Falling For My Cowboy by Allie Bock

Author:Allie Bock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sweet and clean, Western Romance, Contemporary Cowboy Romance, Small Town, City Girl and Country Boy, Rancher Romance, Texas Ranch, Fish out of water, Texas Cowboy, Bull rider
Publisher: Allie Bock
Published: 2020-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Melanie

The kiss shook me to my boots, literally. I haven’t felt that passion for years. Who was I kidding, Vance never kissed me like that. It was more about my status and his money. Between the two, we could get into any resort or country club. But with Pete, that was just... Wow! With lots of exclamation points.

I had to get my head on straight if I was going to make it through the rest of the afternoon. I mentally shook myself and turned towards Belle’s stall. Even though it’s been years since I’ve ridden, being with the horses was like coming home. I slipped the leather halter over her head and brushed her coat until it was glistening, stroking her was relaxation in itself. I threw the saddle blanket over her broad back. I bent over, grabbing the saddle horn and the back of the seat. It was heavier than the English jumping saddle I was used to. I tried to pick it up, but my muscles strained to lift it more than just a few inches off of the dirt floor. I tried again but ended up dropping it before making it to the stall. I heard a chuckle from behind me. I spun around, and Pete leaned against the wall holding the reins to a giant grey horse.

“If you hold Gaston,” he handed me the reins, “I can tack up Belle for you.” He walked over and lifted the saddle with one hand and threw it over her back like it was a feather. He brought her out of a stall and handed the reins to me.

“Do you need help getting on?” He raised one eyebrow at me.

“No,” I tossed the reins over her neck. “I have ridden much taller horses than this little Quarter Horse.”

He raised an eyebrow at me, the corner of his mouth twitched. “Alright, you’ve got it.”

I stretched my foot to the stirrup, grabbed the saddle horn, and sunk a little bit for an extra push off to jump on to the horse. In that briefest of moments, I heard what every girl dreaded to hear when they try to get on a horse with too-tight pants. A loud earth-shattering rip sounded. All of a sudden, the warm Texas breeze hit my backside. I quickly swung my leg over the back of the saddle and settled into it. My face flushed scarlet, and it was not from the sun. I chanced a glance at Pete, who was sitting on his horse behind me. He had his face averted, but his shoulders shook. I pulled my sunglasses down and straightened my spine.

“Lead the way, cowboy,” I called to him as Belle pulled at the bit, ready to go.

“Yes, ma’am.” He tipped his cowboy hat at me and nudged Gaston over to the gate.

He opened the gate with practiced ease and ushered me through. Pete led the way past the cattle pens, around the feed bunks, and opened the last gate to a wide-open pasture.

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