Too Tough To Tame. Annette Broadrick

her knuckles. “Thank you for dancing with me,” he said quietly.

      She couldn’t seem to look away from him. In an uneven tone she replied, “You’re a wonderful dancer.” Kelly waited for a look of satisfaction to appear on his face at her words. Instead, he gave her hand a soft squeeze and led her back to her table.

      Will was also returning to the table and saw them. “I hate to call this short, but I need—”

      “Of course,” she rushed in to say. “It’s getting late and I should get home as well.”

      With a brief nod to Nick, Will encircled her shoulders and crossed the room, heading for the door.

      Nick watched them go, feeling as though something had been ripped out of his heart when she disappeared from his view. Now there was a joke. There were many people who would swear he had no heart.

      He’d always agreed with them.

      Until now.