Rough Around the Edges (Loveswept) Tapa blanda - 1998

"Liar.".

He stopped and spun back around to face her. "What did you say?"

"I called you a liar."

He closed the distance between them in two quick strides, and it took all her willpower not to back up. "You should watch your mouth."

"I'm not afraid of you, Alex."

He backed her against the wall. "You should be."

"You don't fool me anymore. I know you. I know your strength and your kindness." She rested her hand on his bare chest and could feel his rapid heartbeat beneath the warmth of skin and muscle. "I know your heart."

Cursing, he knocked her hand away and backed up. "That's where you're wrong, Kristen. You don't know the first thing about me. And if you did, you wouldn't come around here asking for more."

Hard words, but his eyes betrayed him. She saw his anger and his agony, the effort this act cost him. And underneath, she saw his desire.