Kiss the Cowboy by Julie Jarnagin

Author:Julie Jarnagin
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Christian, Chick-Lit, Fiction, Romance, Western, Women's Fiction, Love Stories
ISBN: 9781942265030
Publisher: Serenade Books
Published: 2015-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Lucy stood on the front steps of her mom and Kenneth's house early the next morning, staring at the brass doorbell but lacking the courage to press it. Lucy had slept last night but spent all night dreaming about her mom and dad together on the ranch.

The door opened, and Lucy jumped at the sight of Kenneth in his suit, tie, and pressed shirt.

His forehead wrinkled "Lucy? How long have you been standing there? I didn't hear you knock?"

She gave him a half-hearted smile. "Just got here."

Her stomach clenched as she thought about the photo of him with his arms around her mom—a married woman. An affair. Sneaking around. Lying. Where had her mom said she was going when she was really meeting Kenneth? "I wanted to talk to Mom. She around?"

"She's at yoga or Pilates or something. She had one of those mats when she left."

Lucy nodded, feeling heavy and convinced coming here had been a huge mistake. Dylan didn't understand the dynamics of her family. Talking about their problems might be how he, his sister, and his father dealt with things, but it wasn't that simple for the Morgans. There was too much history that didn't need to be uncovered. "I won't keep you from work."

Kenneth bent down to retrieve a rolled up Dallas Morning News. "I'm not leaving. Just grabbing the paper to read with my coffee." He turned and walked inside. "Come on in."

Lucy stared at the open door as Kenneth disappeared into the kitchen. She didn't want to hang out with him alone, especially not with so much on her mind.

Without a way out, she groaned and stepped onto the marble tile of the entry. She walked into the kitchen with its dark stained woodwork and the stark white counter made of stone. She hoisted herself onto a leather bar stool with a border of brass nail heads.

Kenneth pointed to his fancy espresso machine. "Coffee?"

"Sure." But she wasn't sure if even caffeine could help her this morning.

He pressed a few buttons and slid a small mug under the spout. "Is everything okay? You look...tired."

Her sleep had returned last night, but she felt tired. Tired of thinking about the photo. Tired of how it made her question everything she thought she knew about her life. "I have a pounding headache, but I'm fine."

His eyebrow quirked. "Were you drinking last night?"

She gave a weary laugh. "Of course not."

The machine made slurping noises behind him. "I'm concerned about you. You're not acting like yourself lately. You weren't at family dinner last night. You never miss dinner without at least calling us first."

"Something came up."

"And Paige said you didn't get home until late."

She and Paige needed to have a talk about boundaries—especially when it came to what she told Kenneth and her mom.

Lucy gave a half-hearted laugh. "I'm an adult woman. I didn't realize I had a curfew."

"Were you with Reed?"

Frustration built in the back of her throat. "I haven't spoken to him since he abandoned me at the auction.

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