Page 58 of A Cowboy Of Her Own

When she finished, she printed it out then pushed her chair back and stood. She never understood why Earl couldn’t read a file on his computer like everyone else did. The article would be printed from a file with pictures added electronically anyway. She walked to Earl’s office and since the door was open, she entered and laid the pages on his desk. He glanced up at her.

“I’ll get to it later.” When she didn’t move away, he stared up at her. “What else?”

“I’m giving you my two weeks’ notice—effective immediately.”

“Really? To go where? You aren’t that good so I know no other magazine hired you.”

She clenched her hands into fists. “I have a much better offer. I’m marrying Roark Callahan.”

His cigar fell out of his mouth and he quickly grabbed it when it fell into his lap.

“Well, apparently you were doing more than following him around on his ranch for research. Must have followed him into his bedroom too.”

“Don’t be so crude. We fell in love, although I seriously doubt if you know what that’s like.”

He slowly stood. “Go back to work. You may be quitting but I am still your boss for now.”

Priscilla narrowed her eyes at him then spun on her heel and walked out of his office. She made the rounds to her coworkers to tell them she would be leaving in two weeks. Most of the women were ecstatic that she was marrying Roark.

Later that night, she smiled when her phone rang and she saw it was Roark. She answered. “I miss you.”

“You’d better have caller ID,” he growled.

She laughed. “I do.”

“Remember to say that in front of the priest. Hey, I forgot to ask, wheredoyou want to get married?”

“Can we get married in Spring City?”

“Yes, ma’am. We can get married in the same church as Reid and Lucy are getting married in.”

“I really wish I could go to the wedding. He’s got me covering some playground unveiling.”

“Me too, darlin’, but you have an ass of a boss.”

“You got that right. I told him about marrying you and he made some crude remark about me doing more than just following you around the ranch. Apparently, I followed you into the bedroom too.”

“Son of a bitch. I’ll make a trip there just to kick his ass.”

“No need. I’ll be out of there soon enough. He’s going over the article tonight so I’m hoping it will go in Wednesday’s edition.”

“Great. I can’t wait to see it in the magazine. I’m sure everyone in the family is anxious to see it too.”

“Yes. I hope everyone likes it since they were all mentioned in it.”

“They’ll love it, sweetheart. So what do you want to talk about now?”

"Well, I could talk dirty to you," she whispered.

Roark snorted. "Go for it."

"Um, okay. Let me see…"

"Christ, Priscilla. You can't stop and think of what to say. You just say it." She could tell he was trying not to laugh.

"Do you have experience in this, Callahan?"

His laughter came across the line. "No. But… I believe I'm right about this. Do you think of what you're going to say when we have sex?"

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