Page 92 of The Cowboy’s Intriguing Love

“Just that you’re only talking about whatever work Wade might have for Shayna.”

She gave him a puzzled look, and Cash turned in his seat so that he could see her. “You enjoy working with horses, don’t you?”

“I do, I’ve worked at the barn for a while mucking out stalls in the mornings. I used to lead trail rides when I could but … I’m obviously no cowgirl, but I’m a fast learner and …”

Cash held his hand up. “There’s nothing to worry about, honey. No one’s going to ask you to do anything you’re not used to. Trav here is just trying to wind Ty up.”

She raised her eyebrows.

“Remember I told you about Tanner?” Ty asked.

“He’s the one who’s in charge of the horses?”

Travis laughed. “He’s the stud in the family. I reckon Ty’s worried that Tanner might steal you away from him. He seems to cast this magic spell over women and …”

“Nope,” Shayna said firmly as she took hold of Ty’s hand. “Not interested. Don’t care. He can be as good-looking as he likes. He’s not Ty.”

Cash winked at her. “Good answer, honey.”

Travis caught her gaze in the rearview mirror. “Sorry, darlin’. I was only messing with him.”

She smiled. “No worries! I’m not upset. I just know my own mind, and Ty’s the one for me. End of story.”

Ty chuckled beside her. “I appreciate it, sweetheart, but if you don’t mind, I’m going to check to make sure you still feel the same way after you meet him.”

Cash laughed. “He really is that good-looking.”

Shayna was about to protest again, but instead she went with, “Well, in that case, maybe I should withhold judgment until I see him. I wouldn’t want to go making any hasty decisions here.”

Ty’s eyes widened in surprise, while Cash and Travis burst out laughing.

“I like her, Ty. She’s awesome,” said Travis.

Cash turned in his seat to grin at her. “You’re going to do just fine, honey. You’ll fit right in.”

When Travis pulled off the road and turned under a big wooden archway with the name MacFarland Ranch inscribed on it, Shayna sat up a little straighter and peered out the window. The long driveway led up to a huge ranch house. Ty called it the big house, but she hadn’t expected it to bethatbig.

“Looks like the whole crew’s here,” said Travis when he pulled around the back of the house.

He wasn’t joking – there was a long line of pickup trucks parked back there. Shayna swallowed at the sight of a couple of motorcycles, too.

Ty jerked his chin toward them. “That’ll be Frankie and Spider; they like to get out and ride together when they can.”

“Oh, right.”

He tightened his arm around her. “It’s going to be okay, sweetheart.”

“It is,” Cash agreed. “They’re going to love you – and hopefully you’ll love them, too.”

Half an hour later, Shayna was relieved to find that she did love them. They were all such awesome people. And they seemed to like her. She didn’t get the impression that they were just being nice to her for Ty’s sake – quite the opposite, she felt more like they’d tell it to her straight if they thought she wasn’t right for him.

So far, she’d been introduced to everyone – she could remember all the names, she was good at names, she just wasn’t sure she had it right about who each name belonged to.

Ford was the one who hung mostly by himself, she knew that much. She liked him, even though Ty had told her before that he was the broody kind. She was looking forward to getting to know him – she guessed that he was probably more misunderstood than broody.

Ty’s twin Kolby was easy; he looked the most like Ty, although they were far from identical. And Kolby’s wife was Calypso freaking Rayne. Although, again, as Ty had told her, she was a real sweetheart. She seemed so down to earth, and Shay was already looking forward to getting to know her better.

Then there was Janey and Rocket, they were awesome. Rocket looked more like a tattooed biker than a cowboy, but he was sweet and gentle around Janey. Janey was quieter but warm and welcoming.

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