Taming the Trainer by Sara Jolene & Cowboys & Angels

Author:Sara Jolene & Cowboys & Angels [Jolene , Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-05T23:00:00+00:00

Sophia enjoyed her day with Otto. She’d loved spending time with the horses and seeing how things worked at the livery. After she’d organized the ledgers as much as she’d planned to for the day, she went and found Otto where he was working on fashioning a new wheel for a broken buggy. He was hunched over in concentration, using tools to move the wood where he wanted it to go. Sophia watched where his shirt was pulled tight against his back. Staring, almost trance-like, she could see the muscles in his shoulders rippling as he worked. As she watched, her body started to react. She felt her fingers tingle, and her belly felt warm. The warmth rose to her face and flushed her cheeks.

“I have to make sure Mrs. Sanderson has supper.”

Otto stopped his ministrations and stood, focusing on her. He nodded. “You’ll come back, though, right? Tomorrow?”

Sophia nodded. “I will. Thank you for letting me meet Opal, Poppy, and Ash.”

“It was my pleasure.” He tipped his hat at her and went back to working on his wheel.

Sophia was pleased that Otto wasn’t trying to coddle her. She smiled as she took her leave. He trusted her instincts. He wasn’t trying to watch her every movement. She quickly unhitched Marigold from the post. She decided to walk to Beatrice and Arthur’s. She held her breath as she left the livery’s property and started toward town. The road was clear. Most folks were fixing supper or finishing up daily chores, so there weren’t many people out and about. Sophia puffed out the breath she’d been holding.

The journey to the Jamesons’ home was short. They didn’t have a post outside of the house, but Arthur had one outside of the telegraph office, so she hitched Marigold there before gingerly knocking on the door. She knew that babies could be a handful, and she’d overheard more than one mother talk about letting sleeping babies sleep. She didn’t want to chance waking the little angel that Beatrice and Arthur had adopted.

She was proud to call Beatrice her friend. Not many folks would take in a baby that had been left on their doorstep and raise it as their own. Especially when they were so newly married.

Arthur opened the door with a grin. “Miss Perkins! Wonderful to see you. Do come in.”

Sophia thanked him and stepped into the immaculate little house. In the short time they’d been married, Beatrice had done a lot with their home. She’d really made it her own.

“Beatrice is in the kitchen with the little one.”

Sophia knew the way and found herself standing in what looked more like a bakery than a kitchen.

“I thought I’d pay a visit on my way back to the cabin. Is there anything I can do to help?” She was silently praying there wouldn’t be. She still hadn’t perfected anything in the kitchen and didn’t want to take the chance of ruining any of Beatrice’s hard work.

Her friend looked at her. “Thank you. Maybe you could pick up the baby?”

Sophia smiled.

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