Expecting A Scandal. Joanne Rock

his offer for her to come by his ranch. He needed to get his head on straight first. “I’m sure you will.”

      Backing out of the door, he lifted a hand in a quick wave.

      “Thank you for coming by. I couldn’t be more excited about the project,” she called after him.

      But Vaughn didn’t answer. He was down the steps and seated in his truck in no time, slamming the door behind him while he turned over the engine and blasted the air-conditioning on his overheated body.

      He didn’t know what the hell he’d been thinking, pursuing this sudden attraction he was clearly not ready to handle. Maybe some other day, when he wasn’t already depleted from a surgery that had brought back too many memories. But for right now, he needed to put some distance between him and a woman who stirred a surplus of emotions. No matter how much he thought he had mastered detachment, Abigail Stewart made him realize he’d only succeeded in getting damn good at lying to himself.