How to Love a Cowboy by Jessa James

Author:Jessa James [James, Jessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessa James

7

Pete

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It had been no surprise to wake up and find that Sara had already left. She was used to derby life, and any kind of business that involved animals tended to create early risers. She must have been up, and out of the house before dawn, I thought as I looked out the window and saw that her car was no longer where Sam and Stephen had parked it the night before after they were able to bring it back to life.

I showered and got dressed, trying not to let my mind dwell on Sara Waters for any longer than absolutely necessary. I knew I would see her again in two weeks when we showed up for the derby, with or without the approval of Ken Waters, but until then I needed to focus on the things that had to happen around the ranch to make going to the derby possible. We needed to know how many trailers we were taking, the number of personnel that would be going with us, and Alex was going to have to decide for certain which horse was going to run.

Downstairs, I started breakfast, and as I was finishing up scrambling some eggs, Emma came bounding through the door.

“Back already?” I asked.

She nodded and dropped her bag on the floor. “Yeah, Dani and her mom had somewhere to be this morning, so they dropped me off on the way there.” She grabbed a piece of bacon and sat down at the table. “Where’s Sara?”

I looked at her a little surprised. “Oh, uh…she had to leave. She had to get back to the derby. Lots of work to do leading up to the big event. And you know it wasn’t in the plan for her to stay here in the first place. That just happened because her car broke down. She was ready to be on her way home, I’m sure.”

Emma got up and grabbed a glass from the cupboard then reached for the orange juice from the fridge. “Want any?” she asked as she poured herself a glass.

“No, I think I’ll just have coffee, thanks.”

She put the juice back and took a seat again. I could feel her eyes on me as I made us each a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, and fruit. When I set the plate in front of her, I could see that the wheels were turning in her brain.

“What’s going on with you?” I asked, genuinely curious about what was going on in her mind.

“I was just wondering when you were going to ask her out on a date,” she said without a pause.

I was taken aback but tried not to let it show. “Why would you think I was going to do that?”

She smiled. “See…you didn’t say you weren’t going to!”

I narrowed my eyes at her as I took a bite of scrambled eggs. She dug into her breakfast as well, and I waited until she had a full mouth before I spoke again.

“I didn’t say that, but…well, what would you think if I did?”

She shrugged as she finished swallowing a bite.

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