Montana Cowboy by Jillian Hart

Author:Jillian Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2012-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Your family is so fun.” Honor carried the stack of dessert plates to Luke’s kitchen sink. “I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much.”

“They are easy on the funny bone, that’s for sure.” Towering over her, he took the dishes and lowered them into the sink.

“So are you.”

“I’m glad you think I’m funny. Plenty of women don’t.”

“Wait. I meant funny-looking.”

“Ha ha.” He reached down to scratch Nell’s ears, who had awoken at the sound of their voices. The old dog panted drowsily before slipping back to sleep on her bed in the corner. “It’s time to feed the calves. Did you want to come? You could meet Faith.”

“The calf I named? Count me in.” She glanced at the luminous clock. She really should head back, it was a long drive. But how could she resist?

“Thanks again for the book.” He opened the front door for her, where sunshine led the way onto a roomy covered porch.

“I knew just the one you wanted, since it’s the next book for discussion on Good Books.” She liked the porch swing. Wouldn’t that be a great place to stretch out and read in the evenings? “Next time maybe we can actually make it to the discussion instead of chatting at each other for two hours.”

“Next time? No way. You’ll be busy packing up to head home.”

“I didn’t bring much. Just what would fit in my car. So not a lot of packing time.” She hopped down the porch steps. “Instead, I’ll have lots of chatting with you time.”

“Good to know. I’ll take advantage of it while I can.”

“What does that mean?”

“Once you get back to your life, you won’t have as much free time. Admit it.”

“I’m trying not to.” She’d rather stay fixed in the here and now and not think about what lay ahead. She savored the warm puff of wind dancing through her hair and breathed in the crisp green scent of ripening wild grasses and freely blooming roses. They grew in a big clump, taking over the fence by the road, as if they’d been growing for decades. Wildflowers danced in the sun, nodding their faces and the grassy hillsides. Rolling fields, amber hills and craggy mountains rimming the horizon of the wide-open sky. Breathtaking. The kind of scenery that grew on you. “You have a beautiful place. And the view? Incredible. You must never get tired of it.”

“True. It’s one of the perks of my job.”

“What a perk.” Grass crunched beneath her sandals as they headed down the hill. “I’m an ocean girl. I love everything about it. The smell, the way it sweeps against the sand, the way it looks dark and roiling in a storm. But this is a close second. Hi, Betty.”

The cow leaned against the fence, reaching out with her tongue.

“No, pretty girl, you can’t have Honor’s hat.” Luke rubbed the outstretched nose as they ambled into the shade of a big white barn.

Sunlight tumbled through the open, wide doors, gilding the barn’s main aisle with a fall of gold.

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