Built like a Cowboy by Heatherly Bell

Author:Heatherly Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heatherly Bell

Chapter 15

After being shaken to the core with news of twins, Riggs settled into a routine. He’d work all day and join the family for dinner. No more random trips to the Shady Grind for a cold beer. Now that Winona was no longer sick all day, she ate everything that hadn’t been nailed down.

Boxes began to arrive almost daily. They were all Winona’s clothes, shipped from her home in Nashville. He didn’t know one person could own so much stuff. She had his closet stuffed to overflowing. He’d finally removed what few clothes he had and let her have the entire space. Still wasn’t enough. He’d swear that she had approximately six hundred pairs of shoes.

They’d had a minor disagreement when she’d redecorated his bedroom in pink and white with more pillows than a small village required. But he’d agreed that yes, he wanted her to be comfortable, and no, he didn’t know that pink inspired calm and serene. It was temporary, he reminded himself.

Things were going well, and expectations were being met on all sides.

He just hadn’t prepared for…this.

“Isn’t it beautiful?” Winona held up a quilt as he walked in the door for supper.

He’d forgotten about the marriage quilts that the SORROW ladies made for every bride. They were a sentimental tradition that he could have done without and had managed to escape the first time. It was just one of the many ways that the women of Stone Ridge were made to feel special, but Winona was not from Stone Ridge.

Having his and Winona’s names in the center of this open heart sent him into a tailspin. The expression on her face, and the way she held it tenderly to her neck. No. That was…not right. Delores beamed with pride. Suddenly this marriage felt so damn…permanent. All the air left his lungs in a rush. He’d been okay with this marriage until the moment he saw their names on a quilt, which didn’t make much sense to him. He should have noticed this earlier. Their names had been together on a cake, and more importantly on their wedding certificate. But those were all things she’d objected to, and given him a hard time about, and this… She was happy about this.

“Huh…yeah. That’s nice.” He schooled his expression from what he assumed to be one of horror into casual indifference.

“Nice?” Winona said. “This is a work of art, buddy. I’m going to go put it on my bed, but I wanted you to see it first.”

“You mean our bed,” he said as Delores pulled a roast out of the oven, happily oblivious of the tornado building in Riggs’s chest. He followed Winona into the bedroom and shut the door. “What are you doin’?”

She blinked. “I just told you.”

“You said your bed, not ours. And don’t you think if I were actually sleeping with you, I’d see the quilt more often? You’re not makin’ this easy!”

“What am I doing wrong?”

You’re being too nice.

I’m not ready for this.

I don’t want this.

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