Forget Me Not Cowboy by Addison Fox

Author:Addison Fox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2022-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Feeling lighter with the text sent, she refocused on Gray and Cabernet. She could hear Gray’s low, steady voice, encouraging the horse as they walked farther into the paddock. She’d always marveled at his gift with animals, his love for them innately entwined with his ability to care for them. She’d always believed that an animal sensed that quality in him and responded to the inherent safety they felt in his presence.

It was a gift.

One he’d only honed and refined over the years. One that would serve him well as he brought animals into his rescue.

As if sensing her scrutiny, Gray looked up, their gazes locking. She waved, suddenly nervous without knowing why.

This was Gray.

And for all the emotional territory they’d covered over the past few weeks—today’s revelations by far the biggest—she’d have thought she would feel more comfortable.

So why had nerves taken up residence in her stomach with all the finesse of a stampede?

“Would you like to come meet Cabernet?”

Gray kept his tone modulated, his hold firm on Cabernet’s halter as they continued their forward movement. It was only as they got closer that Harper heard the softer, murmured words Gray spoke to the horse.

“Cabernet, I have someone I’d like you to meet. Her name’s Harper and she’s a friend. You’re safe with her, just like you are with me.”

That gentle crooning tugged at her heart, and she watched and waited from where she stood at the paddock rail as Gray, Cabernet and Macy’s father, Rick, came closer.

“Macy, honey,” her father called out. “Lead Cooper over to the far side of the paddock. We’re going to give Cabernet a bit of space.”

The girl did as she was asked, taking Cooper’s halter. She started leading the horse when she seemed to remember herself. With her hand in her riding jacket, she dug out some extra sugar cubes and ran them back to Harper.

“A nice way to sweeten the introduction.”

Harper’s hand closed over the cubes. “Thank you.”

With Cooper off to the farther reaches of the paddock, Gray waved a hand, gesturing Harper over. “Why don’t you come on in here? Bring some of that sugar I know you now have in your pocket.”

Harper considered going to the gate but opted to climb through the fence rails instead, such was her impatience to meet the horse.

Whatever feelings she had for Gray—and she was increasingly torn on what to do about them—she could focus on this horse and what it meant to Gray’s future.

Because whether or not she belonged with Gray, she knew he didn’t deserve to live a life alone. And part of finding that future was building a life for himself that made him happy.

She moved cautiously toward the horse, Gray continuing to talk to him softly. She’d nearly reached them when she heard a heavy shout from the opposite end of the paddock.

Macy screamed as Cooper reared, the large horse too much for her to handle as he spooked over something. Her father dropped his hold on Cabernet, racing for his daughter.

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