Kissing Her Cowboy
he mounted Big Blue
with a grunt, sweat breaking over his brow with the effort. Daisy
followed, using his forearm in place of the saddle horn. She slid
in behind him, and he leaned back against her chest. With her slim
body pressed against his for leverage, his pain eased.
    Trey shifted a little and the saddle
creaked. He found his center of gravity and the throb in his spine
disappeared.
    Dang. This just might work.
    Big Blue chuffed and shook his impressive
head but held steady while Daisy wrapped her arms around Trey’s
midsection. Trey shivered at the intimacy of the contact. He closed
his eyes for a moment, savoring the feel of her body against his.
He’d almost forgotten how much comfort a woman could bring. It had
been a long time.
    He took the reins and guided Big Blue from
the corral to the open field. The world had never looked brighter.
From his vantage point looking out over the meadow, with the most
beautiful woman he’d ever met at his back and the greatest horse
that ever lived beneath him, his entire life was opening before
him. All was well.
    Daisy pressed her cheek against the base of
his neck. “If this works, maybe this means you’re healing. Maybe
soon we can ride together side by side. Would you like that?”
    Trey nodded. “Can’t think of anything I’d
like better.”
    Daisy slid a hand up his chest. “I can think
of something. See that stand of trees to the east? Get Big Blue to
take us there. We’ll continue the kissing we started…and maybe
more. I know you’ve been holding off because I’m your client, but…
I think things have changed. You’re not just my teacher but my
cowboy.”
    Trey heard the smile in her voice and headed
eastward with anticipation, letting Big Blue have more rein than
he’d done in months. A breeze rippled over the fields to run
through his hair like soothing fingers. Sunlight touched his face
like an old friend. A smile parted his lips, and Trey exhaled with
contentment. Big Blue kept still, as if sensing Trey’s need to hold
the moment close.
    He relaxed in the saddle and leaned into
Daisy, savoring the feel of her breasts against his spine. He
clasped the hand she’d cupped over his heart and said, “My house
isn’t far beyond that stand of trees. Would you like to see
it?”
    Daisy nodded against his shoulder. She slid
her hand from his chest and brushed his hair away from his neck to
lay kisses there, and Trey sucked in a breath as she pressed one
behind his ear and nibbled his earlobe. Her warm mouth and the heat
of her tongue trailed over his flesh to mark him like a brand,
making him hers.
    Daisy might not know it yet, but he intended
to make her his, too. Both his broken back and Daisy’s broken
spirit would heal and grow stronger over time. Their needs to start
fresh had brought them together, and their growing love would see
them through. He’d find a way to finish the porch on his house and
make it ready for a wife. That wife would be Daisy. Together,
they’d build a new life and a home.
    Trey clicked his tongue and gave the
stallion the giddy-up.

 
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    Adele Downs writes contemporary romance
inside the office of her rural Pennsylvania home. She is a former
journalist, published in newspapers and magazines inside the USA,
UK, and Caribbean.
    Adele is an active member of Romance Writers
of America and her local RWA chapter where she serves as a past
president. She has written several articles for RWR magazine
(Romance Writers Report), the trade journal of Romance Writers of
America, and has presented workshops at conferences.
    When Adele isn’t working on her current
project, she can be found riding in her convertible or reading a
book on the nearest beach. Visit her website at http://adeledowns.wordpress.com

 

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