For Him: A Cowboy Romance (The Duke Ranch Series) by R.L. Atkinson

Author:R.L. Atkinson [Atkinson, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

We arrived in quiet solace; he’d allowed me to sit in my thoughts. He never removed his hand from my leg, which I was grateful he hadn’t. Maybe I really should try and continue having a life instead of simply waiting for my dad to pass away. Having a little fun would be alright, a little adventure wasn’t illegal, and my parents had been asking for me to get out there. Not to date Cassidy, but finding something to enjoy would be alright.

Weston led me over to that trusty steed of a side-by-side, and we took a short ride to a smaller pasture where there were about ten cows munching on some hay. They barely picked their heads up when we arrived, docile and older. Which made the process go smoothly and quite quickly. We did preg checks on all of them on top of deworming, and wellness exams to make sure that they really weren’t pregnant.

“Weston,” I said as he released the last cow from the chute.

He leaned against the green metal and raised a brow towards me. “Yeah?”

“You really didn’t need my help doing this, did you?” I asked, crossing my arms and giving him an annoyed expression. He winked and pushed himself off of the chute, heading my way with a sly grin.

“I mean, it made it so I didn’t need to get one of the hands to help,” he responded as a thundering vibration began to rumble through the hillside. I turned away from Weston’s intense gaze and chiseled features, and waited. Waited for the scene that I knew was coming as the whistling intensified.

Then there it was. Rising over the hillside across some beautiful snow was a herd of cattle surrounded by Cassidy and a couple hands on horses. I watched as they rose over the hill and walked towards the gate at the far side of the pasture. Growing up I’d only heard of cowboys, but I’d never had a chance to make it out of L.A. They’d been a myth until college and vet school.

At least I knew they were real then, but I’d never been able to meet one in person until moving here. Within a few weeks, my life had changed so abruptly, and in such a strange way. I found myself intrigued and falling in love with this life.

Sighing loudly, I watched the procession with eyes of infatuation. A deep chuckle sounded beside me, and I whipped my head towards Weston. He’d shoved his hands into his pocket and was watching me with a smirk.

“Don’t look at me like that,” I snarled at him.

“Like what?” he asked.

I gestured at him up and down. “Like that. Like it’s so amusing to see someone find this lifestyle awe inspiring.”

“But you do,” he stated as a matter of fact as the cattle began pouring through the gate. I watched them slip through towards the hay that was scattered throughout the pasture and begin to hungrily munch upon the feed, bellies filled with babies and hay already.

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