One Good Cowboy by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“This is going to lead to sex,” Sophie said.

“Maybe,” Evie admitted. “But there are no guarantees with Carson. I have a couple of strikes against me.” She had her phone sandwiched between her shoulder and ear, and despite the rattling around she was doing in the kitchen, she had no trouble hearing Sophie’s sigh from the other end of the line.

“I just don’t want you hurt. Remember to guard your heart.”

“Too late.” Evie winced. Because it was also too late to take back that comment. She certainly hadn’t meant to blurt it out like that, but her nerves and the margarita she’d been sipping had lowered her defenses.

“Carson could get hurt, too,” Sophie went on. “Have you considered that?”

“No.” Actually, she hadn’t. But Evie considered it now. She honestly didn’t know what Carson thought of her. Well, other than it was obvious he was attracted to her. However, what if they had sex and it ended badly?

As in ending their friendship?

Great. Now, she was tipsy from the drink, tingling from the attraction and worried that she’d just screwed up big-time.

“Just talk this out with him,” Sophie went on. “Make sure you’re on the same page before you even kiss him. Because once you kiss him, you’ll be a goner.”

Yes, a goner with an orgasm.

Evie’s phone beeped, indicating she had another call, and she groaned when she saw her mother’s name pop up. “Gotta go, Sophie. If I don’t take this call from my mom, she’ll keep bugging me all night. Thanks for the advice, though.”

Talk before kissing. Definitely something she would do.

She ended the call with Sophie and switched to her mom. As usual, her mother started speaking before Evie even managed a hello.

“Just got off the phone with Ida, and Bennie’s still in Vegas,” her mom said. “Have you told him you want him to come home?”

“No. Actually, I haven’t spoken to Bennie since his elopement.”

“Well, you should. Bennie and you—”

“Are finished,” Evie interrupted. Since her mom seemed to be gearing up for a lecture, Evie decided to keep interrupting her. “Do you really think I want him back after he ran off with a stripper? Plus, Bennie and I haven’t actually been together in a long time.”

“But that’s only because you were going through the treatments. Of course, you weren’t thinking about love and sex and stuff.”

Her mother hurried over that last handful of words. It couldn’t be comfortable for her to talk about sex with her daughter, but it was doubly uncomfortable for Evie to talk about it with her mother. That’s why she changed the subject.

“Carson is coming over for dinner,” Evie said. “He should be here any minute now.”

The silence on the other end of the line told her loads. Of course, she hadn’t needed the silence to know that her mother disapproved.

“Carson’s too old for you,” her mom finally said.

“Maybe ten years ago he was, but I’m twenty-eight now, and he’s thirty-six.” There wasn’t much more to add, which was a good thing, because she spotted Carson’s truck pulling up in front of her house.

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