A Cowboy's Kiss by Trish Milburn

Author:Trish Milburn [Milburn, Trish]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781949707052
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2018-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

He’d scared her without meaning to. Roman had seen it in her eyes as she looked up at him. But instead of apologizing, he decided to pretend he hadn’t allowed her to see his attraction and how it had been growing throughout the day. He did his best not to touch her too much as they made their way toward the back of the line of riders. But after how much they’d shared until that moment of intense eye contact, the silence between them now was making him antsy.

“Did I tell you I went back to the beginning of the Anna Pigeon series and started reading book one?” he asked.

“No. Are you enjoying it?”

He sighed inwardly. Their words were so stilted and reserved now. “Yeah. I don’t typically read fiction much, but I’m hooked now. Not that I have a lot of time to read.”

Their conversation sputtered out again, like a motor dying. At least they were catching up with the others. He noticed Wes and his cousins looking back at them, smiling, then talking among themselves. That didn’t bode well.

When they reached the main part of the ranch, some people were already loading up their horses.

“Thought we lost you guys back there,” Lena said then shot Dinah a conspiratorial smile.

“We just took our time eating lunch,” he said as he dismounted. “No need to hurry on a trail ride.”

“Or when you’re having fun,” Dinah added.

“Is there a restroom I can use?” Anna asked.

“Sure.” He reached up to help her down from the saddle, and for a moment he thought she might refuse to accept it. But her fear of falling must have won out over whatever feelings were stirred up between them. When he had her safely on the ground, he pointed toward the house. “Straight through to the hallway, and it’s on your right.”

Though he was aware of his cousins watching him, he couldn’t take his gaze away from Anna as she made her way toward the house, pausing a few times to exchange a few words with other riders.

“You like her, don’t you?” Lena had always been the most observant of all the McQueen cousins. Nothing escaped her attention. It made her a great business owner but an occasionally annoying cousin.

“We’re just friends.”

“That doesn’t answer my question.”

After he saw Anna slip through the front door of his family home, he shifted his attention to Lena. “I don’t know what I feel, but she’s not interested so it doesn’t matter.”

“What makes you say that?”

“Because I scare her.”

“That’s ridiculous. You’re the least scary person I know.”

“Unless you have a needle,” Dinah said.

Lena made a shushing hand gesture toward Dinah while still looking at him. “Seriously, what makes you think she’s scared of you?”

He shouldn’t have said anything, but now he’d already opened his mouth. There was no retracting his words. So he told them about what had happened next to the creek.

“Maybe it’s just because she’s shy,” Lena said.

“I don’t think she’s dated much.” Dinah glanced toward the house, probably making sure Anna wasn’t in earshot.

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