High Country Rebel by McKenna Lindsay

Author:McKenna, Lindsay [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781460318119
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-08-27T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CAT HID HER smile as Talon asked the hostess at Mo’s Ice Cream Parlor for the same corner booth they’d sat in before. The place was getting busy with the lunchtime crowd. Cat took her baseball cap off and slid into the booth. They’d left their chaps and gloves back at the Bar H. Miss Gus had come out before they left in the truck and handed them a list of items she needed from the grocery store.

Talon watched as Cat sat down. Her hair was windblown and she moved her fingers through the strands to tame them back into place. The waitress handed them the menus and took their drink order.

“Why are you giving me that look?” he asked, picking up the menu.

“Just smiling about you choosing the same booth again. I guess it’s your SEAL training coming out again?” Her back was mostly toward the restaurant, but Talon had a clear view of all people coming and going.

Nodding, he said, “Some habits will never die and this is one of them.” Heat sheeted down through his body as she smiled. Their serious discussion while riding the fence line earlier had made her tense. Talon wished he knew Casey Sinclaire. She sounded like a good person, someone who knew psychology and who was helping Cat figure her way out of her bleak childhood. He could hardly stand knowing a man had physically hurt Cat. He wanted to kill the bastard.

The waitress came back with their cups of coffee. Talon ordered a half-pound hamburger and Cat ordered a Reuben sandwich. She seemed more relaxed. Getting precious time with her meant a lot to him.

“You’re saving money to buy a house?” he asked, wanting to know more about her dreams.

Cat slid her hands around the heavy mug and nodded. “Yes. I’m tired of seeing my money going out on a yearly lease for a condo.”

“Is that your dream? Owning a house?”

She nodded. “Yes.”

“Where do you think you’ll find this house?” Talon knew prices of homes in Jackson Hole were ridiculously high. This place was considered the Palm Desert of the West. Movie stars lived here. So did Fortune 500 CEOs. It was an expensive watering hole for working people.

“I really don’t know,” she said. “I keep hoping as I build my nest-egg down payment, that some small house on the outskirts will be for sale. People who live here tend to stay here until they die. So, not many houses come on the market.”

“They’re building a lot of condos west of Jackson Hole, near the Idaho border. What about one of them?”

“I don’t want a condo, Talon. I hate them. Well,” she amended, “I don’t hate them. I’m tired of hearing footsteps above my ceiling all the time. Or loud music drifting in when I’m trying to sleep before a shift.”

“You’d like to wake up to a rooster crowing at dawn?” He smiled a little, watching her. The light coming in through the large windows of the restaurant emphasized her high cheekbones and flawless blue eyes.

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