In Debt to the Cowboy by Natalie Dean

Author:Natalie Dean [Dean, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kenzo Publishing

15

Theodora

It was hard to believe, but things were actually getting better. And although she still didn’t quite get why, Silas had gotten them a bang-up lawyer who was apparently thiiiis close to getting Roman’s case dismissed.

As if she needed a reason to like the guy even more. Her feelings were becoming a real menace to both her cheeks and her circulation, with her heart rate picking up every time she saw him and her face hurting from either smiling too much or way too many repeated blushes all in a row.

Ugh, she hated being so silly. It wasn’t like anything would happen. Especially not considering how they had met. But she had meant what she said when she first met him. She just had no idea that he would end up being someone who saved her brother and their whole family business.

“Come on, Teddy. Concentrate.”

She was under a big ol’ truck in her dad’s mechanic shop, almost everyone having gone home, but she was staying late to make up for some of the hours she had missed. Andre and Roman were starting to get a little suspicious of where she was flitting off too, but mostly she was able to cover it with her deliveries to the community and other gardening exploits. She wasn’t sure how long that was going to last, but maybe she could think of a better cover story by then.

…probably not. Lately it seemed that all of her brainpower was dedicated to Silas and his charming smile and perfect hair.

Geez, everything would be so much easier if he was dumb instead of being so smart. But no, he was intelligent and funny on top of everything. Because life was unfair like that.

The buzzer sounded, pulling her from her thoughts, and she slid out from under the truck. It was her back door. When she thought about it, one of her little ones hadn’t visited her in a while. She was overdue.

If anything could get her mind off of Silas, it was taking care of others, so she hurried over and let them in.

“Long time no see,” she said, stepping to the side.

Sure enough, it was Antonio again, along with the much younger Manolito, although he always insisted that everyone call him Manny. They were both pretty scuffed up, with Manny’s lip swelling already.

“Did you miss me?” Antonio said, although it was much more ragged than he probably meant it to be.

“Oh yeah, definitely. Now if only you would visit me when you aren’t bleeding all over my doorstep.” She clicked her tongue. “Come on in. Let me get the two of you cleaned up.”

They obeyed, both seemingly too tired to even banter with her, and that was a pretty grim sign more than anything else. She cleaned Manny up first, Antonio knowing how to wash at the eye station and then the sink. As usual, it took quite a bit to get them even to the point where she could start bandaging things.

“You’ve got a pretty bad gash here,” Teddy said when it was Antonio in front of her.

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