Captive Hearts by Harper Bliss

Author:Harper Bliss [Bliss, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789887801337
Publisher: Ladylit Publishing

Sixteen

Tess

I can’t believe Laura left me alone with this woman so quickly. It’s as if she’s trying to prove something. Or trying to make a point at the very least. “Don’t wait for me, Tess,” she said. As if things like that just happen on command. As if I can just switch off my feelings because she’s emotionally unavailable. And why did I say that about not automatically wanting to reject the cowgirl’s advances? And how did I end up tête-à-tête with her so quickly? Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something—it must be in cahoots with Laura then.

“Are you from here? Ah, wait, don’t tell me. I think you are,” Sherry says.

She might be the nicest person on the planet, display the greatest amount of charm, and make me feel like one in a million, but I already know there’s no way I’m going home with her tonight. Where would we go anyway? She doesn’t live here. She’s probably staying at the Nelson Inn and I wouldn’t be caught dead there. It’s not as if I could—if I wanted to, which I don’t—take her home with me. Maybe I should ask Laura if we can use her house.

“You seem distracted,” Sherry says. “Is it because your friend left so suddenly?”

She pins her light-blue gaze on me and, for a split second, she does make me feel like I’m the only person on the planet. What is it with this woman? Is she a witch or something? Does she have magical powers?

“No, I’m sorry.” I can hardly pour out my heart to Sherry. “You have my undivided attention now.” I pull my lips into a smile. “Do you go from town to town?” I might as well make the most of the situation and get to know Sherry’s story. After all, it’s not every day that you meet a female bull rider. And I’m nothing if not polite.

“I do.” Sherry’s ‘I’ is flatter than mine. “Travel all around Texas in my trailer. It’s not a bad life. I get to meet interesting folks everywhere.” Sherry has planted her elbows on the table and she leans in close. “Folks like yourself.” Her smile goes all lop-sided. She’s not just an excellent bull rider then.

“I’m guessing folks like myself are pretty rare in small-town Texas.” I play along a little.

“You would think that, but I never have any trouble finding them.” She sinks her teeth into her bottom lip.

“I bet.” I sip from my beer; Sherry does the same. “So you go around the state leaving a trail of broken hearts?”

“Hardly.” Sherry leans in a little closer. “There are plenty of women who are after exactly what I’m offering.”

I mirror Sherry’s position, our faces almost touching. “And what exactly are you offering?”

“A good time. A type of conversation you don’t have every day. A different perspective. Things like that. Sometimes, when they really move me in here,” Sherry slants back a bit and taps her chest, “I write them a poem.

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