Elly: Cowgirl Bride by Milburn Trish

Author:Milburn, Trish [Milburn, Trish]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin American Romance
Published: 2010-10-01T06:00:00+00:00

ELLY STOMPED IN THE BACK door after her worst practice in months. From the look on Jesse’s face when she’d passed him outside, his hadn’t gone much better. They both had to pull themselves together, or they were going to lose their chance to win national titles this year.

She chugged a huge cup of coffee and went to the office to work. But as the day wore on, she kept thinking about how many barrels she’d knocked over, how the single-mindedness she shared with Pepper had taken an ill-timed hiatus. Elly’s mind was just too cluttered with other things.

The hours continued to tick away, and still no call from Will. Had her father made good on his threat and contacted him? Had he scared Will away somehow?

Didn’t matter. She should cancel their date anyway. As much as it chapped her to admit it, maybe Jesse was right. Maybe she didn’t have the capacity to focus on romance and racing at the same time.

The ringing of the phone invaded her thoughts, and she knew who it would be before answering. She took a deep breath and prepared herself for what had to be done.

“Cottonwood Ranch.”

“Hey.” Oh, how good his voice sounded, as decadent as a chocolate fountain.

“Hey.”

“What’s wrong?” he asked, surprising her.

“How do you know something is wrong?”

“Your tone of voice. You sound like a different person this morning.”

She closed her eyes and leaned back in the chair, making it squeak. “I bet you’re good in the courtroom.”

“I hope to hold my own. Now, what’s bothering you?”

Instead of breaking off their date, she launched into the details of her altercation with Jesse and then the argument involving her father. It relieved some of the pressure in her chest to let it all flow out. She wasn’t used to keeping her emotions bottled up inside. She’d never realized how much she depended on Janie being in her life until she wasn’t there.

“And to top it all off, I had my worst practice in ages today. If I ride like that in Denver, I can kiss the Finals goodbye.”

“One bad practice doesn’t spell doom.”

“No, but it tells me I need to focus more.” She paused, hating the next words before they formed. “I don’t think now is the best time for me to be splitting my attention.”

“Before you finish by canceling our date, let me ask you this—if we don’t go out, will all the other things bothering you disappear?”

“No.”

“So you’ll be left with negative things to distract you instead of something fun.”

She hadn’t thought of it that way. Still, he was a distraction, albeit a very fine-looking one.

“I can’t do anything about what’s going on with Dad and Jesse.”

“But you can avoid me.”

“Will, don’t make this harder than it is.”

“If it’s hard, sounds like you don’t want to do it.”

Of course, she didn’t. She leaned forward, propped her elbow on the desk, and dropped her forehead into her palm.

“I’ll make you a deal,” he said. “One dinner. And if you still want me to back off afterward, I will.

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