From Single Mom to Secret Heiress by Kristi Gold

Author:Kristi Gold [Gold, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

This wasn’t at all what Hannah expected when Logan mentioned going for a ride. She’d envisioned satin sheets and afternoon delight in his bedroom that she had yet to see. She hadn’t expected to be sitting atop a plodding mare that kept stopping to graze as they headed toward the creek.

“You’re doing fairly well for someone who hasn’t been on a horse for a while.”

She shot him a withering look. “Remind me of that when I have a sore butt for the next few days.”

Logan’s rich, deep laugh echoed across the pastureland. “Nothing a good soak in the tub won’t cure. Or a massage.”

“Know a good massage therapist?”

That question brought a frown to Logan’s face. “Why would you need one when you have me?”

Her day suddenly brightened significantly, along with the sun. “Are you good at giving massages?”

“So I’ve been told.”

She didn’t care to ask who had told him. “That’s nice to know in case I do need your services.”

He winked. “Oh, you’re going to need them all right. And I promise you’re going to enjoy them.”

“I’m counting on you to make good on that promise.” And counting on herself not to let her heart get tangled up in him. Of course, that would be easier said than done.

They continued to ride in companionable silence, and after traveling over most the surrounding land, Logan finally dismounted in one smooth move a little farther away from where they’d stood the other night. Hannah did the same with much less poise, grabbed the reins and tugged a single-minded Lucy in Logan’s direction before the mare launched into another grass attack. “Why did we stop?”

Logan guided the gelding to the gate opening up to the pasture that led to the creek. “I want to show you another special place.”

“Good,” Hannah replied. “My bottom was just about to give out.”

After leading the horses through the gate, Logan turned and closed it, then said, “Let Lucy go for now.”

As predicted, the mare went to the nearest clump of grass. “She’s a regular chow hound.”

“She needs to be ridden more often,” Logan said as he detached a rolled blanket from the back of his saddle and tucked it beneath his left arm. “We can take another ride this weekend on my nearest neighbor’s property. He has a larger spread and he told me to feel free to use it anytime.”

Hannah’s spirits plummeted when she realized she was set to leave in three days. “I plan to go home on Saturday.”

He clasped her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze. “You can stay until Sunday.”

She just might at that. One more day wouldn’t matter to Cassie. If anything, her daughter might be disappointed to see her if it meant going back to her normal routine. “We’ll see.”

Logan guided her down the incline a hundred yards or so from the fence and stopped beneath a cottonwood tree not far from the narrow creek. He released her hand to spread the blanket over the ground. “I’ve been known to come here to think.

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