Sweet-Loving Cowboy--A Kinky Spurs Novel by Stacey Kennedy

Author:Stacey Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 10

Wednesday went by in a blur of sweat and hard work. Chase and his team worked day and night, and they hadn’t even made a dent in Todd’s list. He returned home later that night exhausted and miserable. Though when he discovered Harper waiting in his bed wearing a heated smile and nothing else, they lost themselves in each other before he crashed into a deep sleep. Early on Thursday morning, he woke to Harper doing her thing in the kitchen. She had made him a delish mushroom omelet breakfast with piping-hot coffee. While that started his morning off right, and his mood had improved dramatically from the night before, the ringing of his cell phone stopped him from getting into his truck and driving to the ranch to meet his crew to fix the stairs. Leah’s news that she had found a foster family for Houdini had brought heaviness into his stomach. And by the time he was driving toward the vet clinic, with Harper next to him and Houdini on her lap, that weighted feeling had moved to his chest.

When he reached the clinic and parked at the curb, he turned to Harper. She had been unusually quiet on the drive over. He understood. Because he had been unable to find words to explain his racing thoughts either. “We should go in,” he told her.

She sighed and glanced up at him with sad eyes. “Yeah, I guess so.”

He followed her into the clinic, tension vibrating between them. His feet felt oddly like they were going in the wrong direction.

Once they were inside, the receptionist greeted them behind the counter with a kind smile. “Go on out back. Everyone’s waiting for you there.” Her gaze flicked to Houdini, and her smile warmed. “Lucky boy gets a home today.”

He’s already had a home crossed Chase’s mind. He hastily shut down that thought. This was the good news they had been hoping for. And this was in Houdini’s best interests. Chase’s life wasn’t suited for a puppy, especially one with special needs.

Harper silently headed down the thin hallway with small exam rooms on either side until she reached the back door. Chase followed her out, and the sunny day welcomed him back. He noted that the outdoor space had a chain-link fence blocking off a grassed area with a few trees, a kiddie pool, and toys littering the space. Harper put a wiggling Houdini down. Unsurprisingly, he went straight for the toys, latching onto one before climbing into the pool.

“Thank you for bringing him.”

Chase turned, discovering Leah and a man and a woman, looking to be in their early forties, sitting at the small circular patio table behind them. The man’s shiny loafers and the woman’s perfectly styled auburn hair and long, painted pink fingernails suggested to Chase that they weren’t from around there. “Chase Blackshaw,” he announced, offering his hand to the man. “I take it you’re the foster family?”

“Jack Hodge.” He returned the handshake and gestured at the woman.

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