The Cowboy's Surprise Baby (Cowboy Country Book 3) by Deb Kastner

Author:Deb Kastner [Kastner, Deb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Inspirational, Christian Romance, Worship, The Lord, Single Father, Vet, High School Sweetheart, Broken Heart, Trust, Family Life
ISBN: 9781460388556
Google: qJCOBgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 24885424
Publisher: Love Inspired
Published: 2015-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Cole was looking at her funny, as if she’d sprouted horns or something.

“What’s wrong?”

“I—uh—nothing. I—” he stammered, tunneling his fingers through his hair. “I’ve got to go.”

“O-kay,” she said, drawing out the word. What was with the sudden change in his demeanor? “What about the music? Did you find it on the website? Did we even decide on anything definitively?”

“I pulled up the song we were talking about using. I really don’t care one way or another if you pick that or something else.”

He reached for Grayson, practically snatching him away from her. Her shoulders tightened. It felt as if she’d done something to upset him, and she backpedaled in her thoughts, trying to figure out what that might have been.

“I thought we were working together on this.” Surely he would stay and figure out the details of their project, even if he wouldn’t share whatever else was bothering him.

He looked around as if he was ready to bolt. But she was not ready for him to leave yet. For the first time since Cole had returned to Serendipity, they’d made real progress, had a conversation that wasn’t laden with all the tension of their previous exchanges. At least for a while, it had been better between them.

And now it was as if he’d closed down. Slammed his mask back into place. Withdrawn from her, and she didn’t know why. The ache she’d been carrying around in her chest for years returned. Expanded.

“Look, I don’t care what you do,” he said, his voice distant. Chilled. “If you want me to pay for the downloads, just let me know how much and I’ll reimburse you.”

“Cole, no one is asking you to pay for anything.” Why would he even think that? She almost felt as if he was saying that just to take a jab at her. She knew her frustration was showing, but really, what did he expect? “This is work-related. We’re supposed to be collaborating on the teens’ performance. My ideas and your ideas.”

The whole afternoon had turned around three hundred sixty degrees. They were right back where they’d started, only now Tessa was more stymied than ever.

They’d had a major breakthrough in their professional relationship on that trail ride. For a while there, she’d begun to think they might be able to work together comfortably, or at least call a truce.

Today things had been different between them. A big improvement.

Until it had started getting personal. She should have known better. She should have pulled back instead of delving forward into subjects that would be difficult for both of them. It was probably more uncomfortable for Cole than it had been for her. She’d been happy to get her feelings out in the open. Clearly the same couldn’t be said of him.

“We have to have the music ready if we’re going to get together with the teens and hash these things out. We’ve got only a little over a week to teach them the music and add any choreography to it.

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