The Texas Cowboy's Proposal by Debra Holt

Author:Debra Holt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781957748306
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2022-08-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

They had risen well before the sunrise so he and Jaxson and the other hands could finish up loading the two trailers and get them on the road headed to the stock show in Fort Worth. Once they were on their way, Beaudry left Jaxson to load the horses into their horse hauler while he went back to the house, where Lacy, with Seraphina’s help, had at least made it down to the table for a bowl of oatmeal that she looked like she might doze off into at any moment.

“Okay, let’s get you loaded next, little one.” Beaudry picked her up, and her head went directly to his shoulder, one arm slung around his neck, and a mumbled “Okay” went into his shirtsleeve.

“I packed you and Jaxson and ‘Little Bit’ here some breakfast burritos for the road. She can eat one when she wakes up. Have a safe trip,” Seraphina whispered, passing off the brown sack to Beaudry’s free hand and holding the screen door open for his exit.

Beaudry nodded. “Thanks. We’ll see you on the flip side.” How often had they repeated the same scene over the years? Such was life on their ranch. It represented stability, and people knew what to expect each day. But things weren’t going to be that way for long. The visit yesterday to the “castle” had been unsettling in more ways than one. And Lacy had talked non-stop about it until she finally fell asleep late the night before while they were packing up for the trip.

He needed to get his mind on other things besides what Sammi Jo had looked like when he had goaded her with the Texas princess moniker. What had gotten into him? He had no idea. At least nothing he wanted to think about at the start of this day. She had been disturbed. Even hurt? That thought kept niggling at him well into the early morning hours, keeping him awake when he should have been getting some sleep for the road. That was why he would gladly let Jaxson take the wheel first when they pulled out. Maybe he could catch a little nap—if those darned blue eyes that accused him of all sorts of things would stay out of his brain. Blasted woman. She caused a disturbance in him, even when she wasn’t around.

“Let’s move it. Daylight will be wasted already when it does come up.” Jaxson’s words were a grumble into his chest as he fastened the final slide of metal on the rear of the trailer. He slid behind the wheel of the heavy-duty truck as Beaudry settled Lacy into the back seat, buckled her in, and bundled a pillow beside her cheek. He took his place up front, and they were soon moving their cargo of six horses down the long road toward the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex.

Jaxson spoke up after they had gotten to the main highway, the sun finally waking up in layers of brilliant hues of purples and pinks, then oranges and yellows, as the sapphire sky lightened into an azure blue.

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