Steven didn't see Emma again for a full week, and while he told himself it was for the best, he ached to see her every moment of that time. He spent his days pacing the room with Callie Visco under his left arm for support, and his nights cleaning the .45 and listening for Emma's footsteps in the hallway. He supposed she was either embarrassed to face him or meting out punishment for the hard time he'd given her. He sure as hell hoped she hadn't pegged him as a bad influence and decided to stay away from him. Of course, he reflected ruefully, he probably was a bad influence. He'd seen innocence in Emma's dark blue eyes, as well as passion, and experience told him she'd never before allowed a man to touch her in quite that way. His
( Linda Lael Miller )
[ Emma And The Outlaw ]
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