Her Cowboy's Promise (Fly Creek) by Jennifer Hoopes

Author:Jennifer Hoopes [Hoopes, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2017-07-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Definitely more red.”

Emily let Adam’s voice wash over her and relished the feelings left in its wake. Anticipation, passion, and sexual tension were all there, held at bay but chomping at the bit. Who knew that after three years of no physical contact, a few kisses would leave her like a puppy straining at its leash.

But it was more than the physical. Their kiss last night exposed something, possibly to both of them. She’d already accepted that emotions were involved, at least on her side, but the yearning she’d seen in his expression was a heady revelation. One she had no desire to run screaming from. She was embracing it and the possibilities it held in regards to her lost dreams and her past.

So tonight was about exploring those possibilities, whatever they ended up being. Her time with Adam might be limited, but she planned on embracing the few months left.

She placed one final stroke on the canvas and wiped her brush on the towel at her waist. “I’ll take your red suggestion in to consideration.” Emily turned and smiled, nothing false or brittle about it. Adam returned the gesture, although hesitancy underscored his. It seemed she wasn’t the only one traveling down the revelation road and unsure where it would lead.

“What are you working on?” Adam stepped beside her, his arm heating up her right side.

“It’s nothing. Just a personal piece.” Emily moved away from the canvas. She dipped her brushes into Mason jars sitting on the counter and swished them back and forth, the colors dissolving in swirls. Standing beside Adam when she’d been painting his hands gripping the hips of a faceless woman proved awkward. Especially since she knew whose face it was and she knew how those hands felt. Hopefully by the time the piece was done, anyone viewing it that had ever experienced intense passion would feel the same way.

She looked over her shoulder to see Adam still in the grips of her work. Would he recognize it? She didn’t expect him to. Nothing should give her away and yet something in the tense stand of his body, the way his fingers clenched the white plastic bags in his hand, led her to believe he knew.

“Anything exciting happen at Sky Lake today?”

That broke the spell. He turned and placed the bags on one of the supply counters, sliding a few jars out of the way. “There’s always something exciting happening on a ranch. Births, deaths and that’s just with the livestock.”

She smiled. “I hope in this case it was the former.”

Adam nodded but didn’t respond further. After a few moments of them staring at one another, he took off his hat and ducked his head. “I brought dinner. We didn’t get around to discussing details so I took a chance. I hope you like Chinese.”

“I do, as a matter of fact.”

“Good.” He relaxed a little. “I’m surprised there was some in Fly Creek. We certainly didn’t need chopsticks where I grew up. Not something cowboys probably get a hankering for.

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