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“You said you watched your mother making your dad’s plate but the problem with that is, he’s her husband.Herman, yet you still made mine.”
Her eyes narrowed and then rolled. “Stop making something out of nothing. I’m not competing with you but if we were in competition, I would totally blow your ass out of the water.”
“Think so.”
“Know so. I don’t have much faith in you since you clearly have been without companionship for a while now.”
“And you haven’t?” She visibly cringed. “I’ll take that as a no.”
“It’s been a few years since I’ve dated but mostly due to my job. My position was very time-consuming and stressful.”
“Sounds like that’s something we share in common.”
I would love to find out what else we share in common.
“Women are just natural when it comes to stuff like that so I’d still do a lot better than you.”
“Mmhmm,” I murmured, then forked more food into my mouth.
She plopped down in the chair across from me. “What?”
“Nothing…” I wasn’t about to go there with her. If I was invested in making her feel good then she would surely not have a chance in hell of outdoing me. Not that I didn’t think she could reciprocate. I would love for Shore to try by finding her way to my bed naked, but I had a feeling with all the time I’d missed pleasing women, she’d be one very happy lady if I got my hands on her. However, I decided it was time to change the subject. “I like your boots.”
“Thank you.” She smiled proudly.
“They new?”
“New-ish. I wore them for a couple days after I got them just to break ’em in. The lady at the store suggested I do so.”
“Smart lady but I don’t think a few days of trudging around your bedroom will help you much. By the end of the day, they should feel just fine next time you wear ’em.”
If she survived the day that is.
“If you’re trying to scare me then don’t waste your time. I’m fully prepared to handle whatever you throw at me.”
My dick perked up and I smiled, shoving the rest of my breakfast in my mouth. While I chewed and swallowed, I lifted and carried the plate to the sink. After I rinsed it and left it for later to wash, I turned to Shore.
“Well since none of what we’re talking about will get us any closer to handling the tasks I need to tackle today, why don’t we table this discussion for later and head out.”
“I’ll get my coat.”
I tipped my head and watched her travel to the back of the house. While she was gone, I grabbed my hat from the rack near the door, worked my way into a jacket, and waited. A few minutes later, she came moseying from the back with a jean jacket pulled over her sweater and I’d be damned if she didn’t have a cowboy hat to match those cute ass boots.
It wasn’t a Stetson but it also wasn’t one of those cheap twenty dollar deals either. She’d actually put some thought into her attire or at least somebody had. I preferred a Stetson Skyline which I had on now but I wasn’t mad at her choice either.
I was even less inclined to be mad about seeing her dressed like she belonged here.With me, on my ranch.I took in the jet-black fluff of her loose curls peeking from beneath the hat, but the dip of the brim hid her eyes, making me realize I wanted to see them.
“What did you do, buy up everything cowboy you ran across before loading on that train to come here?”
She lifted her chin and smiled. “You don’t come to a cowboy town without the basics. I don’t know shit about being a cowgirl but that much I do know.”
I nodded, doing a slow crawl over her once more. “Fair enough. Let’s go.”
We loaded into my truck and drove down to the stables. Once we climbed out, she stood taking in the views and I admired the view of her doing so.
“It’s beautiful out here.” She was facing the pastures that stretched for a few miles, running right up to the mountains. From our vantage point, it appeared as if they touched the sky which was still slightly dark. We had about another half hour before the sun fully rose.
“It is but you haven’t seen a damn thing yet. Wait until the sun comes up and you have a full view of the land and mountains.”
