Vicki Lewis Thompson Sons of Chance Collection by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Author:Vicki Lewis Thompson [Thompson, Vicki Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460395585
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

DRAKE HAD GROANED partly because he thought Tracy expected him to. Secretly he was relieved to have someone willing to discuss what he should do with his life. The men in his family weren’t supposed to have doubts, and if they did, they knocked back a few shots of bourbon and forgot about their worries. As the only son of a man who’d always been cloaked in absolute certainty, Drake had never felt free to be unsure.

While he examined mother and foal for any signs of stress, Tracy arranged their seating. He came out to discover she’d doubled the blanket and laid it alongside the outer wall of the stall. She sat on one side of it, her arms wrapped around her bent knees.

She freed one hand to pat the spot next to her. “Take a load off, cowboy.”

“I love having you call me that.” He dropped down beside her and sat cross-legged. “But much as I like it, I don’t qualify.”

“Sure you do.” She glanced over at him. “You know your way around horses and you look good in the clothes. You’ll pass.”

The woman sure could make him laugh. “But I can’t twirl a rope and I’ve never ridden in a Western saddle. Just English.”

“We can fix that tomorrow.” She picked up her phone and looked at the time. “Or more accurately, today. But you are missing one critical component of cowboyness.”

“I’m probably missing several, but what one are you thinking about?” Feet in front of him, he relaxed against the wooden wall behind them. Tonight he’d made love to a woman and watched over the delivery of a healthy foal. Good stuff.

“You don’t have a hat. Or if you do, I’ve never seen it on you.”

He turned his head to look at her. She looked right back, her dark eyes warm, her expression open and accepting. That made him feel like a million bucks. “You’re right. I don’t own a cowboy hat.”

“Why not?”

He couldn’t help smiling. She was so damned cute. She’d put her hair back in its ponytail, probably so it wouldn’t be in her way during the foaling. “I thought we were going to discuss my next career move.”

“We can in a minute, but I’m curious about the hat thing. I’ve watched plenty of folks come out to this part of the world, and if they like it here, they usually pick up a hat, even if they’re not planning to stay. You haven’t bought one.”

“I guess it’s a fair question.” He savored the feeling of being able to talk to her without worrying what she’d think. “I believe a hat signifies something important, and as I said, I don’t qualify.”

She took some time to absorb that. “Regan would probably teach you to rope, and two of these horses need to be ridden, so you could check that box fairly easily, too.”

“I hadn’t thought of asking Regan to teach me roping. Might be fun.”

“Then you could get a hat.”

Resting his head against the

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