Come Home to the Cowboys: Contemporary Western (Return to Blessing, Texas Book 1) by Lacey Davis

Author:Lacey Davis [Davis, Lacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Virtual Bookseller
Published: 2023-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The sun shone brightly in the blue Texas sky as they rode through the rolling pastures. The cows chewed grass and gazed at them with suspicious eyes. It was still a couple of months before they rounded up the bovine and sold them off, but for now, they were happy eating the fresh meal.

Kalie sat on a horse well, and today, she even had a pair of cowboy boots on. They were showing her the land she had inherited. After the wedding, Preston wanted to do everything they could to convince her to stay.

Colby knew Preston had marriage in the back of his mind, but Colby had not been raised by a happy couple. He’d gotten out of one bad situation and he was terrified of getting into another one.

You would think that he would have heard from his mother while he was in prison, but for all he knew, she was dead. No letters, no calls, nothing. And after that last night when he’d run, he wasn’t about to learn what happened.

She’d been bruised when he left, but not from him – from the asshole she’d married.

Yes, another one.

Glancing at the sky, he pushed the ugly thoughts from his memory. He did his best not to think of them. But when he did, he’d try to evaluate why he felt this desperate need to run.

Now it was Kalie. Damn, the woman was gorgeous, and from the first moment he’d seen her in that grocery store, it had been instant attraction. It was like his body connected with her, and he should have run, but instead he’d pursued her.

And every day, he grew more anxious and trapped.

Only Preston wasn’t running. Preston was in full-pursuit mode and he didn’t want her to leave, but to stay and run the ranch. Preston wanted them to promise each other forever and have two-point-five kids.

Kalie had been the first woman to make him think about promising forever, but in his case, he had no examples of happily forever after. He’d been raised by people he never wanted to see again. And he had the cigarette scars to prove it, among other things.

“Why don’t we stop under that tree up there and have our picnic,” Preston said.

Colby nodded. After the wedding, there was so much on his mind. Watching Preston’s younger sister get married had reminded him of everything he was missing out on. Sure, he could get married, but what if the marriage became like his parents’? What if the monster inside him unleashed and he turned into his father, or stepfather, or even his mother? What if he did to his children what had happened to him?

No, just no. He could never hurt a child. Never. And yet those genes were in his blood.

They pulled their horses to a halt and Preston ground tethered his animal and then helped Kalie down.

“You did very well,” he said. “It may have been years, but you haven’t forgotten how to ride.”

“Thanks,” she said as she reached into her saddlebags and pulled out the blanket.

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