Riled by the Rider by Ana Lewin

Author:Ana Lewin [Lewin, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reber Media Company
Published: 2020-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

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“You’re insufferable,” Levi said as she patted Daisy on the head, feeding her apples.

“I’m pretty sure you say that every day,” she pointed out.

“That’s because it’s true every damn day. Insufferable woman.”

He was being gruff with her, but she could see the hints of worry in his warm brown eyes. Daisy had a saddle on and they were standing in the middle of the training area. Maeve was wearing the same clothes she’d worn when she’d tried to ride Daisy the first time. Trying to ride the gentle giant again had been on her mind since the day she had a panic attack. Now that she’d been around the horse for two weeks she felt ready.

OK, ready was a bit of an overstatement. Her heart was threatening to break out of her chest and she was already breathing faster than normal. Levi was completely against this second attempt, but when she’d asked Grant to give her a riding lesson he’d caved. Which was good, because she didn’t know if she actually would have been able to go through with it if Grant was here with her. “You don’t have to do this.”

“Obviously,” she shot back. “I’m trying to face my fears here.”

“It’s unnecessary!” his voice was loud enough to startle Daisy. “What does it matter if you’re terrified of riding horses?”

“It matters because I’m not terrified of anything and I’m not about to start now.”

She put her foot in the stirrup and tried to heave herself up into the saddle, not getting far until she felt the warmth of Levi’s hands on her waist. He hoisted her up and then she was there, in the saddle. Staring out at the field in front of her feeling much taller than she had been before. They weren’t moving yet but she was already gripping the saddle with white knuckles, her face pale as a ghost. Levi didn’t move an inch, keeping his hands on her waist so he could pull her off at a moment’s notice. “Did Jeanine love you?”

He stilled, his grip on her hips loosening. “Why do you ask?”

“I’m curious about the answer. And I figure making you uncomfortable too might make me less uncomfortable.”

The glare he sent her way told her that her logic was flawed, but so far it was actually working. There was less tension in her body as she focused on Levi, waiting for him to answer. If he answered. “I think she did, at first. Not for very long, because it was obvious that I didn’t even love her a little bit. Not for real. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I’m the reason she was such a bitch.”

“I would be a bitch if I’d married a man who didn’t love me.”

“What I want to know is why she didn’t divorce me sooner.”

“She wanted you to get US citizenship,” Maeve didn’t know why she thought that was true, but she did. She didn’t even know Jeanine, would never know her. But when she said it, it sounded right.

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