Wanted: Runaway Cowgirl (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Brynn Paulin

Author:Brynn Paulin [Paulin, Brynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

~ Jorie ~

“This isn’t really what I was thinking when I decided to take you out for a nice meal,” Nash muttered, into my hair before he kissed my temple.

I crossed my ankles as I leaned against his shoulder. We’d driven back to the ranch then moved to the bed of his truck to cuddle and stargaze. He’d pulled out thick blankets to lay on—not that it mattered to me since I was practically lying on him as we curled together. Overhead, the stars twinkled in the clear Texas night. They were so much brighter here away from the city lights. I hadn’t realized how much I’d missed sitting outside on a summer night, gazing at the heavens and listening to the bugs, frogs and night birds sing.

“It’s perfect,” I told him. Rather than drive to Fredericksburg, we’d stopped at the Dairy Queen, and he’d run inside to get us fries, burgers and drinks to-go while I’d hidden out in the truck. Then we’d driven back to the ranch and out away from the main compound so we’d be alone.

“Who takes care of guest problems in the evenings?” I asked, thinking of the cabins we’d passed on the way here. Turning my head, I kissed his chest. We were talking, yes, but there was a lot of touching and kissing going along with it.

“We have a rotating schedule for who answers calls. Tonight and tomorrow, it’s Max. Then Missy for two nights. Then me.” He named a couple other people, totaling seven altogether, each taking a pair of nights on a two-week rotation.

“Maybe, when I get a better feel for things, I should take Missy’s place. Being pregnant, she probably needs all the sleep she can get. If she’s not to that point now, she will be soon. At least, from the little I know of pregnant women, I guess that’s true.”

“If you take her nights, you’ll have to stay out at the ranch so you’re close by.”

“A hardship,” I joked.

He took my hand and pressed it to his groin. “Very hard.”

I couldn’t help grinning. Hell, I’d been grinning most of the evening. “Mr. Davidson, are you going to sexually harass me at work?”

“Likely.”

“The perks of this fill-in job are getting better and better.”

“I should hope so. Wait.” He stiffened and pushed up on an elbow, tumbling me onto my back. He leaned over me. “Fill-in job? What do you mean by that? Are you still planning to leave?”

“You hired me temporarily.” And even with the turn of events today, my heart wasn’t ready to commit. I just couldn’t. Yes, it had been a misunderstanding back then, but I just couldn’t shake the too-much-too-soon feeling, like a shoe would drop on me at any time, squashing my hopes. I couldn’t go all-in and get crushed when things didn’t work out.

He huffed out a laugh. “Right. Temporary. Hardly. Try to leave again, little runaway. I’ll drag your ass back this time.”

“You didn’t before,” I hedged.

“I didn’t know where you were. Then things happened.

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