Marry Me, Cowboy (Copper Mountain Rodeo) by Lilian Darcy

Author:Lilian Darcy [Darcy, Lilian]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2013-09-21T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

They took care of the horses, then headed into town. The whole place was alive with people, the streets were bright with decorations and the sun was setting in a blaze of color, turning Copper Mountain almost the same color as its name. A couple of people came up to Jamie and said they’d seen his performance in the saddle bronc. “You here for long?”

“No, just for the rodeo.”

Jamie tried to keep his head down, tried to hide under his hat and stay unnoticed, but it didn’t always work. His shoulder bumped Tegan’s and he grabbed her. It was half apology for bumping her, and half because they both needed the touch as a promise for later.

We’re okay. We’re good. This is still happening. We’re seeing it the same way.

They went back to the same place where they’d had beer and onion rings last night, Grey’s Saloon, which was busy and packed and noisy in a way that offered a weird kind of privacy. They could sit in a corner booth and stay pretty quiet, the way they’d both wanted.

Jamie did as he’d said he would. He kissed her across the table and touched her under it, and they ate enormous plates of steak and salad and fries and drank a beer each, and Tegan noted that Jamie didn’t go for a second or third. He really had been faking it before, with Chet.

It was still early when they’d finished. “Wanna walk back the slow way?” Jamie said.

“Sure.”

So they took an indirect route through the busy streets, and he must have known exactly what he was doing because he stopped and said, “Wait here on this bench,” and disappeared around a corner. He came back a couple of minutes later with a gift-wrapped box in his hands, the paper the color and sheen of new copper, all pinky-gold and pretty and bright.

“What’s this?”

“Bought you some candy.”

“Why?”

“Because I wanted to.”

“Want me to open it now?”

“When we get back. It’s nothing. I just wanted to get something pretty and sweet for you. It’s, you know, a nice candy store. Copper Mountain Chocolates. Sage Carrigan runs it. Her family’s ranch is up past ours, I think I told you. Anyhow… here.” He handed her the package, seeming shy about it, and she had this gooey, smiley feeling inside. So he did know how to be romantic, in a funny sort of way. A moment or two later, around a corner, he’d stopped dead in front of another store-front. “This!”

“What, Jamie?” She was still smiling, trying not to let him see, in case he wanted to know why. She didn’t know why, herself. What was this called, what she felt? Didn’t seem to be a word. Not one she trusted herself enough to use, anyhow. Meanwhile, he was such a cowboy, planting his feet on the ground and shoving his hands in the pockets of his jeans. What was he on about?

“Forget that stupid western shirt you had on last week in Nevada when the wedding didn’t happen, you should have worn something like this.

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