Destined to the Billionaire Cowboy by Kate Hunt

Author:Kate Hunt [Hunt, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

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ANDREA

The next morning, Carter wakes us early, telling us that he has a surprise waiting. As he cooks us a breakfast of eggs, sausage, hash browns, and biscuits, Sadie eagerly guesses what the surprise might be. Carter has fun teasing her, saying maybe in response to too many of her guesses.

I’m still processing the fact that Carter kissed me last night. That was all it ended up being, a single kiss, but my world feels rocked by it. I know I was secretly hoping for something like this to happen between us, but I guess I didn’t believe it would happen for real.

But that kiss that he gave me last night was the most real thing I’ve ever felt.

It scares me a little how much more I want from him. It took me forever to fall asleep last night because I couldn’t stop thinking about what it would be like to be ravished by him. To be pinned down on the bed by him, to feel his hard muscles against my curves, to be plunged into and filled up and claimed…oh, God. I can’t be thinking about that right now.

I take another bite of my breakfast, forcing myself to focus on how delicious it is. I was a little surprised to walk into the kitchen this morning and find Carter standing at the stove, since he has hired staff, but it turns out that he likes to cook. Everything he made is cooked to perfection, especially the buttery, flaky biscuits.

“All done!” Sadie declares, wiping a napkin over her lips. “Can we go see the surprise now?”

“Whoa, cowgirl,” Carter says. “Your mom and I have to finish eating first.”

Sadie sighs. I give her a look to remind her that we’re Carter’s guests, and she grabs her plate and brings it over to the kitchen sink.

After breakfast, we get changed, then go outside with Carter. He takes us on a walk across his property, not giving away any clues as we make the trek. But as soon as we crest one of the hills, the surprise is revealed: a little ways further on, there’s a giant hot air balloon waiting for us.

“No way!” says Sadie with a gasp.

I gape at the hot air balloon, then look at Carter. “Carter, you didn’t need to do something like this for us.”

“Remember when we were talking about the hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque?” he says, referring to some of our old letters. “Well, one of these years, I’ll take us to it. But in the meantime, I thought you’d enjoy a hot air balloon of your own.”

“That’s really sweet of you,” I say, feeling a little emotion in my throat. It doesn’t feel like I deserve all of this attentiveness.

As we approach the balloon, a pilot greets us and explains a few things about how the balloon works before helping us get into the basket. I wrap my arms around my daughter as we lift off. It’s a smooth ascent as we climb up into the air, and aside from the blasts of hot air from the burner, it’s serenely quiet.

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