Cowboy in My Pocket by Kate Douglas

Author:Kate Douglas
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-04-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“SHE WENT with him? He didn’t mind?” Lenore stepped around the side of the stall, but remained in the shadows.

Coop had known she was there the whole time he and Tag were talking. Hell, he knew whenever Lenore was close by. He always had. Sometimes it felt like he had radar where Lenore was concerned. “Yep,” he said, wiping his filthy hands along his pants leg. “They’re off, just for a couple three days this trip. They’ll be back before roundup, which’ll give ’em another two weeks together, though I don’t know what good it’s gonna do. He is one confused young man.”

“Well, that’s not surprising.” Suddenly Lenore was right there, standing in front of Coop with both hands on her hips, her chin jutted out like she was ready to take on the world. “Especially with you settin’ an example. I’m convinced all men are confused. It doesn’t seem to matter if they’re young or old.”

“Now what do I do?” He stepped back and almost tripped over the pitchfork.

“It’s what you don’t do, Coop.” Now she merely looked exasperated.

“Huh?” He took off his Stetson and scratched his head. Then he remembered what was all over his hands and wished he hadn’t. It was bad enough to be standing this close to Lenore in a barn that smelled to high heaven from the stalls he’d been mucking out. He shoved his hat back on his head and wiped his hands on the seat of his pants.

“Have you ever thought about kissing me, Coop?”

Only every day of most of my life, he wanted to say. Maybe he would have if Lenore hadn’t suddenly looked like she wanted to cry. “Yeah,” he said, tripping over even that simple response. “I’ve thought about it.”

Damn, that wasn’t how it sounded in the books he read. When the guy wanted to kiss the girl, he said the most wonderful things, words that would convince any woman she was the most beautiful female on the face of the earth.

Except he couldn’t recall any woman as beautiful as Lenore. Coop took a deep breath, swallowed, wished he could say the things he read, say what was in his heart. Lenore just stood there and watched him, her eyes swimming in tears while it was all he could do to swallow a lump the size of Texas and try to remember to breathe.

She practically looked right through him for what felt like forever, then sighed and lowered her eyes. Before Coop could stop her, Lenore turned around and headed back to the house.

He stood there a moment longer, reeking of manure and sweat, wondering if Lenore had any idea at all how much he loved her. Any idea of how little he had to offer.

He wanted to follow her across the yard, run over to her and tell her she’d been the only woman for him his entire adult life. What stopped him now had always stopped him.

He had nothing to offer. Nothing but a heart that had always loved her.

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