Inspired By The Creative Cowboy (Sage Valley Ranch Book 5) by Bree Livingston

Author:Bree Livingston [Livingston, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sage Valley Ranch Series, Multi-Author Collection, Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Clean & Wholesome, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Small Town & Rural Area, Cowboy & Western Romance, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure
Publisher: Bree Livingston
Published: 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

16

Dropping his keys on the end table next to the lounger, Julian slipped off his suit coat and laid it over the back of the couch. He’d had the best date he’d ever had, and the desire to tell someone was so strong that he pulled out his phone and called his brother Zach.

“Hey,” Zach said.

“Hey, I didn’t wake Kenna, did I?”

Zach laughed. “No, if you had, you’d be hearing from Harley.”

Julian grinned. “True.”

“What’s up?”

“I think I found her.”

“Her?”

He took a seat in the lounger and flipped the legs up. “Yeah. I think she’s the one.”

Zach coughed. “That’s a big deal coming from you. She must be something else.”

“That’s an understatement. She’s beautiful, funny, bright, and spunky. Her name is Summer Brown.”

“Wow. I’m shocked. You’ve always said you wanted to stay single.”

That was true…until the past year when he’d grown increasingly tired of being alone. Seeing his brothers so happy and content made him want his own family. “I want what you and Noah have. I love Jenna, Bridget, and Kenna, and I want kids of my own.”

“Yeah, just wait until you change a diaper with something so unholy in it that you wonder if you have a child or an alien.”

Julian laughed. “I have, remember? You threw up.” It had been a story worth telling when Harley got home after the bridal shower they had for Mia. Zach didn’t appreciate the embellishment Julian had given the story, but Harley was doubled over, she was laughing so hard.

“Hey, I have a sensitive stomach. I couldn’t help it. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought something like that could come out of a person so tiny and cute.”

Laughing harder, Julian wiped his eyes. “I want that. The good, the bad, the smelly memories. I want all of it. You’re happier than I’ve ever seen you, and I realized I’ve been running from something that, deep down, I’ve wanted for a long time. I’ve just been too cowardly to admit it.”

“Is that what’s been bothering you? Why you had so much trouble with this last group of paintings?”

“Yeah. You getting married, then Noah, Zoe’s little girls, and Kenna coming along…Mia pregnant. It woke me up.”

“It’s about time you figured it out.”

“Like you had all the answers before you met Harley. Do I need to remind you?”

Their dad’s brain tumor had slowly changed his behavior. He became a man who was angry, violent, and ruthless, nothing like the man they’d grown up with. Instead of listening to their mom about their dad’s illness, Zach had turned his back on their dad, and, until he met Harley, he’d sworn off relationships. He didn’t want what happened to his parents to happen to him. It had taken two weeks stranded on an island to wake up Zach.

“No, I don’t need reminding,” Zach grumbled.

“Let it go, Zach. Dad knew you loved him. We all dealt with his disease in different ways.”

“But you didn’t turn your back on him.”

Julian flipped the legs of the chair down and sat forward.

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