Page 103 of The Cowboy’s Intriguing Love

“Good.” Ford turned to Ty. “Are we good?”

“More than good. Thanks, Ford. You’re right. I was planning on driving but …”

Shayna patted his arm. “I know, and I appreciate it. But you have to work yourself. I wouldn’t feel right making you ferry me around everywhere. This is better. And …” She didn’t know if she should say it.

She didn’t need to. He gave her a rueful smile. “You need the kind of independence that your own vehicle will give you.”

“Yeah. Thanks again Ford, this is awesome.”

“Glad to be able to play a little part in it.”

When they got back to the cabin, Shayna went straight to her backpack and dug out her keys. She was going to add the truck key to the bunch, but there were so many of them – and she didn’t need any of them here. Instead, she slipped off the keychain that Ty had given her in Salt Lake and added that to the truck key.

He grinned when he saw what she was doing. “Oh shit, wait. I need to …” He disappeared into the bedroom and came back a few minutes later with a small bag. She immediately recognized the Summer Lake logo on it.

He held it out with a smile. “I forgot to give you this.”

She took it and peered inside. “Aww! Thank you so much! That’s so thoughtful. I …”

He laughed. “I’d love to take the credit for it, but I can’t – Cash got that for you. He wanted you to have something that reminded you of … Summer Lake.”

She went to him and slid her arms around his waist. She loved the feel of his arms around her as he lowered his head and brushed his lips over hers.

“Okay, so I didn’t want to say that it would remind you of home. And you know why.” He raised his eyebrows. “Don’t you?”

She nodded.

He dropped another kiss on her lips. “But if this turns out to not feel like home to you, we can go back there, we can go wherever you want.”

She felt him tense when she asked, “Don’t you know where I feel like home is yet?”

He looked so sad that she had to tell him quickly.

She tapped two fingers in the middle of his chest. “Wherever you are.”

His eyes shone as he smiled. “Then welcome home, sweetheart.” He tightened his arms around her and lifted her. She squealed and wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her to the bedroom.

When they got there, he kicked the door closed behind them then threw her down on the bed. Hot desire trickled through her veins when he started to unfasten his buckle. He paused and asked, “You want to?”

She nodded eagerly. “Of course, I just …” She laughed. “I know it’s just habit and it’s not how things are right now – but I’m worried that it’s only lunchtime and I feel like I should be going to work somewhere.”

He shrugged out of his shirt and lay down on the bed beside her. “You’re going nowhere, Shay. And you don’t need to work at a damn thing, you just lie back and let me start making up for all the chances we missed.”

She nodded her agreement and lay back – she was more than happy to let him.

Chapter Twenty-Three

Ty looked around the kitchen and smiled. Everything was back in order and clean. He liked to make sure that the place was perfect before he left for the weekend.

Christian smiled at him. “You should take off. Go see your girl. I can handle it from here.”

“Thanks. You have yourself a good weekend.”

“Will do. You too.”

Ty still didn’t feel entirely comfortable with the guy. He was good, and he was friendly enough, but it was obvious that he wanted Ty’s job. He was probably a better fit for it, too. Ty had bigger dreams than feeding a bunch of tourists. He blew out a sigh as he headed for the back door. He was fine right where he was. He was helping Wade out and that meant a lot. More than that though, working at the lodge meant that he was right here on the ranch. And now that Shayna was here, too, he had no desire to go anywhere else.

He jumped in his truck and headed for the cabin. She’d been helping Tanner with the horses this morning, and she was going to meet him back at the cabin so that they could go to the bakery. It was something of a tradition in the valley for people to meet up at the bakery on Friday afternoons. Ty couldn’t stop smiling – this was the first time that he was taking Shayna with him.

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