AllFreeNovel
Share Us
No one since Hyrum, in fact.
And she couldn’t get involved with another prisoner. Could she?
“Great,” Nate said. “Do you want to have dinner with me sometime?” He looked at her again, and Ginger’s eyes widened.
Her fingers scrabbled for the door handle, finding it after only a moment. She yanked, and the door opened. She practically jumped from the truck with the words, “I’ll be right back,” and strode out of the garage as quickly as her long legs could take her.
She didn’t remember breathing, so by the time she made it across the dirt lane to the small shed there, her lungs felt like they’d been set on fire. She hurried through the door and closed it, leaning against it and sucking at the air.
Had Nate just asked her out?
And worse, had she run away from him afterward? A moan started somewhere in the bottom of Ginger’s boots and worked its way up, tearing through her insides before it came out of her mouth.
And the worst part? She wanted to say yes, she’d love to have dinner with him. She slid down the door until she met the ground, and she stared straight ahead, trying to decide what to do.
Last time she’d allowed herself to fall for an ex-con, he’d stolen from her, broken her heart, and almost managed to get the ranch in his name.
Would the consequences of a relationship with Nate be worse?
Ginger didn’t want to find out. At the same time, she really did. Since she was now at war with herself, she simply continued to stare, hoping an answer to this new dilemma would present itself inside the shed.
