His Texas Wildflower by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell [Bagwell, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2011-10-29T22:00:00+00:00

Three days later, Jake spent the morning and part of the afternoon branding calves that he and his two ranch hands, Trace and Jet, had rounded up from the river bottom. Quint, being the friend that he was, had driven over to help and other than a few kicked shins and a burned thumb on Jet’s right hand, the work had gone smoothly.

Once the calves had been returned to their mamas, Jake had insisted the two hands take the rest of the day off. Being young and single, and looking for any extra time for fun, neither man had argued and the two had hightailed it to town.

As for Quint, he’d lingered long enough to help Jake unsaddle the horses and put away their equipment. After sharing a cold beer, the other man had left for home, where Maura was making a special meal for her parents, Fiona and Doyle Donovan.

As soon as Quint was gone, silence fell around Jake and with the solitude along came Rebecca’s memory. Not that it took a silent moment to think about her, he reflected, as he stared pensively out at the grazing horses from his front porch chair. For the past three days, he’d thought of little else.

That kiss. Never had one little mouth-to-mouth moment affected him in such a way. He couldn’t forget it. Couldn’t stop wanting to repeat it. Kissing her had probably been a mistake. The whole incident had certainly been messing with his mind. Yet he had to admit he’d never tasted a sweeter mistake.

With an inward groan, he reached for his cell phone and flipped the instrument open. The other night, while he’d been helping Rebecca clean her kitchen, she’d given him her cell phone number. The fact that he’d been carrying it around had been tormenting him, tempting him, while at the same time he’d been trying like hell to forget he had the precious combination of numbers. It had only been three days since he’d spent the evening with Rebecca and he didn’t want her to get the idea that he was desperate for her company. He’d never been desperate for any woman. Not when there was always another woman willing and waiting to give him a bit of company.

Hell, who are you trying to kid, Jake? You’re problem isn’t what Rebecca might be thinking about you. The problem is what you’re thinking about yourself. The urge to see the woman, hold her, kiss her again is clawing at your insides, tormenting your every waking moment. And just any other woman won’t do.

Muttering a curse under his breath, Jake snapped the phone shut, closed his eyes and sucked in a harsh breath. What was coming over him? Was he turning into a sap?

With that thought he opened the phone and punched Rebecca’s number before he could change his mind.

She answered on the third ring and from the faint swooshing noise in the background he could tell she was outside in the wind.

“Jake, how nice to hear from you,” she greeted him.

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