Sweet Love and Country Roads by Camilla Isley

Author:Camilla Isley [Isley, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Small Town Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Cowboy Romance, City Girl Country Boy, Romantic Comedy, Conteporary Romance, Western Romance
Publisher: Pink Bloom Press
Published: 2022-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’

I pick up Fluffy from the porch steps and go hide in my room ready to pass out. But once I get in bed, the frustration brings on a restless insomnia where no matter how tired I am my bloodshot eyes seem glued to the ceiling. At some point, I must doze off. But for most of the night, I toss and turn, thinking about the man sleeping one floor below me. By 5 a.m., I’m participating in another staring contest with the ceiling I can’t win. At five-thirty, I give up and decide to make better use of my time. I pull on nude leggings and a nude tank top, grab my tablet and yoga mat, and go downstairs. The house is silent, but I still tiptoe across the living room until I make it to the porch.

Hildi joins my workout after a couple of sun salutations, trying to jump on me whenever I’m in upward-facing dog. After a few more awkward transitions, we reach an agreement where she takes the end of my mat and I make do with the lower half. Towards the end of the training session, I’m in downward dog when I hear boots on the porch. I look between my legs and see jeans-clad legs turn the corner to then stop dead. I don’t see Travis’s face, but from where he’s standing, he must have a pretty spectacular view of my bottom sticking up in the air. The mayor mutters a curse under his breath, spins on his cowboy boots, and goes back to where he came from.

I shrug. He made his bed. Now he can lie in it—alone!

I follow the tutorial on my tablet through a few more sun salutations and finally, I’m free to collapse into corpse pose. Hildi immediately takes advantage of my supine position to lie down next to my face and drop her muzzle on my chest.

Exhausted from the sleepless night and with the comforting warmth of Hildi by my side, I fall asleep. I wake up with a jolt—not sure how much later, but with the certainty that someone is watching me. Also, I’m covered with a soft blanket.

I blink and turn my head to the side. Travis is squatting on the porch one step down, smirking under his cowboy hat.

“For a moment I thought you were dead,” he says.

“That’s corpse pose for you,” I reply.

He reaches across me to pet the goat, placing his toned biceps right under my nose.

I’m not sure if goats can purr, but the noises of contentment Hildi is making under the mayor’s ministration definitely sounds like it. And now I’m jealous of a farm animal.

“I’ve made coffee,” Travis says, his eyes crinkly in the hat’s shade. “And left a pot of water boiling if you want to make oatmeal.”

“You already had breakfast?”

“Yep, you were out for a while.” He stops petting Hildi. “Sorry not to keep you company, but I have some farm work to do before I head into town for the official fair kick-off.

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