Love and Protect (Heroes of Evers, Texas Book 1) by Lori Ryan

Author:Lori Ryan [Ryan, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: SilverHart Publishing
Published: 2015-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Laura tried to walk slowly so she wouldn’t get to the barn too quickly, but it seemed like the trip was shorter than ever today. She knew she needed to apologize to Cade for yelling at him the way she had, but she didn’t really want to have this conversation about it. She’d embarrassed herself enough as it was since she’d arrived at the ranch.

She’d seen Cade go down to the barn shortly after she had stormed out and she hadn’t seen him leave in the last two hours, so he was likely still down there working with the horses or dogs.

Sure enough, as she rounded the corner, she saw him throwing hay bales into a stack along the center aisle of the barn. Light from the afternoon sun streamed in through the double doors to land on taut broad shoulders. The muscles in his back rippled under his shirt, drawing her gaze, but she blinked and tried to focus on the conversation they needed to have instead of the effect that watching him sometimes had on her body. Okay, the effect watching him always had on her body.

She knew he saw her because he stilled slightly before tossing the next bale onto the stack.

Laura waited, not sure how to start. She would have liked to get lost in him for a while instead of dealing with the awkwardness of her apology, but he stopped and wiped his brow with one arm, then stripped the leather gloves off his hands and looked at her.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn't have taken out my fear on you when you were only trying to make me feel better,” Laura said, arms crossed over her chest. This was the first apology that felt true and real to her, and the first time she cared whether someone believed her apology was genuine.

In the past, apologies had been obligatory, either to avoid her father’s wrath or to appease her husband and ward off further blows—to show the right amount of deference. She always knew a few more strokes would follow an apology for good measure, but it would eventually lead to peace. At least for a while.

But now, she cared what Cade felt and thought, only she couldn’t read him. He merely looked at her. When she began to fidget, he held a hand out to her.

“Come here. I want to show you something,” he said.

Laura laid her hand in his, so big and strong and protective. She tried to ignore the way that hand made her feel, the way his warm strength caused her body to thrum with electricity, but it was getting harder to push those feelings down. He tugged her out the back of the barn and around to one side where the Jeep she’d seen many times was parked.

“Shane was going to show you this later, but this is probably a better time,” he said, opening the door and reaching into the glove box. Cade pulled out a set of keys and turned to sit on the seat of the car, long legs hanging over the edge.

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