Dare To Love A Cowboy (Canton County Cowboys 2) by Charlene Bright

Author:Charlene Bright [Bright, Charlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Adult, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Western, Cowboys, Canton County, Series, Chicago Journalist, Lucrative Texas Ranch, Texas Ranch, Three Months, City-Slicker, Challenged, Adversary, Determined, Sacrificed, Distrust
Publisher: Charlene Bright
Published: 2015-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

As soon as Paige unlocked her bedroom door, she stumbled inside and collapsed onto the bed, still panting from a full day of work. Another day of baling hay, grazing, and tending to the animals had completely depleted whatever stores of energy the anger from her humiliating confrontation with Ian and Mia and her subsequent pep talk and burst of enthusiasm had given her the day before. She picked up her phone and held it over her head as she scrolled down the feed of the New York Times.

Since it was Friday and Everett, for once, was not making her stay out late to tend to the animals, her day had ended a full two hours earlier than normal and she was finally getting time to re-engage with the world before falling into a welcome deep sleep. The sight of all of those black-and-white articles streaming down her feed overwhelmed her with a sense of homesickness. She longed to be back in Chicago where everything made sense to her, where she was rarely caught not knowing what the hell she was doing, where no one questioned her right or her worth.

She exited her New York Times application and went straight to her contacts, deciding that perhaps calling her dad would make her feel a lot better about herself. But when she reached his personal contact card, she decided against it. Talking to him would either be harmful because he might berate her for acting so weak about what was supposed to be a really good opportunity, or it would be harmful because, even if he was understanding and nice to her, it would only make her miss him to an unbearable degree.

As she placed her phone on her nightstand, she heard a knock on the door. She moaned to herself, assuming that Aunt Jana was trying to catch another glimpse of her work but called, “Come in!” anyway.

To her great relief, it was Ellie who walked through the door. Paige raised an eyebrow at how put-together and fresh-faced she looked even though the two of them had been working alongside each other for the entire smoldering day. “Hey! Are you okay?” Ellie asked, her smile fading at the sight of Paige lying on her bed, a clear expression of fatigue on her face.

Paige sat up, running her fingers through her hair to try to tussle it up a bit and look a little less like a train wreck. “Oh yeah, I’m totally fine. I’m just really tired.”

Ellie raised an eyebrow as she pressed into the room and took a seat at the foot of her bed. “Oh, well I’m really sorry to hear that.”

Paige laughed once. “Oh my God, it’s like you people are surprised that I get tired like a normal human being.”

Ellie winced. “You people?”

Paige’s face flushed as she realized how insulting her slip of the tongue might have been, but when she opened her mouth to drown Ellie in apologies, Ellie burst into genuine laughter. “Don’t worry about it.

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