Champion (Studs in Spurs) by Cat Johnson

Author:Cat Johnson [Johnson, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Reunion Romance, Alpha Bad Boy, Damaged Hero, cowboy
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2014-09-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Cooper stared into the bathroom mirror and shook his head at the reflection of his face covered in thick white foam.

He’d gotten into the habit of shaving so seldom over the past few years that the scruff on his chin was more often than not the beginnings of a scraggly beard. Yet here he was shaving. Again. Two days in a row.

Why? Because his gut instinct told him he’d be seeing Hannah Anderson again real soon. Because even ten years later, just seeing her twisted him inside out. Made him want things he wasn’t meant to have—not ten years ago when he’d first met her and certainly not now.

There was a slim chance he could have straightened himself out back then. Maybe. Walked the straight and narrow. Quit drinking. Quit women. Tried to be the kind of man she and the kid needed.

Then, he’d been at the top of his game. His confidence had been as high as the balance in his bank account. Now? No. Now was way too late. Yet knowing that, when she showed up at his door yesterday, he’d let her in.

In his defense, she’d barreled over him like a bull charging out of the chute. He hadn’t really had much choice in the matter. Just like he didn’t have a choice about how he felt. How it affected him having her show up after all these years. How she made him want her and hate himself for even considering it. Hell, hate her too, for looking at him like she did—like he could have her then and there no matter what he said or did. No matter how crappy his life was or his place looked.

Damned woman. Blind to reality and looking to get hurt, she was. As well as nosy, intrusive, domineering…and sweet and kind and caring.

He jumped when the blade nicked his chin and watched the red spot blossom as the blood spread into the stark white of the shaving cream.

“Shit.” He’d cut himself yesterday and he’d somehow managed to do it again today.

That’s what he got for shaving. Served him right. It was just one more reminder that he had no business trying to please this woman because she shouldn’t be there in the first place. He certainly shouldn’t be worrying whether or not he looked decent when she arrived.

Cooper ran a hand through his overly long hair, thinking he needed to go and get it cut. It had been a good six months, probably much longer, since he’d bothered going to the barbershop. He hadn’t given a shit about his appearance in a very long time. He shouldn’t be worrying about it today. But because Hannah could possibly show up, he’d showered, shaved and put on his only pair of jeans that didn’t have a hole in them.

It was pretty crazy. She might not even show. Even so, once he’d finished butchering his face, he would go pull a shirt out of the neat stack on his dresser because the damn woman had folded his frigging laundry.

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