Taming The Texas Rancher by Rhonda Gibson

Author:Rhonda Gibson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

After several minutes in Daniel’s arms, Hannah calmed down. Her tears slowly dried and she was left feeling foolish once more. She’d never cried about her father’s rejection. Why did she have to choose now to do so?

She eased away slowly. “I’m sorry, Daniel.” Hannah turned from him and wiped at her damp face with the dirty sleeve of her dress. She really was a mess today.

“There is nothing to be sorry for, Hannah. Your parents hurt you.”

She wanted to tell him it wasn’t her parents, just her father. Her mother had died 6 years earlier and her father had remarried. When she’d left home, Hannah had had a 4-year-old brother and a 2-year-old sister. Caught up in remembering them, she almost forgot about Daniel until he tugged on her hand.

He waited for her to face him, and then continued, “We all have things in our past that have hurt us. Thank you for sharing yours. I promise if we ever have children, I will not send them away.”

Hannah didn’t trust herself to speak. His kindness was bringing up the flood of tears again and she refused to let it burst a second time in front of him. She ducked her head and nodded.

“Are you ready to go home now?”

Home. She looked at the house behind them and wished it was home. Wished she and Daniel didn’t still have things to work through before they could make it their home. “Yes, please.” The words came out soft and tearful, something Hannah decided she couldn’t control at this moment.

He turned her toward the big stallion. “Will you trust me?”

She knew they’d come a long way on the animal and would need to return on him, as well. Hannah swallowed the lump of fear in her throat. She’d just poured her heart out to Daniel, told him what she’d never told another. Did she trust him? She raised her head and looked him in the eyes. “Yes, I trust you.”

Daniel smiled in approval. He scooped her up into his arms and walked the rest of the way to the stallion. He placed her in the saddle and then swung up behind her.

“That wasn’t so bad, was it?”

When his arms snaked around her, Hannah relaxed. “No. Thanks.”

As the horse set off, rocking them with a smooth canter, her thoughts returned to Daniel’s kind words. He’d said, We all have things in our past that have hurt us. This troubled Hannah. What or who had hurt Daniel? He’d shown her that he was a kind, caring man. She didn’t like the idea of him being hurt.

She tilted her head and looked up at him. His jawline was sprinkled with day-old stubble. He seemed more relaxed than she’d ever seen him as his eyes scanned the land about them. What was he thinking? Did he regret having sent for her, now that he’d seen her broken and crying?

“It’s peaceful out here, isn’t it?” he asked.

She wondered if he’d sensed her looking at him. Hannah allowed her gaze to follow his.

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