Crazy for Cowboy

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Author: Roxy Boroughs
should git back t’ it. Right, Houston?”
    “ Righd . I was jusd gonna ged od Smokey add go for a spid .”
    Emily leaned in closer. “A spid ?”
    “You know.” Houston made a circular gesture with his index finger.
    “Oh, a spin .”
    “Yeah, aroud da block.”
    She’d never heard it put quite that way. This was a horse they were talking about, not a Trans-Am. “Go right ahead. Don’t let me stop you.”
    The two men exchanged a look that Emily couldn’t quite decipher. Then Houston grabbed the horn of the saddle and prepared to mount the horse. From the right .
    “Hey, cowboy,” Sam said quickly. “That fall musta jarred yur preserves.” He lowered his voice to a whisper. “Most folks mount from the left, ’member?”
    Houston froze. “Oh, yeah. I keep forgedding .” He turned to Emily, a faint blush appearing beneath the dirt on his cheeks. “My last horse was... right -handed.”
    Was he putting her on? This guy was either pulling an elaborate joke or else he was a total virgin when it came to riding.
    She watched as Houston stuck his foot in the stirrup and pulled himself up onto the horse’s back. It was a surprisingly elegant move, given all of his previous histrionics. Before Emily could comment on the incongruity, she felt Sam’s hand on her arm, drawing her aside.
    “Whadaya think o’ his technique?”
    “It’s unusual, to say the least.”
    “Think the kids’ll git a kick outta it?”
    Emily blinked. “Kids?” Now Sam was speaking in riddles.
    “You were right ’bout the job, Doctor Em. Houston’s applyin’ here t’ teach the little gaffers. He’s been showin’ you some o’ the stunts he does t’ learn them what not t’ do.”
    Saveloy taught children how to ride? Emily couldn’t help but smile. There was something about a guy who related to kids that always got to her. Not that she’d met many who did. It was mostly characters in movies and in books. Hardly any from her own life.
    Now it made sense. Houston’s goofy shenanigans, at his own expense, were hysterical. The small tots would eat it up.
    No wonder he’d chosen to ride Smokey. The dapple-gray quarter horse was as docile as they came. He wasn’t exactly the animal an experienced rider would favor, but he was perfectly tempered to be around children. She had to hand it to the cowboy. There weren’t a lot of guys who would risk looking ridiculous, no matter what the cause. In fact, she’d never met a man who didn’t take himself ultra-seriously.
    Until she'd met Houston Saveloy.
    Whoa, girl . You are on the rocky road to ruin . So what if he liked children? So what if he was funny and sexy and made her tingle with just a touch? He was still a cowboy. He should have an Off Limits sign tattooed on his forehead.
    In the absence of said warning, she had only one alternative. She had to get away from him before he lured her in any further. But, before she bolted, she was going to accomplish what she came over to do in the first place.
    “Well, I’ll leave you boys to it.” She turned to Houston and spoke quietly. “I just stopped by to apologize for the other day in the restaurant.” Unable to look him in the eye, she examined an ant traipsing past her foot. “I was a little...preoccupied,” she concluded after an eternity.
    Good. That was over. And she did feel better. Maybe now she’d be able to get Houston out of her mind.
    Emily turned and walked toward her truck. Behind her, she heard the sound of fabric swooshing then footsteps pounding on the ground. She felt a warm, masculine presence at her side. Houston had abandoned his horse and was walking next to her, his pace matching her own.
    “When will I see you again?”
    Emily cranked her head around so fast she gave herself whiplash. Had Houston taken her speech as a romantic overture? She’d just apologized for being rude and now it looked as though she’d have to be rude again.
    Don’t look at him , she ordered herself. Keep walking. Be polite,
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