Opposing the Cowboy by Margo Bond Collins

Author:Margo Bond Collins [Collins, Margo Bond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance;Entangled;Bliss;sweet romance;Margo Bond Collins;Cowboy;small town;yoga;ranch;opposites attract;enemies to lovers
Goodreads: 25857816
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

LeeAnn waved at the young woman working the front desk and pushed her way out the door. Her evening class hadn’t gone as well as she had hoped it would—she kept finding herself drifting off into thoughts of Jonah, then realizing that she’d left her students in their poses longer than she intended. With any luck, no one had noticed her fractured attention.

But it beat obsessing over Jonah and the not-a-date dinner they were about to have together. Or about Darrell Stupid Loser Vincent and the scene at the ranch the night before.

Why had he been there, anyway?

As she rounded the corner toward the Wagon Wheel, she caught sight of Jonah. He was leaning against the red brick of the building, one boot kicked over the other, staring down at his phone. She paused to watch him in this unguarded moment.

Superman in jeans and a cowboy hat.

A shiver ran through her.

He really is stunning.

Giving herself a mental shake, she picked up her pace again. “Ready?” she asked as she came alongside him.

Those dimples flashed, and her knees quivered.

“Sure.” He pulled the door open for her. “I’ve got some good news, too.”

A waitress gathered menus and gestured for them to follow her.

“Good news? About the mineral rights?” Her stomach sank—good news for him meant bad news for her, right?

“No.” He waved his phone. “It looks like my friend—the librarian—might know of a buyer for some of those old magazines of your gran’s. In fact, she wants us to send her pictures of anything like that that we find.”

“Seriously? Someone wants that old junk?” Someone other than Gran, anyway.

“Looks like.” Jonah flipped through the pages of the menu, stopping to read descriptions. “You’re vegetarian, right? Is it going to bother you if I eat meat?”

“Would it stop you if it did?” She opened her own menu.

“Yes.” The surprise in his voice caused her to look up at him. “It’s only polite,” he said. “But from the look on your face, I’m guessing that hasn’t been your experience.”

“Not even remotely.” Shaking her head, she closed the menu again. “But to answer your question, no, it won’t bother me. Vegetarianism is my choice, but I wouldn’t force it on anyone else.”

“Chicken-fried steak is fine with you?”

“As long as I don’t have to eat it.” She shrugged. “When I was little, Gran’s land was still a working ranch, cattle and all. I spent time with the cows that ended up on our table.”

The waitress came over to take their order, and when she left, Jonah picked up the conversation. “Did hanging out with your dinner when it was still on the hoof influence your decision to become a vegetarian?”

She shook her head. “I didn’t think too much about it when I was a kid, but Gran worked with a local slaughterhouse that used more humane methods than some of the big ones.” The waitress returned with their iced tea, and LeeAnn picked up the lemon to squeeze it into the glass.

“When did it quit being a working ranch?” Jonah asked.

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