Harlequin Special Edition May 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Nancy Robards Thompson

Author:Nancy Robards Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Together, they walked through the property, much as they had on Colt’s first day, but for Lee, it felt completely different. She had been dreading the time when they would have to face each other alone after their indiscretion and yet it hadn’t felt uncomfortable for her in the least. He was still just Colt—respectful, easygoing, willing-to-lend-a-hand Colt.

On the other hand, she found herself looking at his lips and his hands and his legs, and finding it difficult not to remember what it felt like to be touched by him. To be kissed by him. To be fully connected to him in a way that she had only been connected to one man before. It was the oddest tug and pull in her brain—on one side she was drawn to Colt, like a magnet being pulled to a magnetic surface. On the other side, her brain couldn’t even begin to process the idea of a man coming into her life in any meaningful way. Michael had been her one and only forever. How could a woman expect more than that?

On the way to the red barn, she felt Colt watching her walk. She looked over at him with a question in her eyes.

“How do you do that?” he asked her.

“Do what?”

“Walk like you have both of your legs.”

The way he worded it, so bluntly, made Lee laugh. “Trust me, it wasn’t always like this. My first prosthetic was terrible and it hurt to wear it. I didn’t just jump right up and start running like I’d seen on YouTube videos, which really ticked me off because I was used to being ahead of the curve on everything in my life.”

“Fake-limb honor roll.”

She smiled at him. “I absolutely wanted to be on the fake-limb honor roll. But that didn’t happen. It was months before I could walk on my starter prosthetic for more than an hour. But to answer your question, I had a great physical therapist for my gait training—that was really what allowed me to learn how to walk unaffected. Also, the type of foot I use really simulates the articulation of the joints of a real foot.”

“I didn’t know until that day I saw you jogging,” Colt told her.

She nodded. “I worked hard at it.”

When they entered the barn, Colt took her on the tour, showing her the final installation of the fans and the automatic waterers that, until Colt had come to their facility, had been sitting in their boxes in the warehouse.

“Colt.” Lee felt herself become emotional when she walked into the barn. Perhaps to some it seemed ridiculous to get emotional over fans and watering systems or a roof that wouldn’t leak. But the horses who were housed in this barn had often had rough lives before being donated to the program. They were older and had aches and pains, and gave so much to their riders—they deserved to be comfortable when they were resting.

“I can’t say thank you enough.” Lee walked into one of the empty stalls and activated the automatic waterer in the corner.

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