Home on the Ranch_Tennessee Bull Rider by April Arrington

Author:April Arrington [Arrington, April]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-10T18:46:35+00:00

Chapter 6

The Elk Valley Café dessert booth, stocked with warm pies, caramel apples and a crystal bowl of spiced apple cider, fit perfectly beside the entrance to Exie Johnson’s Pumpkin Patch and smelled delicious, if Amber did say so herself. It was a perfect cool Saturday afternoon for the Elk Valley Fall Festival. An annual event that allowed everyone to see and be seen.

Amber glanced around, taking in the sprawling fields of Cool Creek Acres. Bursts of autumnal color splashed across the trees at the base of the surrounding mountains, growing crowds strolled through the fair entrance and milled around various craft, game and food booths, and an aromatic mixture of hay, popcorn and cinnamon floated on the chilly air.

“Landon did such a great job building this booth.” Bobbie Jean rolled the baby stroller back for a better look, then smiled. “Everything looks great.”

Mason, in the front stroller seat, squealed around his teething toy. Savannah and Dylan looked with wide, excited eyes at the activities surrounding them.

“Thanks.” Amber managed a smile and smoothed the wrinkles out of the lace cloth draped over her booth’s counter.

If only she felt as prepared as this fancy booth looked. Instead, her hands trembled, her legs were stiff and an irritating-as-all-get-out tic kept returning to her left eye. She’d been an uncoordinated mess ever since she arrived with Landon an hour ago to prepare for the fall festival. Landon, more quiet than usual, had sent her strange looks all morning and had been forced to straighten out her clumsy mistakes several times as they’d set up the booth.

“Hmm.” Bobbie Jean took another step back, squinted against the early-afternoon sun, then pointed. “Everything’s perfect except for that last bow on the left. That joker doesn’t want to stay put, does it?”

Amber eyed the orange ribbon flapping in the breeze. “Nope. It’s hanging on by a thread.”

Just like her.

She harrumphed and grabbed the dangling end of the ribbon from the ground. Dramatic, much? Running the dessert booth was no big deal; she did it every year. So what if she’d invited Nate to join her? He was coming solely to spend time with his kids and it was not a date. Not by a long shot.

So if this wasn’t a date, then why was she so nervous?

That kiss. Good gracious alive. She squeezed her eyes shut. Those sexy, delicious kisses from Nate yesterday and the day before. That was why she was so off-kilter today. She couldn’t stop thinking about them or the sweet words he’d whispered.

I had a heck of a time forgetting how great it feels to kiss you.

Surely, he felt something for her—just as he’d said—to be able to kiss her that way? Not that she should focus on romance with Nate. She should be focused on helping him build a good relationship with their sons and daughter rather than with her.

Blowing a strand of hair out of her face, Amber squatted by the booth, retacked the ribbon, then tied it back into a bow.

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