The Cowboy's Family by Minton Brenda

Author:Minton, Brenda [Minton, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rachel smiled at Molly. The little girl stood next to her, looking first to Wyatt and then back to Rachel, her eyes big. Rachel smiled at Wyatt, too, ignoring that he looked a little put out. “You can go, too.”

“Where are you going fishing?” He leaned against the door frame, still holding Kat.

She knew this had to be difficult. For the last six months he’d kept them pretty close. Now Violet was pushing him to get a housekeeper and Rachel wanted to take them off fishing.

“To the lake. I have permission to fish off a dock that belongs to one of our church members. It’s a pretty day and…”

She was rambling. He did that to her, and she really resented that he managed to undo her ability to hold it together. He was just a man. A man in jeans, a dark blue polo and boots. His hair was brushed back from his face, probably with his hand. And he’d shaved for once. His cologne drifted into her space, a fresh, outdoorsy scent.

Right, just a man.

So why couldn’t she focus and act like the adult she was? He was leaning, hip against the door frame, watching her, his dark eyes a little wicked, sparkling with something mischievous; as if he knew that she wanted to step closer.

One of the Sunday school teachers appeared behind him, opening her mouth to say something. Maria, just a few years older than Rachel, looked from Wyatt to Rachel and then she scurried away mumbling that she’d catch up with her later. That left her, Rachel, stuck in a quagmire of emotion she hadn’t been expecting.

She climbed out of the emotional quicksand and got it together.

“If it isn’t a good day…” She had been so sure of herself that morning when the idea hit.

So much for the butterfly on her back serving as a reminder to think before acting. If she’d followed that rule she would have allowed him to sign his girls out, and she’d have driven on to the lake alone. Alone was much less complicated than this moment with Wyatt.

“It actually is a good day.” He glanced out the window, and she followed his gaze to blue skies and perfectly green grass. “It’s a perfect day. I have a young horse that I need to work before his owner picks him up. I think Violet is leaving so it would be good to work him without the possibility of little girls racing across the yard.”

“Good, then this works for both of us.” She felt a funny sensation in her stomach. “I’ll pack a lunch and we’ll make a day of it.”

“Is it Frank Rogers’s dock?”

“It is.”

“Good, I just like to know where they are.”

“We can go?” Molly jumped up and down. “And take our swimsuits?”

“If your daddy says it is okay. I’ll go to our house and make sandwiches while you take them home to get play clothes. Swimsuits, if you don’t mind them getting in the water.”

“If you keep them in the shallow water.

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