The Cowboy's Surprise Bride by Macie St James

Author:Macie St James [James, Macie St]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

12

The visit to the hospital had taken far longer than Mina could have ever expected. So long, in fact, she’d wondered if maybe Colton had known how involved it would be and that’s why he opted to stay in his hotel room rather than wait in a cold car.

No, it had been wrong of her to order him to go with her in the first place. She’d been so humiliated when he’d basically called her on it, she’d turned cold in response. Now she felt bad about that, too.

But she didn’t let it dampen her celebratory spirit. She’d done the right thing in visiting Mayor Cobb in the hospital, even if nobody would ever know about it. He’d been grouchy at first, but as soon as his people stepped out and they’d been alone, he’d softened.

“Thanks for coming,” he’d said. “I know I’ve been a little tough on you—”

“It’s okay,” she’d said.

But it wasn’t okay. Even though he was in a bed, wearing a hospital gown, no less, what he’d done in the weeks leading up to that was just wrong, wrong, wrong. In his vulnerable position, she just couldn’t bring herself to twist the knife.

As it turned out, the mayor had a minor coronary event, due in large part to clogged arteries caused by stress and a questionable diet. He was having a stent put in, a mild procedure that would have him out and recovering the next day. Mina suspected everyone knew he wasn’t going to give his body time to recover. In fact, she’d be willing to bet he’d head straight from the hospital to his next scheduled event.

Whatever the case, she was away from him now. Mina breathed a sigh of relief as she stepped out of the elevator on the floor where her room was. Robby had somehow managed to put himself three floors below hers, on the other end of the building. She wondered if that was intentional.

She, on the other hand, was all too close to her new fake husband. The room next door, in fact. And she really should let him know she was back, even though she dreaded facing him after making such a fool of herself in the lobby.

Sighing, Mina passed her own room and knocked on Colton’s door. She just hoped he wouldn’t answer in his bathrobe or something, having just stepped out of the shower.

The door swung open impossibly fast—had he been watching the lobby through surveillance or something? Colton was very much not in a bathrobe but in a T-shirt and sweatpants, and the look made her breath catch.

He was undeniably sexy in that getup, as weird as that seemed to her. His hair was mussed like he’d been sleeping, but from his expression, he seemed to be wide awake. The short sleeves showed off his tanned, muscular arms, making her suddenly realize she’d never seen him wearing anything but long sleeves—fairly normal in Montana this time of year.

“Hi,” he said. He looked tentative, apprehensive even. Like maybe he expected her to yell at him because he’d declined to go with her to the hospital.

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