“You better let me eat something so we can go move your car before a snowplow shoves it further into the snowbank.”
Thirty minutes later, they reached her car. It was cold as he jumped out of the truck and went to assess the situation.
“Let me help you,” she said.
“You can help me by staying in the truck so I’m not worried about you getting frostbite.”
It was going to take a while to dig the car out and then hook it up to his truck.
“But what about you?”
“I’ll be taking frequent breaks. Now get in the truck and let’s get your car off the road. You stay warm, and when I get cold, you can warm me up.”
She grinned at him. “I know how to make you hot.”
“Honey, you definitely know how to do that. Now get your sweet little ass back in the truck.”
Two hours later, he hooked her little hatchback up to his wench and pulled it to the side of the road leading to his ranch. With the tractor, he’d cleared a path where the tow truck could get to her car.
Next, he called a friend of his that ran a towing service.
“Dan, my girlfriend’s car hit a snowbank. It’s not drivable, but I moved it to the side of the road leading to my ranch. We’re leaving town, but when you get some time, would you pull it to the body shop?”
“I’ll take care of it for you,” he said. “I can probably get out there tomorrow.”
“Great,” he told him. “Send me the bill when you get it moved.”
As soon as he disconnected the call, she glared at him. “I can pay for it. I’m not your responsibility.”
Oh, how he wanted to tell her right then, but he didn’t. He wanted her to be his responsibility. He wanted to take care of her, but that would have to wait.
“You can pay me, but Dan is a good friend, and he’ll take care of it properly. And he always gives me a break on the price. That’s why I called him.”
She licked her lips. “You’ve been taking care of me for days. I feel that I already owe you for room and board and food and…”
“Don’t say sex,” he said laughing. “I’m not your gigolo. And it’s been my pleasure to have you here with me.”
There was so much he wanted to tell her. Tonight, he would lay his heart on the line and tell her what he desired.
And he wanted it to be permanent.
CHAPTER14
Olivia knew she should be happy that Lucas was taking care of her car and making certain that it would be towed to a body shop, but she was resisting him controlling the situation and yet she knew she was being unreasonable.
No man had ever taken care of things like this before for her, and in some ways, it bothered her. She heard him call her his girlfriend and that made her feel wonderful. It was what she wanted, but she was also afraid.
Her choices in men were not great. Looking back over her life, she realized that the reason for her problems with men was herself.
