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Seriously?
Riley.There she stood.Long black hair blowing in the breeze.Looking like a sexy, nervous, delicate flower in figure hugging blue jeans and a fitted black sweatshirt.All the while switching between straightening her black rim glasses and rubbing her wrist ferociously.
So much for that one extra day.It was time to face the music.
CHAPTER FIVE
Are you freaking kiddingme?
This was stupid.Riley already knew Wade was going to arrive by horse.I mean, she was standing outside the frigging stables for God’s sake.But holy hell.He was really riding that horse.Like, really riding it.
This is why women fantasise about cowboys.
Now she was one of them.But who could blame her.What woman could resist thick, muscular thighs wrapped in denim.Stretched plaid trying it’s hardest to contain the kind of muscles only manual labor could sculpt.And let’s not forget those damn dimples that even Wade’s tipped Stetson failed to cast a shadow over.
You can do this.
Couldn’t she?As the three horses before her came to a stop, she was beginning to doubt herself again.She was very much aware that Wade had been avoiding her for a week.Matt never dealt with guests, then all of a sudden there he was, taking over duties only his older brother usually dealt with.It wasn’t a coincidence.
Wade expertly jumped down.Even that was sexy.
Control yourself.
Thirty years with no sex, andnowher libido decides to make an appearance.Really?
Bright blue eyes hit her like a bolt of electricity.“Riley,” he greeted.“Give me a minute to put the horses away and I’ll be right with you, darlin’.”
She nodded.And tried her best to swallow down her fear.
Her nerves didn’t ease as he directed Bill and Sue to the main house, or when he slowly led the horses one by one into the stables.When it was time to take Gypsy inside, Wade’s horse, Riley decided to follow him into the wooden shack.Before she changed her mind.
Once the chocolate beast was safely tucked away, she jumped right into it.“Um, I know I’m probably the last person you want to talk to...but—” she started but was swiftly cut off.
“Why would you say that?”His whole body twisted until she had his full attention.
She managed to push out another “um”.Damnit.She hadn’t prepared for that question in advance.
