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of his body through her flannel shirt.
She was angry with him, but angrier with herself for noticing he
put on a sweatshirt, and wishing he hadn’t. Sitting her down on the
edge of the bed, he walked to the kitchen, returning with a cup of
coffee and a plate of sausage and eggs. Sitting on the floor
directly in front of her, Andrew placed the coffee cup next to him
and began eating.
    Her stomach loudly
protested at the delicious scent. Maybe she should play the
helpless victim or ply him with sweetness. He would have mercy on
her and offer her food. Who was she kidding? She would not be
acting as the helpless victim. It seemed to be a role she was
destined to play whether she wanted to or not.
    “ I want to thank you for
helping me.”
    She imagined the huge lump
of pride she swallowed tasted like sausage. Andrew stopped moving
eggs into to his mouth, glancing at her, he took a sip of coffee,
then went back to eating.
    “ Not only for helping me a
few minutes ago, but also for bringing me here.”
    He glanced up at her,
thoughtful as he chewed, but making no motion of sharing with
her.
    She tried again.
    “ Maybe I was too hasty in
my refusal of food. I didn’t realize how hungry I am.”
    She took her eyes from
Andrew to look at the dog. She had to look away before she actually
batted her eyelashes at him like a lovesick schoolgirl.
    “ That wasn’t so hard now
was it?” He flashed a wicked grin at her. “You only had to
ask.”
    Putting his plate on the
floor next to his coffee, Andrew rose from the floor and went back
into the kitchen. Opening a small cabinet, he revealed a steaming
cup and a plate heaped with sausage and eggs. 
    Pulling a chair from next
to the fireplace, Andrew sat down, tipping the chair back on two
legs so it leaned against the wall near the bathroom door. He
finished eating while she wolfed her breakfast down.
    Although she could feel his
eyes on her, she avoided meeting his gaze. Unsure what he was
thinking or planning, she didn’t know if she should be afraid or
stick with her wounded bird act. Glancing at the fireplace poker
again, she wished she had a way to get her hands on it.
    Finally, he broke the
uncomfortable silence.
    “ Well, you know who I am.
You mind telling me who you are so I don’t have to call you
‘honey’? And it might be nice to know how you got here so I can
tell the sheriff.”
    A new fear gripped her. He
was going to tell the authorities she was there. Why hadn’t they
already come for her? What was he waiting for? She couldn’t trust
him. How would she be able to make this man understand how deep in
trouble she was?
    “ My name is Destiny
Rosen.”
    She waited for his
reaction, surprised yet relieved when no flicker of recognition
passed his face.
    “ Three men kidnapped me
from my home in Las Vegas. They forced me into a car. The next
thing I know I woke up here.”
    “ They just broke into your
home and kidnapped you?”
    His hands were waving, his
voice disbelieving. Her heart sank. She only nodded in reply to his
incredulous look.
    “ Why would anyone kidnap
you, bring you clear out to Colorado, then just dump you on a
mountain in the middle of a blizzard?”
    She shrugged, refusing to
voluntarily offer any additional information.
    The stubborn woman knew a
lot more than she was telling, but Andrew decided to wait for her
to give him the answers he sought. It would be nice to know what he
was dealing with. She looked up at him from under her lashes. He
thought there were tears on her cheeks reflecting in the glow from
the fireplace.
    “ What day is today?” She
asked abruptly, desperately attempting to change the
subject.
    Looking down at his watch,
needing to remind himself, he informed her it was Tuesday, February
10th. Raising her head, her mouth opened then snapped shut
again.
    She lost an entire week.
Several days of her life simply vanished. Gone. She frantically
tried to recall the days since she had been home.
    “ They took me from home