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Instantly his expression shut down No anger, no ire Like a dahten, to chill, causing her to shiver in reaction She hated it when he did that, hated when he hid froht have to her

“Are you rescuing me here or what?” she snapped, hurt by his retreat “It’s da hotter” In more ways than one

He sighed then, shaking his head as though being in trouble was noAt least it wasn’t that bland, I-don’t-know-you look that she so despised

“I ought to paddle your ass” He stepped aside as the jailer, well into his fifties and grinning at her knowingly, unlocked the cell door

Roni didn’t fight the shiver that worked over her body at the dark sound of his voice He could spank her any day she thought As long as he touched her Maybe he would kiss it and hts had her suppressing her s response

“Spank me, daddy,” she drawled softly as she rose fro door

He snorted in disgust “Your father obviously neglected discipline while he was here or else you wouldn’t tempt me this far”

Roni scooted past him and walked over to where the sheriff had thrown her pack by old Mort’s desk the night before She kept her back to Taber, bending at the waist to pick it up, feeling his gaze on her backside like a caress

As she rose, she slung the strap over her arht smile “I’m ready whenever you are Think Sherra would letthis summer”

To be honest, it was getting terrifying She didn’t knoas playing the little pranks on her lately, but she was going to find out Shea tiht, but she would figure it out eventually

The hard look he shot her assured her that even that small lie hadn’t escaped his notice He knew da to stay with his sister unless she was scared to death She considered asking him to let her stay at his place But she knew her weakness for hi him to touch her The quiet isolation and intiht so hard for, though She didn’t want to beg for his touch Didn’t want to risk the heartbreak when he rejected her

This reaction to hi out of hand, she admitted She bla over the years You never knehen a guy really wanted to go out with you or when he was trying to find a way to get back at your father Unfortunately, she paid often anyway for the inald, committed

“Sherra’s out of town this week” He gripped her ar has it been since you’ve eaten, anyway?”

She knew she had lost weight over the pastthe appetite on the best of days

“Why, yesterday” She tried to pull this lie off, though by the tightening of his fingers on her upper ar she had failed “Coood boy, now I’ll just go hoet over your lanced back at hiht hit her She needed that job