GAY ROMANCE: First Time Gay Romance: Discovering His True Chocolate Passion (Billionaire Navy Seal Bad Boy Romance) (BMWM Alpha Male LGBT Bad Boy Romance Short Stories) by Patricia Vanzant

Author:Patricia Vanzant
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

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One week had turned into three and, as it turned out, Felicia had been right about a lot of things. She did know how to work. She took care of the horses practically on her own. She went into town and found more hens and one rooster to protect the coop.

Jake had been free to weed the cornfield, track down the missing cattle and repair the barn as best he could. Though, he was starting to fear that some of the roofing in the barn might be a lost cause.

Beyond all that, Jake had to admit it was just nice to have someone else around. He’d lived alone on the ranch since his parents died three years before. He never went into town unless he absolutely had to. He only left the county for his army reserve weekends.

All that time, he’d thought that he enjoyed the silence, the solitude. But, now that Felicia was there, now that he had someone to talk to every day besides his dog, Jake had to admit that it was...nice.

“Hope you don’t mind chili again,” she said as he walked in from the barn. He found her stirring a pot on his newly purchased electric stove.

“Mable took up a good bit of my time. She’s not feeling too well. I might phone the vet tomorrow to get her looked at.”

“I’m surprised all of the horses are doing as well as they are,” Jake said honestly, “They were on their own for months.”

“You’d be surprised how resourceful animals can be,” she said. “You saw the stall doors busted open. I’m sure your stallion got out and busted the others out too.”

“Is that how you found them?” Jake asked, “running around the fields outside the barn?”

He pulled out a chair and took a seat at the table.

“Two of them,” she answered placing a steaming bowl of chili at his place and sitting down across from him. “Mable was still in her stall. But, the mud prints on her hooves told me she’d been out and about too.”

“And you fixed up those doors all by yourself?” he asked, impressed despite himself.

“Three weeks I’ve been here,” Felicia said with an eye roll, “and you’re still surprised that a little woman can fix a stall door?”

“I wouldn’t call you little,” he said offhandedly. He saw her flinch at that out of the corner of his eye. Immediately he was sorry it was said.

“I didn’t mean-”

“I know you didn’t mean,” she said with a forced smile. “Don’t worry about it. And don’t think that’s the worst anyone’s ever said to me either.”

Despite her assurance, they sat in an awkward silence for several minutes. Jake could see Felicia out of the corner of his eye. She was taking one small bite of chili after another, trying and failing to hide the grimace in her eyes.

The guilty pit in Jake’s stomach refused to loosen. In fact, his heart began to hammer heavily in his chest. He would have to say something, anything that took them away from his misstep.

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