Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

Author:Kari Lynn Dell [Dell, Kari Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2017-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Shawnee had never resided on the continent of discretion, let alone in the same neighborhood. There’d never been a need. She didn’t do men who had reasons to sneak around, and by her reckoning, if she was embarrassed to be seen with a guy, why bother?

But that was before Cole.

All he had to do was give her one of those slow, deliberate looks and every cell in her body dissolved into slobbering lust. If he had actually touched her in the past three days, she probably would’ve torn his clothes off and taken him on the spot.

Except there’d always been at least one set of eyeballs observing every look and making note of every word that passed between them.

Honest to freaking hell, it was like trying to get laid at a church picnic, they had so many chaperones. On the travel days, when Mariah and Analise bunked with her and Tyrell and Hank shared Cole’s quarters, privacy was getting to pee without anyone listening. And since they’d arrived and set up camp, let’s see what Cole and Shawnee do had become the main form of entertainment. Hank had opted to stay in the truck again for fear he might miss something, even though it was his week to get the motel room. She’d even caught Cruz checking them out during what was threatening to become their weekly Tuesday night dinner. And Cruz never paid attention to anything but his rawhide projects until it was time to fight bulls.

Thank the Lord the rodeo had started tonight, and everyone finally had work to distract them.

The closest thing Cole and Shawnee had had to alone time was this very moment, sitting side-by-side in the arena, both staring at the bucking chutes and pretending they weren’t intensely aware of each other. Or that might just be her. Cole’s powers of concentration were legendary.

Then he turned his head, caught her gaze, and his eyes were hot blue smoke that went straight to her head when she sucked in a breath.

He smiled slightly and turned his attention back to the bucking chutes. Shawnee followed his example. She had to stay sharp. Tonight was a new experience for her. It was the first time she’d worked in an arena with a turn-back fence—a smaller U-shaped portable pen inside the larger arena, to keep the bull riding action close to the chute. It decreased the likelihood that a bull would decide to lope off into all that wide-open space instead of bucking. It was also better for the riders and the bullfighters, who didn’t get caught fifty yards from the nearest safe haven if a bull turned on them.

Shawnee hated it. They had set up the fence when they worked the stock that morning so she and the bulls could get a feel for it, but she still felt like a fish in a barrel—and they were about to release a shark. This Brahma-cross wasn’t named Master Assassin for nothing. But at least he didn’t have horns. Talk about your small blessings.

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