Carly's Heart by Katie O'Connor

Author:Katie O'Connor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, clean and wholesome, contemporary romance, cowboy romance, billionaire, billionaire cowboy, single mom. unrequited love
Publisher: Snarky Heart Press
Published: 2023-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

♥ Chapter Fourteen ♥

Carly woke with an ache in her hip. The bed was hard and extra warm. She blinked her eyes open and came face to face with a man’s five o’clock shadow. She jerked backwards. What was she doing cuddled up to Birch? Surely, she hadn’t been drunk enough to...

No, he wasn’t the type to take advantage, she hoped, and she was still clothed.

“Morning,” he grumbled without opening his eyes.

“Um. Morning?” Definitely morning, golden sun streamed through the tiny slits between the blinds, shining painfully bright off the gleaming hardwood floors.

“You fell asleep. I covered you up. I guess I went to sleep too. Of course, I didn’t think you’d attack me in my sleep.” He smiled without opening his eyes.

“What?” She realized that her leg was swung across his thighs, dangerously close to his groin. She yanked her leg back and sat up. “Sorry about that. I didn’t mean to.”

“Relax, Carly. If it was a problem, I’d have moved. Do I get a good morning kiss?” His smile grew broader, and she was tempted to give him one.

“No. I mean. I hardly know you.”

He sighed. “Finally, I bring a woman home with me. I wine her and dine her, and I can’t even get a kiss,” he teased. He sat up and stretched.

God, he was glorious. His muscles flexed and bulged. His T-shirt pulled up exposing his flat abs. Apparently ranching kept him fit. Really fit. Sexy, hot fit.

“You’ve never brought a woman here before?” She didn’t believe that. A guy like him must have dozens of dates.

“Well, I just moved in and I’m not dating, so no. No other woman has been here. Except Tanya and Mom.” He stood and stretched. His sweats dropped lower and his shirt rose higher. She barely resisted licking her lips and showing him just how interested she was.

“But in truth, I have never brought a woman home, except for when I was dating in college. That was eight years ago. I haven’t dated anyone in the past three years.”

“Why in the world not? It’s not like you’re ugly.” She snapped her mouth shut and bit the inside of her cheek to keep from making further comments.

“Because I met a woman, a special woman, and she doesn’t even know I’m alive. I’ll make coffee.”

“She’s an idiot if she doesn’t see you for what you are.” She followed him into the kitchen, trying to ignore his sexy bare feet.

“And what am I?” he asked, a weird tone in his voice.

Her mind blanked for a second. She inhaled before she spoke. “You’re a talented rancher, a good brother and fabulous son. You’re kind and generous. You’re good with children. You’re helpful and giving. You cook. You’re gainfully employed. You’re probably perfect husband material.” She was doing it again, spouting off without thinking.

“Thank you.” He turned his back to her and started coffee. “Breakfast?”

Something was off about their conversation. It was stilted on his end and too revealing on her part. What was going on in his mind? “Breakfast would be great.

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