Cassidy's Cowboy (Search For Love) by Karen Rose Smith

Author:Karen Rose Smith [Smith, Karen Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-12-06T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Cassie could hardly keep from jumping out of her skin by the time Lucy arrived. She'd kept herself busy with chores. She and Ben had taken Julie on a trail ride. When she looked at him and realized she was in love with him, she practically freaked. And when she thought about what might happen after Lucy arrived, she double-freaked. Falling in love and finding a father was a little bit too much to handle in a month's time.

Had it only been a month since Ben arrived? Maybe time wasn't as important a factor as chemistry or bonds or a feeling that just couldn't be explained.

So when Lucy's SUV rolled up after lunch, Cassie was ready for anything that would lower her stress level even a little. Ben and Julie came out to greet her, too.

When he pulled her travel bag from the back seat, Lucy protested, "You don't have to do that."

"I have orders from Zack to watch over you."

"He called you?" She sounded indignant.

"Now don't pull that independent and self-sufficient act that Cassie does. Zack and I both know you're both very capable, but at a time like this it doesn’t hurt to keep watch. Right?"

Lucy's indignation faded away as she looked from Cassie to Ben, and back to Cassie again. "Right," she said. "It doesn't hurt to keep watch." As Ben and Julie went up the steps into the house, Lucy bumped Cassie's elbow. "What's happened here?"

"I don't think now is a good time to get into it."

This time Lucy took hold of Cassie's elbow and didn't budge. "Spill it."

Shifting from one foot to the other, Cassie couldn't believe how uncomfortable she felt about this. "After the barn-raising yesterday, after you called last night, Ben and I spent some time together."

A smile broke across Lucy's face. "Really? That's wonderful." She looked at Cassie. "Isn't it?"

"I don't know, Luce. He doesn't know so much about me."

"So tell him. Why didn't you tell him before you, well—you know?"

"It happened fast, and I just didn't have the courage, I guess. So much is happening right now."

"You have to tell him."

"I will. But his right-hand man is coming and will be here a day or two. I just don't think now is the right time. Especially since you have to give me pointers on a couple of meals to make. Before I knew Greg was coming, I gave Rachel time off."

But Lucy wasn't distracted by the idea of Rachel not cooking. "If you care about him, Cassie, don't keep secrets from him. Zack did that with me. Remember?"

Cassie did remember. "But everything worked out between you."

"It might have worked out sooner and saved us all a lot of heartache if Zack and I had been honest with each other about who we were and our feelings right from the beginning."

Cassie scoffed. "That's not the way relationships work and you know it. It takes time for trust to build and even then—it's just hard to reveal so much."

"So what you're saying is you don't know how he feels.

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