Choose Me, Cowboy by Barbara Ankrum

Author:Barbara Ankrum
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2016-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Could there be a more perfect place to look at the stars?” she asked, as he walked toward her perch. She patted the freshly cut wood. “I have wine and I’ll share. Join me?”

Something tightened inside him at the thought. Hell yes, he would.

He climbed the makeshift ladder he’d nailed into the tree and she made room for him as he sat down beside her. The treehouse still lacked a roof and was basically only a platform and two walls. But directly above the platform was an opening in the tree, a view unfettered by branches where he planned to put a skylight for this very purpose when all was said and done.

There was nothing like a night sky in Montana. Nothing that could compare to how small that huge black, star-scattered expanse made one feel. Sitting out here at night seemed to put everything in perspective. His perspective felt a little at odd angles at the moment. He thought of the twins staring up at the miniature version she’d designed on their ceiling as they drifted off tonight, happy as puppies in grass.

“They asleep?” she asked.

“Like someone turned off a switch. Hey...thank you,” he said simply.

She glanced back at him again, flashing a grin that stirred him up inside. He’d spent a good part of the last week trying to put that smile out of his mind, but he’d be damned if he’d managed to do it. And now, that smile made him want to drag her up against him and kiss her until she relinquished that misplaced control of hers. But, he did none of those things. Instead he sat beside her under the moonlight and coached himself in restraint.

“It was just a little whipped cream and strawberries,” she said.

He chuckled and took a sip of wine straight from the bottle. “Yeah, thanks for the pie, too. But especially for the room. That was a lot of work that doesn’t, in any way, fall under the nanny job description.”

“My job description here is fuzzy at best, but you should know by now I pay no attention to the fine print.” She reached for her neck and rubbed it. “And yeah, those little bitty stars nearly had me calling ‘Uncle,’ but fixing that room was for fun and for free. Besides, I need to keep busy or I get a little stir-crazy.”

He moved her hand aside and took over the neck rub for her. For a moment she stiffened, but then turned her back to give him access. As his hands dug into the knotted flesh of her shoulders and neck, he felt her relax.

“Ohhhh,” she moaned. “That...that is...thank you.”

My pleasure. “You’re welcome.”

“I should be giving you the neck rub after the day you had. I’m sorry it’s not going well.”

The repairs around the ranch were sucking more dollars than he’d expected. His money issues simply meant he’d need to win a few more rodeos to get the stake he needed for that bull he wanted. But he could do that.

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