““You saved our lives, back there." He leaned his mouth a few inches from hers. "You want to show me your gratitude?" Ellie moved closer and rested her hands on the great expanse of Chance's broad chest. His mouth twitched in what might have been an unpracticed smile that shot straight through her like a ray of sunlight. She gave him the tight smile she saved for difficult guests, then whispered to him. "Not if you were the last man in Texas.””
