His thoughts immediately turned to Emma, and the way she'd felt, all soft and warm against him, when he'd kissed her last. He puffed on the cigar for a few moments, speculating. He wondered if she would really be fool enough to marry that dough-faced banker. Emma was stubborn, and she probably thought Whitney could give her what she wanted--money, respectability, comfort. That willfulness of hers just might land her in the wrong bed, and Steven wasn't willing to let that happen. He