Lonetree Ranchers: Colt by Kathie DeNosky

Author:Kathie DeNosky
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2003-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Six

“Colt, keep your elbow straight and your shoulder elevated so that your arm is parallel to the floor,” Kaylee said, stepping close. “Now bring it across your body.”

Taking hold of his arm to lift it to the proper position, she did her best to ignore how hard his bicep was, how being so close to him affected her breathing. She quickly placed one end of a long narrow strip of thin rubber in his left hand, then took the other end and stood at his right side.

“Keeping your arm straight, pull this back as far as you can without pain,” she instructed.

“That should be easy,” he said, testing the stretchy band.

When he actually started the exercise, Kaylee noticed him wince when he had the band stretched almost even with his shoulder. “That’s far enough. Now, slowly let it retract.” She waited until he had returned his arm to the rest position. “Next time, don’t go quite as far as you went the last time. I don’t want you experiencing any pain.”

“No pain, no gain,” he said, pulling on the rubber again.

When she noticed sweat popping out on his forehead and a muscle jerk along his lean jaw, she calmly took the band from his hand and started for the door. “That’s it.”

“Hey, I wasn’t finished,” he said, frowning. “You told me I needed to do two sets of ten. I only finished seven out of the first set.”

She spun around to face him. “I also told you to stop before you felt any kind of pain.”

“It didn’t hurt that much,” he insisted, his expression belligerent.

Anger swept through her and, stepping forward, she poked his bare chest with her finger. “Look, Mr. Macho Cowboy, I told you absolutely no pain. What part of that statement don’t you understand?”

He picked up a towel to wipe the perspiration from his forehead. “I understand it fine. I just don’t happen to agree with it.”

“Then you’ll have to find another P.T.” She walked down the short hall to the great room before he caught up with her.

“I don’t want another physical therapist,” he said, taking her by the upper arm.

She looked down at his big hand, then met his determined gaze head-on. “I don’t work with patients who refuse to follow my instructions.”

They stared at each other for several long seconds in a silent battle of wills before he finally nodded and let go of her arm. “All right. I’ll do what you say, but only on one condition.”

“You’re going to set conditions?” She laughed at his audacity. “You certainly are a piece of work, aren’t you?”

His charming grin sent her pulse into overdrive. “Yeah, but that’s what you’ve always liked about me.”

“Give me a break,” she said, rolling her eyes. “So what’s the condition?”

“I want you to go down to Laramie with me to pick up Amber’s furniture this afternoon,” he said earnestly. “We’ll leave around five.”

She looked at her watch. “By the time we get finished with your exercises it’s going to be too late.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.