Home on the Ranch: Montana Redemption by Amanda Renee

Author:Amanda Renee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-30T15:49:40+00:00

Chapter 7

“That was amazing!” Chelsea squealed as she climbed out of the raft. “I’ve never been more terrified and excited at the same time.”

“I’m glad you enjoyed it.” He resisted the urge to pull her into a kiss, their earlier argument still churning in his brain. But that didn’t mean he wasn’t tempted. Chelsea’s usually perfectly styled hair hung wet and wild over her shoulders. Any makeup she’d worn had washed off in the river. This was the woman he’d been dying to see. Why couldn’t it always be like this? No pretense. No history. Just living in the moment. “I’ve never seen anyone as happy as you are right now.” He wanted to say and more beautiful, but he didn’t want her to become self-conscious like she’d been earlier. Not that she had any reason to be.

“I thought I would hate this. You took me way out of my comfort zone, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when you told me where we were going.”

Ryder tugged off one of his neoprene gloves and tucked a strand of wet hair behind her ear. “And now?”

“Blissfully happy.” She stepped toward him and snaked her arms around his neck. “This was just what I needed.” Her eyes fluttered closed for a second before meeting his again. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” His mouth hovered inches above hers. He wanted to, needed to kiss her. To taste her. But he couldn’t. Not until he was sure she’d leave his past in the past. “Maybe we can go on some other outings this winter.”

“This winter, huh? It’s nice to know you’re still considering going out—I mean exploring—with me in the future.”

Hell, right now Ryder had a hard time thinking of anything other than the full length of her body pressed against his, and if he didn’t put some distance between them, the rest of their rafting group would soon be aware of his attraction to Chelsea. The second group paddled to the shore, giving him reason to break from her grasp. “I’m going to help them get our raft out of the water.”

“Okay.” The slight pout of her lips only confirmed she’d wanted to kiss him as much as he wanted to kiss her. He knew he’d regret it tonight, when he lay in bed...alone. He only prayed Chelsea would take precedence in his dreams tonight instead of the nightmares he’d been having the last few nights about the accident. He’d gotten to where he wouldn’t go to bed until he’d exhausted himself to the point of breaking. And even then, random images of Tori and his parents haunted him.

Ryder waded into the river. The temperature drop forced him back to the present. His wetsuit offered protection from the frigid glacial waters, but he wouldn’t want to stand in it for too long. If only he could wrap a wetsuit around his heart to protect him from the woman watching him from the rocky beach. She’d gotten under his skin in one too many ways.

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