The Rancher and the Heiress by Susan Meier
Author:Susan Meier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Eight
âAlexis, your motherâs on the phone.â
Sitting under the umbrella-covered redwood table, Alexis peered up from the draft copy she was reading. Cal stood in the opening for the sliding glass door, looking both ruggedly handsome and yet somehow domesticated with Terry stuck to his hip. Though Terry wore bright plaid shorts and Calâs long, lean legs were encased in denim, both wore white T-shirts. But where Terryâs was âlittle-boyâ loose, Calâs tightly hugged his well-muscled chest.
Noticing Calâs long legs first, then the blastedly snug fit of his shirt caused Alexisâs pulse to scramble. She hadnât forgotten what heâd told her the night before. She simply didnât know how to treat Cal, and she was even less sure of how to curb her own emotions. No one ever made her feel the way Cal did when he kissed her. Not because of the tingles, the excitement or even the instant arousal. The security, the comfort level was what she didnât understand. A rational woman couldnât feel secure with a man who wouldnât commitâand that was the real bottom line to his explanation. He might find her sexually attractive, he might even like her, but there was no way he would ever commit himself again.
âMy mother?â she said, bringing herself back to the much safer present. She was astounded that her mother had called the ranch, but it was also odd that Cal didnât seem put off about speaking with Angusâs wayward daughter as Alexis thought he might have been.
She took the portable phone from Calâs hands. âMom?â
âHow are you, dear?â
âWell, Iâm fine,â Alexis said cheerfully, still so astonished by her motherâs call that she hadnât yet figured out there must be a reason for it. When she did make that connection, she felt all the blood drain from her face. âHow are you? Is something wrong?â she asked in a rush.
Her mother laughed. âNo. Nothingâs wrong. I was worried about you. You couldnât hide your concern for Terry yesterday and, frankly, it troubled me. I need to hear that youâre okay.â
âYeah, Iâm fine,â Alexis said pragmatically, then she sighed. âUnless you count the fact that I havenât had an actual productive day in a week and Iâm working toward a deadline with the new Diet Splash campaign.â
âWhatâs the problem?â
âI have an idea. I know I have an idea. I just canât seem to stimulate it into making itself known.â
âWriterâs block?â
âNo, this is worse. Itâs like my subconscious has already figured out the whole campaign and the idea is sitting on the edge of my brain. But I canât push the right button to have the actual thought, and my subconscious is laughing at me.â
âYouâre working too hard,â Rachel said, chuckling.
With everything that had happened to her lately, Alexis couldnât have agreed more. Even forgetting her feelings for Cal, her life was a mess. âThatâs exactly what I think. I was up until four oâclock this morning, doing everything from free-fall writing to handstands, trying to nudge the idea loose and nothing helped.
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