Cowboy Brave by Carolyn Brown

Author:Carolyn Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Justin got the text from Emily while he was changing into clean clothes in the bathroom of a service station. Half an hour later Levi was driving onto the Big Sky Ranch. Justin called Anne, and she talked him through the rest of the way to the sale barn where, judging by all the noise, the party had already started. He could hear a country music band in the background, the buzz of dozens of conversations going on, and babies crying in the background.

“Call me in the next hour and let me know whether to swing back by and get you,” Levi said.

“Let’s hope I get to wave you on.”

Anne met him at the door. “I’m glad to see you.”

Justin took a deep breath. “Lead the way, please, ma’am.”

Locating Emily among all the people wasn’t difficult. She was that gorgeous, curvy woman on the dance floor with her brother Matthew. Most folks were wearing jeans, but not his Emily. She wore cowboy boots and a form-fitting blue dress the color of her eyes. And she was listening intently to whatever her partner had to say.

Justin didn’t feel brave as he crossed the dance floor to tap the guy on the shoulder, but dammit, he was in love with her and it was high time that she knew. Emily turned to see Justin weaving his way around the folks on the floor. She took a step back from Matthew.

Her gaze met his as he got closer and closer. The band kept playing and people kept dancing and talking, but the whole world disappeared and everything was stone cold quiet. The only thing Justin heard was the sound of her boots on the wooden dance floor as she came toward him.

“Hello, cowboy,” she said.

“May I have this dance?” he asked.

She looped her arms around his neck. He removed his hat and held it at the small of her back. He didn’t even hear what the band was playing but knew deep in his heart that he was in love with this woman.

He drew back just far enough to look deeply into her eyes. “You said you wanted to talk.”

“I love you, Justin, and I’m in love with you too. I fought it. I ran from it, but I’m admitting it right now.”

“I love you and I’m in love with you too. Anything else we need to talk about?” He twirled her around and then brought her back to his arms.

“Yes,” she said breathlessly. “The Fab Five are leaving the center. So is Nikki. It’ll be awfully lonely without them. What if I wanted to quit working there and help out on the ranch—maybe help with the kids this summer? And if the senior citizens’ week became an annual thing, I could help with that. I can drive a tractor or string barbed wire, deliver calves or whatever needs to be done, but please don’t make me spend time doing book work…” she said.

He stopped dancing and tipped up her chin. “You can work away from the ranch like Claire or work on the ranch with me.

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