Her Second Chance Cowboy by Natalie Dean

Author:Natalie Dean [Dean, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kenzo Publishing

16

Chastity

Chastity looked around at the beautiful grove he had taken her to. She had somehow never been to this part of the ranch before, but it was utterly breathtaking. Weeping willows bowed on either side of a comfortable, circular clearing, just big enough for a few people. The leaves hung from the tree’s slender whips, glittering silver in the moonlight.

There were two gaps in the thick circle of green, one being the entrance with a beautiful, vine covered trellis, and the other overlooking one of the many large ponds that the ducks and geese loved to nest around.

“Wow,” Chastity said the word in awe, as he led her to a fire circle. “How do I not remember this?”

“It didn’t look quite this good in our days back on the ranch.”

Chastity’s breath caught for a moment, and he looked back at her curiously.

“What is it? Did you see something?” he asked.

“No. It’s just… it’s silly.”

He set down the cooler and the backpack, unzipping the latter to pull out a soft, thick blanket that she was pretty sure his mom had probably knitted herself. That woman was amazing with a needle. “What? Come on, now I want to know what you were thinking.”

“I dunno. It was hearing you call it our days. It was…” Romantic? Moving? Nostalgic? “…weird.”

“Hah. Sorry about that. I guess I could refer to it as the time in which you and I used to be involved. More of a mouthful though.”

“It’s fine,” Chastity said, settling on the very edge of the blanket and starting to build up the center part of the fire. She loved building bonfires and took pride in being skilled at it. Of course, Ben was the one who taught her, so it was mostly his doing, but still. That didn’t stop her from enjoying the meticulous process nonetheless. “Don’t worry about it.”

“No, that’s your job.”

She looked up sharply. “What do you mean by that?”

The corner of his mouth went up in that lightly teasing way of his. “Between the two of us, who do you guess overthinks things more?”

She laughed at that, feeling herself relax. Even after all this time, they still had their same sort of bantering rhythm. “Oh, you may have a point.”

Although Ben had never been a huge talker, he always had been quick-witted around her. It was one of the things that drew her to him. He knew how to make her laugh.

He also knew how to end a conversation with infuriating skill.

“Glad you think so.”

He settled down further back from her, and she heard him pulling several things out of the cooler. She was sure that they were probably delicious and way more expensive than anything that she could afford. Once the structure of the fire was fully ready, she leaned back, her hand out.

“You got a lighter?” she asked.

“You know, typically the gentleman does all the preparation.”

“Yeah, and typically the lady doesn’t have a proclivity for pyrotechnics.”

“That always was a bit concerning. I don’t need to look up arson reports in the Big Apple, do I?”

Chastity laughed, tilting her head back.

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