Читать книгу Reunited with the Cowboy - Carolyne Aarsen - Страница 3
Оглавление“It’s just a scrape. I’ll wash up when we’re done.”
She gave him a quick smile, dirt still speckling her cheeks, loose tendrils of damp hair hanging around her face.
In that moment he remembered the Heather he used to hang out with. The Heather who used to race madly around the barrels he and Lee set up. The Heather who would help build tree forts and go riding out in the hills.
The Heather he had so easily fallen in love with. He felt a resurgence of the old yearning she could create in him, a crack in the defenses he had spent so long building up against her.
He spun away, irritated with himself and his reaction. He was supposed to be immune to her. Years ago, Heather had chosen Mitch and a lifestyle that had taken her far away from Refuge Ranch. Far away from him. They were on completely different paths now.
Yet, even as his words kept time with his pounding heart, he couldn’t stop another glance back at her over his shoulder.
