Cowboy in the Making by Julie Benson

Author:Julie Benson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Emma melted into Jamie, letting his strong presence shut out everything else but the heat racing through her. His lips, warm and inviting, teased hers. Her hands clung to his shoulders, needing his solid strength as awareness rippled through her. She’d missed this. Being held by a man. Connecting with a human being on this intimate level.

Her tongue slipped between his lips to tease his. His strong arms wrapped around her, pulling her even closer. Her hands fisted in his shirt, holding on to him as though he was her only anchor as the emotions, passion and need crashed over her.

“Whoever he was, he must’ve been a real dick to put that much hurt in your eyes. We’re not all cut from the same cloth. Let me prove I’m not like him.”

Reality kicked her hard in the teeth. She went to pull away from him, and realized she was on his lap, practically straddling him. How had that happened? She’d been so far gone and she hadn’t even realized. With as much dignity as she could muster with the evidence of his desire pressing against her hip, she slipped off his lap and slid away from him.

She wanted to give Jamie a chance. Wanted to believe he could be different. That he was someone who’d put her first. He looked and sounded so sincere, but how could she trust her instincts when she’d been wrong before? Dogs and horses were good judges of character, but she couldn’t tell a good man from a hole in the ground.

No more. She’d learned her lesson. She jumped off the couch, grabbed her purse and clutched it to her chest like a shield. “You know what to do.”

He flashed her a you-bet-I-do smile.

Her heart tripped. Boy, did he know what to do. He’d demonstrated that emphatically. She cleared her throat. “You know what to do for the puppy tonight. Drop him off when we open tomorrow morning at ten.”

Then she ran for the front door without looking back.

Once in her car, she locked the doors and leaned her forehead against the steering wheel. Her heart beat out a staccato tempo while her body coursed with need. Since coming home she’d worked so hard to control her emotions, to keep from letting anything get to her. She’d decided no more relying on her heart to make decisions. That’s where she’d gone wrong so many times in her life. A heart that had been broken couldn’t be trusted. She’d rely on her head and her gut instead.

Nothing would sidetrack her this time. Not when she had her life back on course, a plan in place and her goal in sight. She’d get the band ready for the state fair competition, win said contest, impress Phillip Brandise in the consultation audition and land a recording contract.

Kissing Jamie was nowhere in her plans.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, and I should be locked up for my own protection.

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