Ride by Cat Johnson

Author:Cat Johnson [Johnson, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, General, western, Historical
ISBN: 9781609282622
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2010-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

The miles and the hours passed, and so did other more personal milestones, such as the first time she touched his arm and asked quietly if they could stop at a rest area. One barrier crossed. Many more to go.

Sometimes they sat in silence and listened to the songs on the radio, until they drove out of range and static took over. Then he’d ask her to find them another station.

Other times they talked, but never about anything really serious. Like when she asked him to explain bull riding to her.

At first he wasn’t sure what she meant. What was to explain? You got on the bull. You tried not to get bucked off. Then once he got into it, he realized there was much more to explain, especially for someone who hadn’t been around it their entire life the way he had.

He explained the bull score and the rider score. What it meant to challenge the four judges’ decision and how much it cost a rider if their challenge was overturned. He told her the reasons a rider could get awarded a reride and also how he could be disqualified.

Before he knew it, it was long past time for lunch and closer to dinner. It was the fading light of day that first signaled him to that fact, followed closely by the grumbling of his stomach.

“Thank you.” He glanced at Leesa across the dim interior of the truck.

She frowned. “For what?”

“For keeping me company. This ride is pretty agonizing when I do it alone. You made the time fly by.” Chase was finding it hard to keep his mind on the road the nearer they got to stopping for the night.

“Good. I’m glad.” Leesa smiled at him. He loved when she smiled.

He grinned back and decided to use the situation to his advantage. Maybe he could get her to agree to let him get them some decent food for tonight. “So, as you can see, I owe you and I’m going to take you out to a nice dinner.”

She frowned again and started to shake her head.

Determined, Chase shook his right back at her. “Nope. I won’t take no for an answer this time.”

“I don’t have anything to wear for a nice dinner.”

He didn’t believe that excuse for a second. “I’m in jeans and cowboy boots.”

“Every male around here is in jeans and cowboy boots. It’s different for females. I’m in a sweatshirt and sneakers. Maybe we could get some really nice takeout and eat it in our hotel room instead?”

Chase wasn’t about to argue with that, especially since she’d said our hotel room instead of your room, or my room. Our room. He smiled. “Okay. Sounds good.”

Leesa looked happier. Chase definitely was happy. He began keeping is eye peeled for a town that would offer both a decent hotel and a restaurant with takeout.

Cheap hotels he was good at finding. He and the guys had stayed at enough of those. Really nice hotels could be few and far between on the open road, even when he’d had a good enough year to afford staying in one.

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