Montana Maverick by Debra Salonen

Author:Debra Salonen [Salonen, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Contemporary, Western
ISBN: 9781942240419
Goodreads: 24280473
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

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Meg opened her eyes to the gray light of day…and realized instantaneously she was in the wrong bed. As she looked around at the cold fire, the jumble of quilts on top of her covers and the fact she was only wearing her robe, she figured out what happened.

Mystic’s midnight feeding. She must have fallen asleep while Mystic drank her bottle.

Since neither the baby nor the bottle was anywhere in sight, she had to assume Henry came in at some point and put Mystic in her carrier and covered up Meg with her grandmother’s quilt.

She stretched, smiling as unfamiliar twinges reminded her of the great sex she’d shared with Henry last night. She’d experienced a connection so intense she couldn’t believe they occupied the same plane for years and never jumped each other’s bodies.

She glanced out the windows. Apparently, she’d forgotten to close the curtains to her deck. On a clear day, she would see Yellowstone in the distance. Today, the misty fog enshrouding them lingered, but she thought she detected a hint of sunlight trying to break through the clouds.

She rolled over and grabbed her tablet from the bedside table. A quick look showed a strong signal. A tap of an app brought her the forecast. Thirty percent chance of snow, clearing tomorrow.

A reprieve, she thought. One more day with the Firestone family. One more night in Henry’s arms.

She flew out of the bed and dashed to her bath. As she showered, she revisited all the sensitive spots Henry had discovered and brought to life.

She blushed remembering how brazen and uninhibited she’d been with him. After her rocky introduction to sex at age nineteen, Meg didn’t take another lover for nearly five years. She told herself she was being discriminating.

In truth, she didn’t trust her judgment where men were concerned. That she’d erred so disastrously with her first lover—a man who posted her name to his public list of conquests—made her overly protective of her reputation.

She wondered what would have happened if Henry Firestone had been her first?

Probably best that he wasn’t, she thought. I never would have graduated because I would have wanted to stay in bed with him all day.

Humming a Jennifer Lopez tune about someone’s first love being her last love, Meg got dressed then went in search of her temporary family.

Annie was hunkered down in the recliner with her nose in her new book. She looked up and smiled as Meg walked by on her way to the kitchen where Hank stood, elbows deep in dishes.

Bravo occupied a stool at the counter, a cereal bowl in front of him. Neither JJ nor Mystic were anywhere in sight.

“Good morning,” she said cheerfully, heading straight to the coffeemaker. “How is everyone today?”

Bravo mumbled something that sounded like “Good,” but earned him a stern look from his grandfather when small chunks of cereal dropped to the countertop.

She wanted to walk up behind Henry and squeeze him in a tight hug from behind. What was it about a big rugged man doing household chores the struck her as so damn sexy? But she didn’t.

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