How the Cowboy Was Won by Lori Wilde

Author:Lori Wilde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

“You’re trying to fix up Rhett? Seriously?” Ranger hooted when Ember settled into her seat beside him. It was funny as hell to watch her mess with his plan to mess with her.

“Says who?” Ember blinked, trying to act all who-me innocent.

“Woman,” Ranger said, “you’re not as devious as you think you are.”

She tipped her head in that bulldozer tilt she pulled out when she was trying to convince people that her way was the only way. “I merely asked Rhett to dance with Dawn.”

“You’ve got your work cut out for you with that one.” Ranger nodded as his little brother dipped Dawn low on the dance floor. Dawn let loose with a happy laugh. He would have to warn his research partner about encouraging his brother. Remind her of what he was trying to accomplish with Ember. He couldn’t make Ember jealous if she didn’t view Dawn as a threat.

“Maybe you underestimate your little brother.”

“Rhett’s not the type to settle down.”

“Funny”—Ember cut her eyes at him—“he said the same thing about you.”

“What do you think about that?” he asked.

Ember lowered her lashes, allowed her beautiful springy red curls to fall over her face as she reached for her beer mug, hiding her expression from him. Which wasn’t like her. Normally, she was quite bold and didn’t blink an eye when matching someone’s stare.

Ranger noticed the tension in her shoulders, and he wanted to reach out and brush back her hair so he could get a good look at her face and see what was going on inside her. But she downed the beer like she could find the answer to his question at the bottom of the glass.

“Sparky.” He softened his voice, felt a heaviness sag to the bottom of his gut. “You all right?”

She tossed her head. A no in answer to his question? Or was there something weighty on her mind that she was trying to shake off? They knew each other so well. He could sense when something was troubling her. She reached for the pitcher of beer in the middle of the table, but he moved it out of her reach.

“Em?”

Her long lashes swept upward as she finally made eye contact, her blue-eyed stare hitting him with a hard one-two punch. The pulse at the hollow of her throat throbbed, moving as swift as a flood-swollen river.

Ranger felt his pulse jump and sprint, felt his muscles tighten. “What is it?”

She shook her head again, but did not blink or look away. That was his brave Ember.

“Let me guess, you’re afraid you’ve lost your matchmaking mojo,” he said, trying to lighten things up.

That got the reaction he was going for. She grinned and sent him a sliding-door look, open and accessible. Letting down her guard for him, letting him in. “Not a chance. One way or another, I’m gonna find you the perfect wife.”

“Ember . . .”

There were a million things he wanted to say to her. How much he admired and respected her. How much he wanted to deepen their relationship, go to the next level.

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