ROMANCE: WESTERN ROMANCE: The Secret Cowboy (BWWM Billionaire Interracial Multicultural Romance) (Contemporary Steamy Western Short Stories) by Debbie Gordon

Author:Debbie Gordon
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Enchanted Press
Published: 2015-10-10T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Mary Lou lost track of time as they rode. They rode for in silence, except for Devin giving brief instructions every now and again. She had gotten the hang of horse riding and was manoeuvring Lucy like a pro. Mary Lou gazed out at the miles and mile of grass terrain surrounding them. It looked like a something out of a painting, paintings that she always spent time admiring and wishing she was a part of the work of art. But she didn’t have to wish right now, she was here and she was grateful to Yvonne for practically forcing her to accept the raffle ticket prize.

She never experienced this kind of calm in Detroit. It was all big city hustle and bustle, people rushing from one destination to the next, not even slowing down for a minute to appreciate their surroundings, to appreciate life. For her it was an everyday routine of waking up, going to a job that she really didn’t enjoy, going home to a lonely apartment, and doing it all over the next day. But in this moment, on top of this horse, taking in the beauty and quiet around her, she let go of the city and her boring, lonely life. As a sense of peace washed over her, a broad smile broke on her face. Daringly, Mary let go of the horse’s reigns, opened her arms wide, tilted her head skyward and soaked in the late afternoon sun, as a light breeze caressed her face. She sighed in momentary contentment.

But the thought that this peace was only temporary crept into her mind, jolting her back to reality. Though the beautiful surroundings remained intact, far gone from her mind was the calm and content that she had too briefly experienced. Now all she could think about was returning to her life in Detroit in just a matter of days, a life that in a moment of illumination, she just realized that she hated. Despair abruptly assailed her entire being, but she dismissed it as fast as it had appeared.

Devin was paying no attention to the world around him. He was wholly focused on the interesting woman riding beside him. It was like she forgot that he was there and was engulfed her own private world. When she opened her arms wide and looked skyward, he saw her as a goddess beckoning to the sun. She remained completely silent, but he noticed the series expressions that flitted across her pretty face. Wonder, happiness, longing, peace, and then sadness. He felt his hear squeeze in his chest at her forlorn expression, whishing he could take her into his arms and kiss her worries away.

He frowned inwardly, taken aback by his own thoughts. Since when did he care about taking a woman’s worries away? Since Mary Lou Carpenter had landed and disrupted his life, that’s when, he answered his own question. This was not something that he was use to feeling at all. The women he usually

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