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He nodded vigorously. “I might not be booking a flight to see you when I get home.”

He realized his mistake when her face fell.

“Shit, I didn’t mean that the way you thought I did. I was going to say that I won’t be going home to need a flight – I might have to follow you to California.”

She let out a shaky little laugh. “And here I was thinking that you’d given me the best kiss of my life and were saying that you thought it was awful and you weren’t going to want to see me again!”

“Aw, Shay. I want to say that you should know better than that, but you can’t yet. I promise you though, sweetheart – I plan to do everything I can to get you used to the fact that you’re going to be saddled with this cowboy for …” He was about to sayfor a whilebut that didn’t feel like enough. “As long as you want me.”

Chapter Ten

Just as Ty was pulling out of the parking garage, Shayna’s phone rang.

She fished it out of her purse. “Shoot, sorry, I need to take this, it’s Davin. I said I’d let them know when I found you.”

Ty smiled. “Go ahead.”

“Hi, Davin. It’s all good; I found him.”

“Okay then. Sorry.” Davin chuckled. “Alexis said I should give you a bit longer, but I was starting to get worried.”

“Aww, thank you. I found him okay and we were saying hello, and then we walked out to his truck. We’re on our way to the hotel now.”

“I guess you can’t say much if you’re in the truck with him, but … are you comfortable? Are you going to be all right with him?”

She glanced over at Ty, who seemed to be doing his best to pay attention to the road and not listen in. “I’m going to be great. You really don’t need to worry about me. You know I was worried myself, but it’s all okay. I feel as comfortable with him in person as I did talking to him on the phone.”

“And you’re saying that out loud for his benefit as much as mine?”

Shayna grinned at Ty when he shot her a smile. “I am.”

“Glad to hear it, but if you feel uncomfortable at any point, you call me, you hear?”

“I will.”

“And keep us posted. I don’t care what time it is – we want to know when you’re back in your room safe at night.”

“I’ll let you know.”

Davin laughed. “Alexis is giving me the evil eye here. I don’t mean to put my foot in it. I should probably saytext us before you go to sleep at nightand not mention anything about rooms – or which one you’re in.”

Shayna felt the heat in her cheeks. She was glad that Ty couldn’t hear, but it was embarrassing enough to have Davin even mention it. “I will. I’ll let you know – I mean, when I … you know!”

Davin laughed. “I do. Sorry, Shay. I’ll leave you to it. Have a good time.”

“Thanks. I will.”

“Bye then.”

“Bye.”

She put her phone back in her purse. “They just wanted to make sure that I’m all right.”

“I’m glad that they look out for you like that.”

“Me too. My life’s gotten a whole lot better since they came into it.”

“And it hasn’t been all that long?”

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