Her Rocky Mountain Hope by Mindy Obenhaus

Author:Mindy Obenhaus
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-11-14T17:03:56+00:00

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What was wrong with her?

Blythe had had no problem sleeping for the past week and a half. Yet tonight, she couldn’t seem to keep her eyes closed. Probably because every time she did, she saw Daniel looking at her, saying he missed her. Why did he have to sound so sincere?

Maybe because he was.

Rolling onto her side, she punched her pillow. Truth be told, she missed spending time with him, too. So, what was the problem?

Ah, yes. Daniel had been acting weird Sunday morning. Yet rather than discussing it with him, she’d let Jenna sway her with her assumptions.

And to think, Daniel had talked about making another trip to Ouray. Together. Now Blythe doubted that would ever happen.

You could ask him.

And sound desperate? No way. She shouldn’t even care. After all, she usually steered clear of romantic entanglements, saving her heart the pain of a breakup later when whoever she fell in love with decided he didn’t want to be with a woman who might not be able to give him children. True, she’d only had radiation treatments and not chemo, leaving her with a fifty-fifty chance of conceiving. But better to anticipate being in the fifty percent that couldn’t conceive than find herself in a shambles later when the man she loved decided she was less than a woman.

Been there, done that. A hard lesson, but one that had taught her well.

Not all guys are like that.

So she’d been told. But she’d managed to find one that was, leaving her skeptical of all the others.

Except Daniel was different. Maybe that was part of the problem. Daniel made her want to throw caution to the wind. Dared her to dream of happily-ever-afters and actually believe they were possible.

Talk about an adventure.

Noticing once again that Teri was still staring at her phone, the way she had every other night, Blythe finally gave in to the strong desire for a cup of tea. She told Teri she was stepping out for a while, donned a sweatshirt, grabbed a tea bag and headed outside. Who knew? Daniel might not even be awake. Which would be fine. Although, for her own sanity, some tea would really hit the spot.

Making her way up the dirt path illuminated only by a single uber bright light between the chow hall and Daniel’s office, she tried to determine if Daniel was still up. There was a light on in the office portion of the building, but it was rather dim.

Her steps slowed. Maybe she should just go back.

Eyeing the chow hall, she recalled the bears that had been there the previous week. Her heart thumped against her ribs. She was out here all alone.

Just then she heard a twig snap somewhere in the darkness. Her body tensed, her pulse skyrocketing. What if—?

“Blythe?”

Fists balled, she choked back a scream as Daniel came into view. Air whooshed out of her lungs as she whispered, “What are you doing out here?”

“Making my nightly rounds. I have to make sure everything and everyone is secure.

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