Her Homecoming Cowboy by Debra Clopton

Author:Debra Clopton [Clopton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2012-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Annie stared at herself in the mirror and felt a jangle of nerves. Nonsense, she told herself, wishing with all her might that the thought of spending the evening with Colt didn’t make her pulse beat faster and her nerves rattle so. But nonsense or not, it was the truth.

The worst part was everyone seemed to be hoping—even praying—that she and Colt would fall in love.

It was enough to make a woman who had no plans to fall for the good-looking bull rider scream. It was the perfect situation, they all thought...her being Leo’s aunt and Colt being Leo’s hero. And dad. Though they weren’t saying, Annie knew that the posse had their suspicions about the relationship between Leo and Colt. The more time the two spent together, the more time folks had to realize how much they resembled each other in so many ways. Speculation was rampant, and though nothing was being said to her directly, she could see it and feel it when she was around. Then again, it could be her mind going crazy on her like always. Colt’s family had all figured it out, and though their speculations had been confirmed by Colt, they’d been sworn to keep to themselves what they knew. No one else had had their suspicions confirmed. Not even Colt’s mother, whom Annie had yet to meet. But Colt had told Annie he’d rather not bring that complication into the picture right now. She didn’t know exactly what that meant.

“He’s coming, he’s coming!” Leo called as he came racing into her bedroom with a big grin on his face. “Are you ready to go?”

Despite her nerves, Annie had to laugh. “Yes, I’m ready.”

“Then come on.” Leo grabbed her hand and tugged her down the hall. “We got a rodeo to get to.”

The third and final Mule Hollow Homecoming Rodeo was tonight and they were going with Colt. There had been one a month over the summer. The ladies of Mule Hollow had come up with the idea to try and get some of the folks who’d moved away from the small town to come home for a visit and maybe decide the little town was worth moving back to. Though Annie wasn’t exactly sure what all the fuss was about, since the town had been growing one marriage after another for the last few years.

Leo let go of her hand and threw open the front door just as Colt was walking up the steps. Annie fought off the butterflies that swarmed inside her chest at the sight of the man. He carried himself with such control. Though he wasn’t quite six foot, he seemed larger than life. It was a trait of a bull rider, she’d come to realize. Maybe it was because they weren’t afraid to get on the back of a two-thousand-pound bull that would love to pound them into the ground. Annie figured if she could do that and come out alive, then she might carry herself with that much pride.

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