Cowgirl in High Heels by Jeannie Watt

Author:Jeannie Watt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

ELLIE WENT BACK into the house and peeled out of her wet coat, hanging it on a hook near the door where it could drip harmlessly onto the tiled floor. She headed down the hall to the bathroom, planning to take a nice, long, hot bath...except that would mean time to think, and she was so damned tired of thinking. Instead she cranked on the shower, letting it warm as she paced back and forth.

Okay, so she’d done a less-than-stellar job of hiding her attraction to Ryan and now he was totally pissed at her. She’d screwed up, but despite what Ryan thought, her excuse for stepping back was valid—employers and employees had to have boundaries. Ellie snorted as she stepped in under the blessedly hot spray and tilted her head back, letting the water run through her hair. Too bad Ryan didn’t seem to see it that way. Too bad he knew a bullshit excuse when he saw one.

After a shower that did nothing to ease her tense muscles, Ellie blow-dried her hair, paced through the house a few times, started to dial Kate’s number and then hung up.

Slowly she sank onto a leather chair. She liked Ryan. She hated burning this bridge, but it had happened and she didn’t feel right about mending it. Yet she didn’t feel right about not mending it, which left her in limbo. How could she explain her actions?

With a deep sigh she reached over to turn off the single lamp that lit the room, then used the light of her phone to walk through the dark house to her bedroom. Her very lonely bedroom.

Get used to it, baby.

She’d barely gotten between the sheets before she passed out, only to wake with a start.

Ellie had no idea if she’d been out for minutes or hours or what had woken her. She lay still, heart thumping against her ribs, and then she heard the heavy tread of footsteps just outside her window, and her throat went dry. Who would be walking around her house at this time of night? And more important, had she locked the door?

Ellie forced herself to breathe. Slowly she raised her head just enough to see that she was alone in the room, and then she gingerly got out of bed and moved to the window. Blood pounded in her ears as she looked out to see a half-grown calf walk past her window. Upon closer inspection, Ellie saw that there were at least twenty calves milling around.

Snapping on the light, she scooped up her phone, only to remember that she didn’t have Ryan’s cell number. He’d never given it to her, just as he’d never given her his bullet-point list of responsibilities.

Well, someone had to do something about these calves. She couldn’t leave them running around until daylight when Walt got here. Ellie pulled on her jeans, jammed her feet into her flats, then thought better of it and instead put on her boots. It was damned wet and muddy out there.

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