Wild Cowboy Nights by Katee Robert

Author:Katee Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Small Town & Rural Fiction;Military Romance;New Adult & College Romance;General Humorous Fiction;Contemporary American Fiction;Coming of Age Fiction;Contemporary Romance Fiction;Billionaire Romance;American Literature Anthologies;Katee Robert romance;Omnibus Romance;3 for 1 romance;Mass Market Paperback romance;New York Times bestselling author;Wild Cowboy Nights;A Foolproof Love romance;Fool Me Once by Katee Robert;A Fool For You by Katee Robert;Bull rider hero romance;Sexy cowboy romance;Women’s Fiction;Anthology;Brazen romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-04-12T18:17:51+00:00

Chapter Nine

Quinn held the door open for Aubry, taking a deep breath of the frigid air conditioning that El Diablo had to offer. The restaurant wasn’t particularly fancy, though it came highly recommended by the bellman at the hotel. From the smells filling the dining area, he had the right of it. Quinn kept his hand on Aubry’s back, as much to gauge her tension level as for the sheer enjoyment of touching her. And, yeah, she was about ready to flee for the hills from the way her eyes were darting around the room.

He caught the hostess’s eye. “Two, please.”

“This way.”

They followed her through the tables filled with people, Aubry’s shoulders hunching more with each step. Luckily their table was against a wall, nearly in the corner. He positioned her with her back to the wall, putting himself between her and the rest of the room. She didn’t notice, because she was too busy staring at her plate. In the last thirty seconds, her pale coloring had taken on a sickly hue and he could hear her breathing coming faster from across the table. “Peaches, look at me.”

She reluctantly lifted her gaze. “Why couldn’t we have ordered in?”

“Look at me,” he repeated. “Focus on me.” He gave her a cocky grin. “I’m the only one in this room who matters anyways.”

Like he’d suspected, that snapped her out of it, at least partially. “Narcissistic much?”

“Nah, I just call it like I see it.” And if she was focusing on him, she wasn’t worrying about all the other bodies in the room. He had to keep her talking, though, because the second she paused, that scarily impressive brain of hers would kick into high gear and then they’d have to start from scratch. “You know, Jules never told me what you do for a living.”

“You’ve been probing Jules for information about me?” Her tone gave nothing away, but some of the panic in her eyes retreated. “That’s stalkerish in the extreme.”

“I prefer the term self-preservation. I needed all the ammunition I could use to defend myself against your witty barbs.”

She rolled her eyes. “Now you’re just being ridiculous.”

On purpose. “Back to the topic at hand…”

“I design websites and graphics.” She shrugged. “It’s not exactly my great passion, but it pays the bills and I can do it from Devil’s Falls, so it meets my needs.”

She was a study in contradictions. He’d never met a crazier woman when it came to some of her neuroses, but she was obviously passionate both in bed and when it came to that damn game of hers. Everything about her was extreme—either she hated or she loved, but she never toed the line. Except, apparently, when it came to her job. He smiled at the waitress when she delivered water to their table and took their order, and then turned his attention back to Aubry. “So what would you do if you were going to follow your great passion?”

She shrugged. “I don’t know.”

“Peaches, you’ve delivered insults harsh enough to strip flesh from bone, but you’ve never lied to me—until now.

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