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When he sank to the sofa next to her, she eyed him. “Are you going to explain why you brought me here?”
“Your name’s on the place. Your stuff is here.”
She searched his face, understanding rushing in. “You’re dropping me off here. I’m no longer in danger so now you’ll just unload me and go back to Montana.”
His dark eyes burned into hers.
She wasn’t waiting around to hear what he had to say. She wasn’t letting him off the hook that easy.
“I’m going to give you two options,” she declared.
His lips twitched at one corner. “Oh good. I have choices.”
“Option one: You make a life with me, here. Option two: We make a life in Montana.”
His brows shot up. “Trinny, this is your chance to get out of this. Just because we had something going doesn’t mean it needs to continue.”
She cupped his jaw. “You’re not going to convince me that what you said about loving me isn’t true, Jaren Abel.”
Eyes flicking over her face, he ground out, “Every word I ever said to you is true. But I’m giving you a chance to walk away.”
“And if I don’t want to?”
“I’ve never been the kind of guy who walks down the aisle.”
“This is why we work. I’m not the please-take-half-of-everything kind of woman.”
His eyes crinkled at the corners with his smile. “Good. So…option two? I kind of hate the city life.”
She grinned. “It just so happens that I do too. But you have to know in advance I’m getting a horse and a new truck…and an air freshener.”
He flattened a hand to her lower back and tugged her hips flush against his. “I need a new Harley.”
Hooking her arms around his neck, she rubbed against him. “That…is a must.”
He lowered his lips to hers and sealed the deal in a claiming, all-consuming kiss.
* * * * *
The strains of a country music tune floated on the air to Jaren’s ears, bringing a smile to his lips.
“It’s our song.” Trinny’s eyes sparkled as she took his hand.
He squeezed her fingers. “Best night of my life.”
“Mine too.” They stood in the Wyntons’ yard, caught up in each other for a long heartbeat.
The day he and Trinny returned to Stone Pass, this song played on the radio in his truck. The lyrics about love and the peaceful life struck a chord with both of them, and since then, whenever he heard it, he couldn’t help but feel the glow of love in his soul.
Corny? Absolutely. But he’d stopped giving a damn what anybody thought of his love for Trinny. Hell, his brothers hadn’t let up for weeks and took every chance to rib him. And that was onlytwoof his brothers.
He was about to find out what the other two thought, since they should already be here at the Wyntons’ shindig.
“Ready?” he asked Trinny.
Deep in the hazel of her eyes, he saw the glimmer of her nerves. While the big WEST Protection clan, as well as the Wynton family and all their ranch hands, had drawn her into their lives like she always belonged there, today she would be meeting Jaren’s parents and younger brothers.
She set her shoulders and nodded. “Ready. But if this song plays again, I can’t guarantee I won’t drag you into the barn and have my way with you.”
