A Son for the Texas Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne

Author:Sinclair Jayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781950510412
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2019-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

On Friday afternoon, Cruz got off work early and stopped in town to pick up two pies for dinner—peach and peanut butter—which she’d learned were Axel’s favorites. Tonight they, along with a couple of the ranch hands, were going to help August and Catalina set up the wine tasting tent for the Bluebonnet Festival. Each night, she and Axel had been drafted into some sort of service.

She’d loved it, which was part of the reason she hadn’t looked too hard for another place to live. She’d asked around a little at work, but hadn’t pursued any leads. She told herself it was because she was waiting for Shell and her husband to come home, and then she added to the story—she was helping August and Catalina.

The truth was, she was happy. She finally had the sense of family she’d always missed. And Diego was thriving. Instead of staying in aftercare at school, he rode the bus to the ranch, and was dropped off right at the gate. Catalina, August or Axel always met him, and he’d head to the stable for a riding and roping lesson or he’d help Catalina in the garden. She and Catalina shared dinner-making duties, and they’d often swim or sit on the patio, sipping a glass of wine. Catalina had had a lot of wine delivered to the house from her cellar, which she was planning to debut at the Bluebonnet Festival along with August’s first vintage—none of which had been made with grapes on the property. That would happen this harvest.

Cruz headed up to the winery to help load up the wine, the tent, and other materials they’d need, like wine barrels that would make the tasting bar. They would construct the booth tonight and load in the wine tomorrow. She loved coming up here. Catalina had brought her once.

The views were amazing, but Catalina said they were better on Ghost Hill. August had wanted to use the historic barn there for his winery, but the barn was part of Axel’s property, and he’d quickly nixed the idea.

Cruz loved the winery. It looked like a historic barn on the outside, but was high tech inside, with large windows that could open and close to help regulate the temperature, massive steel tanks to make the wine, and rows of oak barrels, most of them empty and waiting for harvest. Catalina even had a functioning lab inside.

Axel wandered out of the building as soon as she drove up, and as always, he stole her breath away—the way he moved, the way he looked and the way he looked at her as if he’d been waiting just for her.

“Good day?” Axel greeted. He uncapped a bottle of water and handed it to her.

She’d forgotten how he would do small things—open her door, get her something to drink, buy her a coffee—that always made her feel cherished.

He looked at her, clearly waiting for something. She took a drink of water, still watching him. The man may have been working all day, but he still looked fresh.

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