Page 73 of Sinful Enemy

I didn’t hesitate to rush over to my horse, Daisy. She instantly neighed, bucking her feet. Just as happy to see me as I was to see her.

“Hi, my girl…” I rubbed all around her face with mine. “I’ve missed you so much.”

We stayed there for a couple of minutes, getting reacquainted with one another before Ledger announced, “We’ll take her.”

Our eyes locked.

He shook hands with a man I didn’t even notice until that moment. I was too overwhelmed with seeing her again.

“Sounds great!” the man exclaimed. “We can deliver her to your ranch tomorrow morning.”

My mouth dropped open. “You bought my horse back for me?”

He said, “I like to see you smile.”

They turned, going about their business as I stood there stunned with Daisy in my arms. I couldn’t believe he did this for me.

How did he even find her?

And where did we go…

From here.

Twenty-Two

Hazel

“Thank you so much, Ledger.”

We were almost back home.

Shit! Stop thinking this is your home, Hazel.

I watched him from afar without him noticing as he drove back to his ranch. We didn’t talk much until that point. I was too shocked, and I couldn’t form words. I needed time to think, and still, I didn’t know what to focus my attention on the most. Question after question tore through my mind at rapidspeed.

Where do I keep her after I move back to New York? What did this mean? Why did he do it?

And the most persistent one.

Are you still in love with him?

He kissed my hand.

“How did you find her?”

“It wasn’t easy, that’s for sure, but I was able to track her down for you.”

“I can’t believe you did that for me.”

“I’m one of a kind, sugar.”

“I need to take care of some things for the ranch.” He nodded to his house as he pulled into the garage. “You go in without me. I’ll be back in a bit.”

“Okay.”

I went inside and walked through his house, but I took it all in for the first time. From his furniture to all the photos on the walls. I couldn’t believe how many pictures I was in, which made me realize how much I was still in his life even when I wasn’t. He had me there in the only way he could, through the memories of our childhood.

There I was in New York, desperately trying to forget him while he was on his ranch in Wyoming, desperately trying to keep me in his life as if he never kicked me out of it.

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