Midnight Rodeo [Midnight Cowboys 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Luxie Ryder

Author:Luxie Ryder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

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The following night, Reb turned up alone halfway through the evening. Talia looked over his shoulder expectantly.

‘Cody’s not coming,’ he said. ‘He had a bit of a fall. Horse banged him up pretty bad.’

‘Oh God. Is he ok?’ Talia was genuinely distressed at the thought.

‘He’s in the hospital. He broke his arm, but they are only keeping him in for the night due to the fact he was knocked unconscious.’

‘What do you mean ‘only’?’

Reb laughed. ‘I thought you were gonna pass out, I just wanted to reassure you it wasn’t anything serious.’

‘Oh, poor Cody,’ she said.

‘Poor me, you mean. Man, that guy has been like a bear with a sore head since the accident. Anyone would think I pushed him off the damn horse.’

Talia felt a little guilty; she hadn’t considered Reb’s feelings at all. ‘Are you ok?’

‘A little shaken up. Thought he was a goner for a moment back there. The horse damn near fell on him.’

‘Here, drink this,’ she said, putting a shot of whisky in front of him.

‘Thanks, I could use it.’

She poured one for herself, raising a toast to Cody’s good health before knocking it to the back of her throat and swallowing on a grimace.

‘You’re an interesting woman,’ Reb said appreciatively as she slammed her empty glass onto the counter. She smiled benignly, thoughts elsewhere.

‘I’m so glad I didn’t see him fall yesterday,’ she said, thinking back to how scared she had been for him.

Reb laughed. ‘Yeah, he told me you were watching him through your fingers.’ He shook his head as he imagined it. ‘You do realize you can still see what’s happening when you do that right?’ She punched him in the arm as he continued to tease her by peering at her through his own fingers from time to time; not stopping until he’d made her laugh.

‘Do you think he would mind if I visited him?’ she said, worry for Cody sobering her quickly.

‘Who the hell knows, but I doubt it.’ He laughed. ‘I’ll warn you though; he can be difficult when he wants to be.’

‘Why is he so mad at you?’

Reb shrugged. ‘Beats me. We were talking about how long it would take for his arm to get better. Then I mentioned you and that I was gonna come over tonight and let you know. That’s when he got all bent out of shape.’

‘Because you were coming over here?’

Reb nodded. ‘I guess so.’

Talia fell silent. Was Cody jealous at the thought of her spending time alone with Reb? She rejected the idea.

‘So, you got anything planned for tonight after you close up?’ Reb asked.

Talia could see the hope in his eyes and, for the first time, she realized she wasn’t remotely interested if Cody wasn’t involved. ‘Not tonight.’ She smiled to soften her words. ‘The last couple of days have taken it out of me. I could do with turning in early.’

‘Ok. Sure.’ He looked a little disappointed, but she didn’t feel bad. Plenty of women had been eyeballing Reb from the minute he’d walked in.

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