Free Marrying The Cowboy: A BWWM Cowboy Billionaire Romance by BWWM Club, Esther Banks Page B

why I was so nervous to
share with our parents."
    "No matter how old you get, you are always your parents' child.
Hell, I'm over forty and I know my mother still sees me as her little
boy from time to time."
    Kate curled up closer to Bruce on the couch. "I get it. I wanted
them to jump for joy. The fact that it took them a moment to come
around was almost scary."
    "We made it through. That is all that matters. But did you have
any doubt that we would?"
    "No."
    Bruce sipped his wine. "And besides, even if they did not like
it, there was no turning back. You are Mrs. Bruce Stanger."
    "Hmm. That is true. Can you say that again?"
    That sly grin came across Bruce's face. "What? The part about
you being Mrs. Bruce Stanger?"
    Kate kissed his soft lips. "I love hearing you say that."
    "If I would have known that I would get this kind of response, I
would have made you Mrs. Bruce Stanger a long time ago, pretty lady."
    Bruce kissed his wife.
    "Let's set the date," Kate suggested.
    "Alright. Let's give it two months. That will put us both past
the busy season and make sure that we have the time to properly spend
with our family and friends celebrating over the weekend. I have a
few speaking engagements coming up and want to clear some of the
travel off of my schedule."
    Kate whipped out her cell phone and opened the calendar. "Here
is the date."
    Bruce looked at the phone. "Okay, July 5th it is."
    Although they were already married, Kate was excited all over again
to marry him. She shared with him her idea of getting married at the
beach.
    "You want small and intimate right?"
    "I do."
    "I have an idea."
    *****
    Kate gathered every wedding magazine she could get her hands on. She
wanted the right inspiration for the ceremony. She and Bruce settled
on a cerulean blue theme accented with silver.
    She put her mother in charge of the centerpieces. Mrs. Stanger was in
charge of décor. Linda was in charge of finding the caterer
and the music. Kate would oversee all areas. She knew they were
pressed for time and two months would not be a lot of time to pull it
all together. Especially when she and Bruce had full schedules.
    Neither of them worked normal nine to five jobs so they needed to
carve out the time wisely. But being in control of their own careers
allowed them make the time they needed for family and for their
wedding.
    So far, everything was coming together smoothly. The anticipation
building as the day drew near.
    Kate was happy that for the next few speaking engagements and
conferences, Bruce would be in town. For the first time, he invited
her out to see him in action.
    On an extended lunch break, Kate drove over to the convention center
where Bruce would be speaking. She was in awe of the man she had
fallen for. On stage, he was charismatic, commanded attention, and
was witty and knowledgeable. She knew there was something about him
that attracted people to his workshops, but to see Bruce in action,
room filled to capacity with people eager to learn from him, made her
admire him even more.
    Kate sat in the back of the room, watching him at work. It was as if
she was getting to know him all over again. He had seen her at work,
and she hadn't had a chance to check him out in his element.
    There were so many facets to this man. He was the former Fortune 500
executive who was brave enough to branch out on his own and start a
consulting business. He was also the family man who loved his parents
dearly, loved to live off of the land, and was the rugged cowboy she
first met and fell head over heels for.
    He was easily able to make the switch between the two, but the more
she took a look, the more she realized he was doing nothing more than
changing clothes. Bruce was always confident, self- assured, and
willing to take a step out and try something new. It was the same
principles he taught during his speaker's workshops and it was the
same principle she learned from him.
    Of course, maybe Bruce had picked up these life lessons in