Cowboy for Hire by Victoria James

Author:Victoria James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary American Fiction;Family Life Fiction;Contemporary Western Fiction;Contemporary Women's Fiction;Women's Fiction;Western Romance;Small Town & Rural Fiction;The Trouble with Cowboys;Cowboy for Hire;Victoria James;Entangled Publishing;Amara;Mass Market Paperback;Cowboy Romance;Western Romance;Clean Romance;Sweet Romance;Small Town Romance;Heartwarming Romance;General Romance;Contemporary Romance;Ranch;New York Times bestselling author;Candian Author;Second chances;Series Romance;Single Title Romance;Full Length Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-01-15T19:09:54+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Sarah slowly opened her eyes and blinked a few times. It was dark, and it took a moment for her to figure out that she was still in the motel room. She turned to find Cade sitting in a chair with his feet propped up on the bed, his eyes closed. The light on the alarm clock read eight o’clock. Panic filled her. She’d been asleep for almost ten hours?

She scrambled off the bed to use the bathroom. A few minutes later, she splashed cold water across her face and finger-combed her hair. At least the migraine was gone. She took a deep breath and tried to squash the embarrassment as she remembered what had happened this morning.

Slowly opening the door a few minutes later, she was surprised to see that Cade was now standing, the curtains open as he brewed coffee. “Feeling better?” he asked, looking rumpled, his voice slightly raspy.

“Much. Sorry. I feel horrible that this happened and you were stuck here, sleeping in a chair.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll just use the bathroom, and then we can get going,” he said, walking by her.

When the door shut, Sarah looked around the room. This had been her attempt at a real life, and look what had happened. Why couldn’t she just be like a normal person and do what normal people did when alone in a hotel room with the hottest person in the world?

She flop-sat on the edge of the bed. What had she done? Oh, she’d become helpless and had to be tucked into bed. She didn’t even have any friends to talk to about this. She groaned thinking about what Mrs. Casey would say when she returned. Well, at least she wouldn’t have to lie. Nothing had happened. Nothing ever happened to Sarah.

“Ready to go?” Cade said, walking out of the bathroom.

She bolted off the bed. “Yup. I feel great. Like nothing ever happened.”

He grimaced. “You don’t have to lie. You were practically comatose for ten hours, and you don’t exactly look great.”

She crossed her arms. “Okay, I’m totally fine now.”

He gave her a slow nod and then proceeded to rumple her hair, like one would do to a dog, when passing by. Humiliation stung deep, and she kept her back turned to him as he opened the door. She should just turn around, follow him back to the truck, and pretend like nothing was wrong, that it was normal to have a weekend like they just did.

“You look like you’re ready to bash your fist through a wall,” he said with a slight smile when she didn’t budge.

Great. So now he thought she had anger management issues, too. “No, no. Everything’s fine. I’m fine. You’re fine. It was a great weekend.”

She didn’t know if it was the slightly shrill tinge to her tone that made even her cringe or maybe the panic, but he stopped, shut the door, and turned around. She wasn’t going to lie to herself, but the man standing in

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