Twins for the Rodeo Star--A Clean Romance by Julianna Morris

Author:Julianna Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-04-15T16:27:22+00:00

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BETSY DIDN’T MIND that Lonny asked her to paint fences again the next day. Her arms and shoulders were achy, but not too bad—working as a waitress was an excellent way to get into shape for a variety of activities. It also helped that she’d spent her previous Saturday helping at a car-wash fundraiser for the town’s safe-and-sober program for teens. You needed elbow grease to remove bug splat from the windows of several dozen pickups.

She started painting with gusto.

Everything was going great. The magazine had bought an article she’d written about Shelton and the upcoming rodeo, and a second that would be about rodeo week itself. A payment had been deposited in her checking account yesterday, so now she could have the van repaired without waiting any longer. She’d already driven it—coughing and wheezing—to the mechanic.

A few minutes later Grant showed up, carrying a second bucket. She admired the way he lugged the thing without any trouble, the muscles bunching over his shoulders.

“Oh, hi,” Betsy said casually, ignoring the heavy thumping of her heart. A veterinarian didn’t have any business being so delicious. “I didn’t know you were coming back today.”

“I couldn’t let you do the rest of the fence by yourself.”

His easy smile didn’t fool her. They’d chatted off and on the previous day and Grant clearly hadn’t gotten over his discomfort with her mobile lifestyle. The look on his face when she’d talked about skydiving...? He must have wanted any work assignment except one located near her.

“You mean they asked if you’d be willing to paint again, the way they asked me,” she said in a dry tone.

“Lonny claims I can’t do any harm this way. He also says you get me to work faster,” Grant admitted. “But I’m happy to help and it can’t be fun painting alone.”

Betsy gave a noncommittal shrug. Being alone didn’t bother her. Neither did spending time with people. Surely one of the keys to happiness was the ability to be content within yourself.

“I’ve been thinking about the rodeo grounds,” she said after they’d worked for a while. “The town owns this property, right? And it isn’t being used for anything except the rodeo.”

“Sure. What about it?”

“I’m not criticizing. It’s just that taking everything down and putting it back up again seems a lot of effort. It’s no skin off my nose. I’m having fun helping out. But why don’t they make a permanent facility? You know, with more substantial structures and that kind of thing?”

Grant gestured to the people working around them. “Take a look. Everyone else is having fun, too. Winters are long here. And hard. Getting ready for rodeo week is a time to come together and catch up.”

The concept of community building had sounded silly when Betsy learned about it in college. They’d done contrived exercises that hadn’t changed a thing—in the end, they were still students with tests and lives outside the lecture hall, and they were still competing with each other for grades and recommendations.

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