Stolen in Texas by Sandy Appleyard

Author:Sandy Appleyard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, small town, steamy romance, series romance, cowboy romance, texas romance, romance series, ranch romance, romance steamy, hea romance
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard

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Ellie

When Maverick told me that his whole family knows, strangely, it wasn’t overwhelming. I figure a pregnancy is pretty difficult to hide, and I’m not much of a secret keeper myself. Most of the time I’m more guilty of telling too much. So I couldn’t be angry with him. In fact, I find it difficult to think of ever being angry with him. Maverick is far too sweet. We lay on the couch together, and it feels so nice, just cuddling. It’s so strange to think about how different our relationship is now. It used to be that he wasn’t even one foot in front of me, and we were ravaging each other. No tenderness. No closeness. It was all physical.

Now, it’s like all the sexual tension is gone, and what’s left is…this. We’re watching a comedy together, and chuckling at the same time, while Maverick’s arm is around me, and he’s sliding his palm up and down my back, soothing me almost into a meditative state. “So, how come you had a change of clothes in your truck?” I ask him.

“Well, I figure it could go either way, you know, when I told you about the cat being out of the bag and all. I like to be prepared for things, on both sides. I figure at least if I’ve got clothes with me, but I don’t bring them in, I’m not being too presumptuous.” He pauses. “Besides, I always have a change of clothes with me. Working around horses all the time, it becomes practice. Y’all are going to get dirty no matter which way you slice it.”

I feel a wave a nausea hit, so I run to the washroom. Maverick is right behind me. It seems that my morning sickness is coming at night. He holds my hair back, while I puke up all the Chinese food I had earlier with Denice. Like, every drop. Hell, I think I see a boot in there, so much comes out. It doesn’t faze Maverick at all. He’s got the washcloth at the ready, and he uses soothing words and tones, and I’m so weak once I’m finished, he picks me up off the floor and carries me to bed.

As we lay there together, I don’t know which one of us is more tired. “You look worse than me, Maverick.” I comment, voice cracking from being sick.

“It’s been a long week, darlin’.” He says, combing his fingers through the hair at the side of my head. I feel so awful. He’s doing triple-duty, looking after the ranch and looking after me. Plus, looking after Gunner, too. “Y’all don’t need to worry about a thing, though, love. Ain’t nothing I can’t handle.” He says, eyes heavy.

He finally gives in and closes his eyes. His finger is still stroking the back of my neck, like it’s instinctual. And when it finally stops moving, and his breathing becomes shallow, I stare at him in the moonlight. He’s naked from the waist up, opting to leave his pants on.

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