Page 11 of The Cowboy’s Intriguing Love

“Not one of the ones you saved for me – although, no, wait. You did save the girl with the flower picture, didn’t you?”

“I did.”

“Why?”

Tanner shrugged.

“Come on, you had to have a reason. All the rest were your type; that one didn’t even show her face.”

Tanner shrugged again. “I dunno. There was just something about her; she sounded … nice.” He grinned. “And I figured you might not appreciate the beauties that I saved for you.”

Ty nodded slowly.

“Why? What’s that look for? Did you message flower girl?”

“Yeah, well … no. She messaged me first. In fact, she didn’t – get this – April Runyan messaged me from Shayna’s account. She knows her, and she recognized the hat in my picture.”

Tanner stared at him wide-eyed and took a sip of his coffee before he spoke. “Seriously? That’s some freaking coincidence!”

“Right? But also, it’s kind of understandable. April was looking for cowboys for Shayna, so she did a search around here. Makes sense really.”

“I guess. So, do you have a photo of this Shayna now? What’s she like?”

“I still don’t know. I sent her a short message, and she sent me a short one back.”

“Get a photo! You need to know if she’s worth your time.”

Ty frowned. “She seems nice.”

“I know, that’s why I saved her profile for you, but are you seriously telling me you want a girl to be your pen pal or far away friend? It’s adatingsite, Ty. If you wouldn’t want to date her, what’s the point?”

He shrugged. “I dunno.”

Tanner chuckled. “It’s up to you, but if you start talking to her, you might like her and then find out that she’s …”

Ty raised his eyebrows, wondering what his brother was about to say.

“… that you’re not attracted to her, let’s leave it at that, shall we?”

“Yeah, I think we should.”

“So, it’s your turn to message her back?”

“Yep.”

“What are you going to say?”

“I think I’m just going to talk to her. Maybe it’s best that I haven’t seen her. If she’s a hot chick, I’ll probably be more careful about what I say. This way I can just talk to her with no major expectations.”

“Sounds like a plan to me.” Tanner got up. “I’m headed to the barn; come on down there after you chat with your new friend.”

“Maybe.”

After Tanner had gone, he stared at the screen and wondered what to say. Should he just chat with her as though she was a friend – or a potential friend? That was probably the best way to go.

He refilled his coffee and sat back down at the table. He stared out the window at the mountains and wondered where to even start. After a while, he smiled and started to type.

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