Billion Dollar Cowboy by Carolyn Brown

Author:Carolyn Brown [Brown, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781402280467
Google: DYJ_MAEACAAJ
Goodreads: 15942663
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: 2013-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

She awoke the next morning angling for a fight. If they had a rousing good argument it would put a screeching stop to her feelings. Happiness didn’t last forever and it was smart to clip it in the bud before it faded like yesterday’s lilies.

Breakfast was awkward. Packing to leave was hurried. The ride down the elevator was quiet as she tried to make sense out of all the mixed emotions rattling around inside her body and mind.

The trip from penthouse to lobby was over in a flash, but when the doors opened, Melanie, Bunny, Tootsie, and Karen were there, arguing as usual. Colton let go of her hand and brushed a kiss across her lips. The magical weekend was over. When she had awakened that morning, her robe waited on the end of the bed and Colton was singing in the shower.

“Good morning. Glad y’all got here before we left so we could say good-bye,” Karen said.

“I’ll get the valet to bring the truck around. You’ve got a few minutes to talk to the ladies,” he said.

She smiled at the ladies. “I figured y’all would be gone. We were running so late.”

Tootsie smiled. “I remember back when we used to be late on the day after the dance. Enjoy it, darlin’. You’ll get old soon enough and all you’ll want to do after a meal and a couple of dances is put on a comfortable gown and go to sleep.”

Karen hugged her and tucked a business card into her shirt pocket. “Our dear husbands have to get our vehicles brought around and the luggage loaded. If you are back in Dallas before the next board meeting, call one of us and we’ll do lunch, or better yet, a day of beauty.”

“You were the talk of the party last night,” Bunny said.

“Really?” Laura said.

“Good talk. Everyone says Colton did well when he found you.”

“I hope they are right. We have a big barn party going on next Saturday. It’s going to last all day. If y’all are free, please come up to Ambrose and join us,” Laura said.

“I just might do that,” Tootsie said.

Laura hugged her. “Call me if you want to come the night before and you can stay at the ranch. Got to go; there’s our truck.”

Sunday morning traffic was sparse. At eleven o’clock folks were either sleeping off the effects of Saturday night parties or else sitting in church. Either way, they weren’t on the road that morning.

Lightning streaked through the sky and thunder rumbled. Rain, so hard that it obliterated the skyline, was the last view that Laura had of the hotel.

“Weekend used to last forever. This time it was too short,” Colton said.

“We had a good time, didn’t we?”

He reached across the seat and laid a hand on her knee. “We had a wonderful time, Laura. Thank you for going with me and for everything.”

Was she supposed to tell him that he was welcome? Was that what pretend girlfriends that got too involved in

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