Cowboys Under The Mistletoe: Five Christmas Christian Romance Novellas by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Clean & Wholesome, Bachelor, Single Mothers, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Gold Valley Montana, Love-Family & Forever, Beautiful & Feisty, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Frontier Romance, Gold Valley Romance Series, Cowboy & Western Romance, Small Town & Rural Area, Animals & Horses, Cowboys Under The Mistletoe Anthology, Collections, Multi-Author Anthology, Novella Length Stories, Short Stories, Young Children, Family & Domestic Life, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Winter Weather, Festive Decorations, Christmas Miracles, Property Accident, Snow Storm
Publisher: Rejoice Romance, a division of Laurel Lock Publishing
Published: 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

By the time Emery returned to Horseshoe Home that evening to pick up Archer, her mood had shifted from flirty and somewhat loose to tight and tired. Not only that, but Glenna had called on the way up the canyon, complaining of pain in her feet.

She always lived with some level of pain, but she’d told Emery it was worse than usual. So Emery had told her she’d call their mother, put her name on the church’s prayer list, and that Glenna should call and get an appointment with the neurologist.

Archer waited on the front steps of the administration lodge, jumping up with a smile when he caught sight of her. She remained behind the wheel of his truck, and he didn’t seem to mind as he folded himself onto the passenger side with a long groan.

“Rough day?” she asked.

He grinned and leaned his head against the back of the seat. “Yeah. This afternoon, I had to load hay. Some of those guys can throw up two bales at once.” He rubbed his bicep almost absently, and Emery was distracted by the bulge of his muscle beneath the fabric of his T-shirt.

She yanked her eyes away and put the truck in reverse. “I’m sort of glad I missed this afternoon then,” she said. “I bet I couldn’t even lift a single bale of hay, let alone throw it anywhere.”

“It was tough.” Archer turned his head toward her and stared. “I missed you though. Richard wasn’t nearly as nice without you there.” He reached across the six inches between them and took her hand in his.

Emery’s first instinct was to pull her hand away, avoid the human contact. But her body sang in tune with his, and she squeezed his fingers and allowed herself to smile.

“Ah, so you do smile.”

“Stop it.” Her chest still felt tight, but as the miles passed, her ribs loosened.

“So do you date too?” he asked as the first twinkles of city lights came into view. She waited until she rounded the bend so she could glance at him. He wasn’t looking at her, so she couldn’t read his expression.

“I date,” she said.

“It’s just that we’ve lived next door to each other for two years, and I’ve never seen you go out with anyone.”

“I’m…busy.”

He chuckled. “Yeah, me too.”

Emery was busy. She worked as much as she possibly could, which left her exhausted physically. Everything with her mother and sister made her emotionally tired, and though she craved someone to curl into at night, she simply didn’t have a whole lot to give.

He let her drive through town in silence, but when she pulled into the Silver Creek parking lot, he tugged on her hand so she wouldn’t get out.

“So do you want to go out with me?” he asked, looking right at her, those smoky, dark eyes peering at her through the twilight.

Surprise danced through her, even more so when she heard herself say, “Sure. I’d like that.”

*

Archer’s insides didn’t want to settle back into their proper places after Emery said she’d go out with him.

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