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“Shall we, then?”Mrs.King asked, looking at me.
“Yes?”I had no idea what she meant, but I surmised I should agree, no matter what it was.
“Good.Again, no mention of the Open.In fact, perhaps it would be best to avoid the topic of polo entirely.”
“Are we riding?”I asked Katherine when her mother walked out of the house.
When she turned to me and smiled, every thought other than how I wanted to tell her I loved her left my head.I did get the impression that proving I was a decent horseman would go a long way in gaining Katherine’s father’s approval in advance of confessing my feelings.
“Our guest will ride Unbridled,” Mrs.King announced to the waiting groom.The man raised a brow but turned to fetch the animal.“My husband probably suggested Willie saddle up Rosebud.”
Katherine smirked.“Or Apollo.”
“Bore him to tears or kill him.”
I raised a brow at Mrs.King’s statement.Killme?Truthfully, there weren’t many horses I could recall that frightened me.I’d not challenge fate, however.
“I’m sure your family is missing you this holiday,” Katherine’s mother commented when we’d been riding for several minutes.
“It was their suggestion I visit, actually.”
When she raised a brow, I looked over at Katherine, whose smile once again unnerved me.
“Why is that?”Mrs.King asked.
“My father did something similar one Christmas.”
Both women smiled.
“I like your father already,” Mrs.King murmured.“Here we go,” she added a moment later.I followed her gaze and saw Mr.King headed in our direction.
“We were hoping you’d join us, Daddy,” Katherine said, drawing his attention away from me and the horse I’d mounted.
“Unbridled?”the man said, looking over at his wife.She nodded once, and he smiled, then turned to me.
“How long are you in town, Alexander?”
I hadn’t booked my return flight yet, given we still had over a month before classes resumed.“That depends.”
Katherine and her mother both looked at me with wide eyes, perhaps sensing my next words might be considered a bigger risk than arriving uninvited.
“On?”Mr.King prompted.
“Whether you need an extra player at the New Year Classic.”
Time seemed to stand still as three of the four of us on horseback held our collective breath, awaiting Q King’s response.
Finally, the man grabbed his hat and sent it flying into the air.“Well, yeehaw!”he shouted.“We got ourselves an attacker.”
My eyes met Katherine’s, and in them, I saw all I needed to.She approved.In fact, I’d go so far as to say she was impressed.
Samuel Kennedy King IV knew everything there was to know about me long before I’d arrived.I, in turn, let him know he wasn’t the only one who’d done his due diligence.
“Well done, Z,” said Mrs.King before she rode off, following her husband back to the barn.
I dismounted at the same time Katherine did, and we walked toward each other.
“I hope I haven’t angered you.”
