Counterfeit Cowboy (27 page)
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At midnight he lay in bed in Shelby’s room, his arm about her shoulders as she snuggled against him.
“Quite a wedding night,” he muttered into her ear. “With a gimpy groom, and his parents in the room next door.” A chuckle shook his chest and he winced. “Damn, it still hurts to laugh.”
“Maybe not as romantic as that night on the beach, but still pretty darned good.” She touched her lips to his. In the brightness reflected into the room from moonlight on newfallen snow, he saw her eyes twinkling. “And this new mattress is wonderfully quiet, don’t you think?”
“So you’re satisfied, Mrs. Brooks?” He pulled her closer, ignoring the twinge in his ribs. “I promise it will be better…soon. And in the spring, we’re going to have one blowout of a honeymoon. I know these great seaside cabins with fieldstone fireplaces and catered meals that will take your breath away. And no family for a least a dozen miles.”
“I’ll look forward to it.” She pulled herself up on one elbow to look down at him. “Jordan, you’re sure you won’t miss traveling with the band? Life here on the farm is pretty quiet by comparison.”
“Life here on this farm is just exactly what I want and need.” He ran his hand up and down her soft arm. “I can’t imagine anything I want more. And maybe someday, when I’m riding really well, you’ll be sorry you called me a counterfeit cowboy.”
“No problem there right now, sweetie. There’s nothing counterfeit about you”—she ran her hand down his body and he flinched with pleasure—“at all.”
A word about the author...
A graduate of Queen's University, Gail MacMillan is the award-winning author of twenty-seven published books. Her short stories and articles have been published coast to coast in North America and in Western Europe.
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