Page 29 of Fallen Cowboy
But I never wanted to take the risk of seeing him and having my crush thrown in my face or something. I mean, there are just some things I can't handle, even now.
"They have all kinds of things to see. And a petting zoo too. More than just horses," Troy told her, swinging her up in his arms.
And my heart just stopped because it seemed like the most natural thing for him but also the cutest thing ever. Because Troy with a kid, sexy!
Not that I didn't know that, but damn. It hit me all over again.
"Troy?" We both turned around as a gentleman walked over, holding his hand out. It had only been a few months since Troy retired, people really couldn't be missing him, could they?
"Bill, good to see you. You ridin' today?"
“Just calf ropin’. Took a fall and can’t stay on a bull for a bit.”
“That’s rough. Not that calf ropin’ ain’t hard either.”
“Right. You showing the family around? This your sister?”
“Nope, she’s my lady.”
I gave the man a smile but in return, he gave me the most confused look, which he finally turned on Troy.
“Bullshit man.”
“Language, MaryBeth is only four,” Troy said, bouncing the little girl who giggled in response.
“And a kid? You know the twins are here. They were really hoping to see you, have you show them around. They missed the fun side of Troy and so have I. You got me more pus-” I cleared my throat, making sure to give him a pointed look before looking at my daughter. “Right, sorry, ma’am.”
“It’s okay. Why don’t I take her so you boys can catch up, huh? Seems like there’s lots to share, in more ways than one.” I grabbed MaryBeth, who almost protested. But if there was anything she was good at, it was picking up on my moods. And she knew I wasn’t happy so the last thing she wanted to do was push me more.
“Wait,” Troy called but I waved him off.
It wasn’t that I didn’t know he had a past. Troy was a good-looking guy and a rodeo champion, of course he had women throwing themselves at him. Hell, even if you weren’t in the rodeo but had jeans and a buckle, women just chased men.
I’ve seen it plenty of times in the bar or around the ranch, when they came over.
But I guess there was something I didn’t think of. Like him having some type of threesome. Even better yet, that means he had way more fun than I ever thought and I wasn’t up to doing things like that, so if he stayed here, would he be bored?
Would I be boring for him?
“Hey,” he said, grabbing my elbow to stop me. I turned, lifted a brow at him, before nodding to the food court.
“Getting a snack. You can join.”
“Look, don’t be mad.”
“I’m not mad, Troy. I’m just, I don’t know exactly what.”
“This is my past, you know.”
“I know.” His hand settled on my back as he walked with us to the food court. He stopped short as two young, but gorgeous females stepped in our path.
“There’s our favorite cowboy. We’ve missed you, Troy,” one said, edging her way by his side, effectively pushing me out of the way. I took a step back, assessing them before shaking my head.
They were younger than I thought, but I can’t say I was surprised given how beautiful they were, that he had them both.
“Ladies,” he started, trying to step away but they only held onto him tighter. I rolled my eyes, walking over to a stand and grabbing something for MaryBeth. I sat her down, taking a bite of the fried treat, my head swimming with thoughts of him.
“Penny for your thoughts.”
