Beauty and the Bullrider (Hotel Rodeo Book 2) by Vane Victoria

Author:Vane, Victoria [Vane, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Vane Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

It was mid afternoon when Delaney noticed a missed call from Zac. Was he back already? She quickly realized that was impossible even if he’d driven straight through. Why had he called? Rather than wasting time in speculation, she hit redial instead.

“Hello, Zac? It’s Delaney. I just saw you called. You aren’t back already, are you?”

“Nope.” Zac’s deep baritone vibrated warmly in her ear. “I just left Laredo.”

“Was it worth the trip?” she asked.

“It was,” he replied. “Picked up four respectable bulls at a good price. They’re older but should still have a few good years left in them.”

“So you’re headed back home now?”

“I only wish,” he replied dryly. “That’s what I was calling about. I just got a call from Ty asking me to go to El Paso. Seems an old compadre of Tom’s has decided to sell his ranch. He offered Ty first pick of all the livestock so I’m heading out there to check it out.”

“What kind of operation is it?” Delaney asked.

“Mainly rodeo stock contracting, but he had his hand in a little bit of everything. He has some longhorns, a bunch of ranch horses, and some bucking stock. He used to have some decent bulls back in the day, so I’m gonna be gone a lot longer than I thought. My little jaunt just turned into an eighteen-hundred-mile trip.”

“Oh, Zac! I’m so sorry!” Delaney said. “That must be hellish to drive all that way alone.”

“I’ll survive it. It only makes sense to kill two birds with one stone. It saves me six hundred miles to do it in one trip instead of two, but that’s why I called. I’m not gonna make it back for that dinner I promised you tomorrow night. Any chance you’d give me a rain check?”

“You really have to ask?” she said.

“I’ve learned not to take anything for granted when it comes to Delaney McCall.”

“As well you shouldn’t,” she replied with a laugh.

“It’s good to hear you laugh,” he said. “I’m hoping to hear a lot more of it.”

She didn’t know how to reply to that. “So when do you think you’ll be back?” she asked.

“I’ll be in El Paso by suppertime tonight. I’ll probably spend the better part of the day tomorrow shootin’ the shit with those guys before we get down to any business. So I expect I’ll get back sometime Thursday afternoon.”

“Then how about Friday?” she suggested.

“What time?” he asked.

“How’s six?”

“Sounds good to me. You just gave me something to look forward to.”

“Ditto, cowboy. See you Friday.” Delaney hung up the phone with a lingering smile.

She spent a second restless night, thinking about all that had passed between her and Zac McDaniel. She still didn’t understand his doggedness. Was he the type to stick it out, or would he get tired of waiting? That possibility stopped her in her tracks.

She didn’t understand how or when it had begun, but something was growing between them. It wasn’t just the physical attraction that she’d been fighting all along, but something warm and genuine.

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