Capturing the Cowboy's Heart by Lindsey Brookes

Author:Lindsey Brookes [Brookes, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B0066HBLUO
Publisher: Lindsey Brookes
Published: 2011-11-10T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Burk let out a low whistle and shook his head as he eyed the empty kitchen chair beside him. “Appears you really raised her hackles the other day. Sure as hell glad I’m not in your boots.”

Cade turned to him with a scowl. “Maybe Lacy doesn’t like your cooking. Ever think of that? Can’t say that I’d blame her.”

But it wasn’t Burk’s cooking that kept Lacy from joining them for meals the past few days, and it wasn’t Burk who was responsible for Lacy crying herself to sleep that night after he’d sent her storming off into the house. He was the guilty one.

It had taken everything Cade had in him not to go to her when he’d heard her muffled sobs. But he knew if he had gone into that room, he wouldn’t have left. So he forced himself to give her the space she needed. And while he needed it, too, all things considered, he missed being around her.

As if conjured up and taken from his thoughts, Lacy appeared in the kitchen entryway, drawing both their gazes. She was dressed in short shorts and a body hugging, cotton candy pink tank top that had Cade’s jaw unhinging.

He would have smiled at her, but she wouldn’t look his way. It was clear Lacy was determined to avoid him. Her expression gave away little about her current mood as she took a seat at the table next to Burk. Not beside him where she normally sat.

“Morning,” Burk greeted her with a smile. “I’ll fix you a plate.” Not giving her a chance to argue, he stood and walked over to the stove where he scooped an omelet and some bacon onto a plate.

“I could have gotten it,” she muttered.

“I don’t mind.” He set the plate down on the table in front of her. “Hope you like mushrooms and green peppers.”

“Love them,” she replied, sounding more like the old Lacy.

“Coffee?” Cade asked, wishing she would smile at him the way she was smiling at Burk.

“Yes, thank you,” she replied stiffly.

He looked at Burk, half expecting him to make some smart ass remark, but he didn’t. Instead, he walked over to the wall by the door where their hats hung and grabbed his off its peg.

“Well, I’m about as stuffed as a Christmas goose,” he said, dropping his hat onto his head. “I’d best be getting out to the barn. Someone’s gotta work around here.”

“Burk...” Lacy called after him.

“You hear that?” He cocked his head and grinned. “Cows are calling. Gotta go.” He was out the door in a flash.

She looked down at her plate as she cut her omelet into tiny pieces and then pushed them around on her plate.

“You’d best eat up before your breakfast gets cold,” Cade warned, his chair creaking as he leaned across the table to fill her coffee cup.

Their eyes met and she flashed him the closest thing he’d seen to a smile since their argument the day before.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “About what happened the other day.

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