Ride a Rancher: Rancher Only Series by Christensen Elle

Author:Christensen, Elle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

9

Helena

“Baby,” Stone growled. “Either you tell them, or I will.”

I sighed and pushed the food around on my plate. “Can we at least wait until after the wedding next week?”

I felt bad for the pain I was causing Stone. I’d slept at his house almost every night since the first time, with the exception of one night when I babysat for Lia. He wanted me to come to him after they got home, but I was afraid they would see him picking me up, so I chickened out and told him Lia needed my help with something the next morning, so I had to stay. I learned my lesson quickly. Good grief, was he grumpy after a night apart. The next time, I told him I needed some stuff at the manager’s cottage and had him pick me up there. Which I figured he probably knew was a lie because he’d had me pack up all my belongings and bring them to his house the day after our passionate tryst in the woods.

I didn’t know what was holding me back from sharing our relationship with everyone, but even though my time with him had been the happiest I’d ever experienced, it terrified me like nothing else. At first, I was afraid he would never see me as more than a pampered city girl, and when the passion faded he’d realize he didn’t like me. I’d be left with nothing but the shattered remnants of my heart. But I worked alongside him on the ranch every day and soaked up anything he would teach me. It was clear he appreciated my effort, then as I began to pick things up, he watched me with pride and admiration. When that fear was assuaged, I figured I’d finally be comfortable with going public. Still, though, I was scared.

Then Stone started dropping not so subtle hints about marriage, and I almost went running back to the city. Until he told me it didn’t matter if I ran, he’d find me and spend however long it took convincing me to come home, then fucked my brains out to remind me who I belonged to. I told him I didn’t believe in marriage and that the whole husband and kids thing wasn’t in my plans. He’d stared at me silently, studying me, until he muttered, “I don’t believe that.” I was starting to doubt it too.

Then he’d kissed me softly on the lips and walked away. My thumb strayed to my ring finger again, as it always did when he brought up this subject. It didn’t have the same effect that it had before. More and more, the feel of my naked finger didn’t feed my convictions, rather I simply felt more confused.

I looked up from my plate to meet his gaze with pleading eyes, and after a minute, he said, “After the wedding.”

I nodded enthusiastically, and he sighed heavily before giving me a chin lift in agreement. His brown eyes were swimming with disappointment, and it made me feel like complete crap.

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