Page 55 of Rancher to the Rescue

An EMT went to work on him, but he tried to wave him off.

“She’s injured,” Adam said. “You can work on me when I know she’s all right.”

“It’s barely a scratch,” she said. Her skin burned but she was nowhere near as badly injured as he was. “It’s no worse than playing hopscotch on the playground and taking a fall.”

Adam locked gazes with her and her heart free fell. Butterflies released in her stomach.

“Will you let him finish his job if I come over there?” she asked.

“We can talk about it,” he said.

She walked over to him on his good side and reached for his hand. She told the EMT to go ahead and warned Adam that if he argued she would find a way to make him regret it later.

“Will there be a later?” he asked, with the most sincere look in those perfect eyes of his.

“There will if I have anything to say about it,” she reassured.

Adam leaned over and pressed a tender kiss to her lips. “I was hoping you’d say something like that.”

“I hate to interrupt, but we need to take you for a ride,” the EMT said.

“I’ve nursed back worse injuries with antibiotic ointment and field stitches.” Adam tried to blow the young guy off.

“How about I go with you?” Prudence asked, tugging on his hand. She caught his gaze and held it. “I need you in tiptop form later.”

Mischief danced in his eyes when he said, “You heard the lady. We’re going to the ER.”

“Don’t let these stitches hold you back from whatever you planned to do to me later.” Adam winked at Prudence as she took the driver’s seat of a ranch truck brought to them by Brax.

She leaned across the cab and kissed him.

Not even the pain medication he was on could dull his senses enough to stop his body from reacting to her soft, full lips pressed against his. He’d been wanting to kiss her all day.

Prudence pulled back first. “Remind me to finish that later.”

“Now’s a good time,” he teased. He was only half joking.

She laughed.

“I’ll keep that in mind. But someone has to drive this thing,” she said.

He held back the remark that was ready on his tongue.

“Plus, the doctor ordered rest. You aren’t supposed to get too excited. Remember?” she asked.

“I was hoping you weren’t listening to that part,” he admitted with another grin.

“We have all the time we want, Adam. There’s no reason to rush,” she said as she started backing out of the parking spot.

“Do you mean that?” he asked.

She stopped the truck half-in and half-out and put the gearshift in park.

“Yes, I do.” She kept her gaze straight ahead.

His seatbelt was off in a heartbeat and he practically flew across the seat.

“I know it’s only been three days, but when I met you my whole life flashed before my eyes. I used to think love at first sight was nothing more than hormones but now I know different,” he started, searching for the right words to let her know just how hard he’d fallen for her.