Free Lucky's Story: Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy (Montana Cowboys / Country Music Collection) by Cara North Page B

towards her.
    Feeling a little embarrassed she decided it was better to be honest, that was her new thing, right?
    “Yeah.” She blushed.”It’s so good and I was starving. I should know better, but I’ve had so much on my mind I just haven’t been thinking straight lately.”
    “I’ve been there.” He pushed back from the table and stood. He lifted his shirt showing an impressive tan, abs she could lick honey off of, and a wicked scar he pointed at along his side. “Bull got me. That was when I realized I needed a break. I wasn’t focused.”
    He dropped the shirt back down ending the impressive show of delectable flesh. “ You don’t look like a rodeo clown.”
    “Hey,” he said offended. “Some of my best friends are clowns.” He laughed. “No, I’m not fast enough for that job. I rode bulls, horses, roped, wrangled, all that good ole’ cowboy stuff. I had sponsors, I had fans, I had ladies trying to get on each of my arms when I walked through a place, but I was just living for the moment then. Now, I know what I want.”
    The heat of his gaze touched her face and seduced her instantly. She may as well have been naked for all she thought he could see with that look he was giving her. She cleared her throat and asked, “What’s that?”
    “Everything,” he smiled and her flesh warmed. She was ridiculously smitten by this cowboy and that was nothing but trouble!
    “You don’t ask for much then, huh?” She tried a genuine laugh but it came out a bit chopped.
    “Not really,” he said as he took a long breath and let it out. “Not when that is what I plan to offer, to the right one, of course.”
    “Of course.” She could feel her eyebrows signal the frown on her face and quickly corrected it with a half genuine smile. “I think I’m ready to figure out where I’m supposed to go now.”
    “All right,” He nodded, stood. Picked up a cell phone and looked at her expectantly. “You’re name.”
    He laughed a little and she could feel the burn of heat across her face as they flushed with embarrassment. “Of course, I’m Hope, Hope Inkwell.”
    “Well,” he quirked his eyebrow at her again in that too interested and surprised look he had. “Nice to meet you Hope, I’m Lucky.”
    “Oh I don’t know about that.”She was blushing again.
    “I do.” His lips revealed a perfect set of white teeth before saying, “My name is Lucky. I have five sisters, and I’m the baby. When they found out I was a boy, my dad said I had to be named Lucky, because he was damn sure lucky to get a boy from my momma.”
    They shared a laugh. He called someone on the phone and when he finished the call she suddenly regretted the fact she had to leave.
    “I can take you in the truck if you want, I just need to put the fire out,” he said. They both shifted their gazes to look at the blaze in the fireplace. It was so cozy there in his cabin. The old Hope would have done something to stay. The new Hope needed to go.
    “I’ll be fine.” He gave her directions and refused to take his coat back stating she would need it for the walk and could drop it off with any of the guest services by letting them know it was his.
    He waved from the doorway and she could feel the heat of his gaze on her back as she made her way down the path to the fork in the road again. She went towards the single rooms and decided she would not be giving his jacket back to anyone, but him.

    Chapter 3
     
    If he didn’t know better he would have sworn…”Shit!”
    “I got her,” he yelled to Rafe and Jack who were already jumping on the horses to go after her.
    The black hair was what gave her away. The screams for the animal to stop as the horse headed for the path they were going to take on this trail ride anyways were understandable. She was backwards. Trail Walker did not care. He wasn’t a fast horse, but he loved the rides and he wanted nothing more than to get his person to the trail. Without guidance, he would head off on