Cowboy Heart (Historical Western Romance) (Longren Family series #3, Kitty and Lukes story)
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Without thinking, I said, "Poor Sarah."
"She's better off with you as her friend," Luke said and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.
I looked up, startled. "I'll be in Gold Hill." I couldn't really impose on my sister. That was a dream. It was time to wake up. She hadn't left me, and now she'd be better, somehow, and I would go home and leave everything here, leave—
Luke—
Somehow. And—
He kissed me. Gently, and not completely unexpectedly. The kiss was harder than the one the night before, as if he'd had time to think about it. As if he'd had time to think about everything he wanted and begun to make plans. Some people are better at planning ahead than me.
"I'm buying the Getties' grain farm," Luke said. "As soon as it goes on sale. Sooner, if I could, but I'll need to wait until they have to sell and get a better price. My brother, the veterinarian, is loaning me the down payment."
I started to say something to that, because if the farm was lucrative, he could pay that back, and because it was a wonderful gesture from his brother and because I was excited for him.
Luke interrupted me. "It's a wedding present," he said.
For a stunned second, I didn't realize he meant me. I didn't even think in terms of Luke and me, I thought, You're getting married? That makes no sense.
And then I stared at him in surprise. "Luke?"
"You'd be close to your sister," he said. As if that was the draw.
"I'd be close to you," I said. Because that was the draw.
"Does that mean you'll marry me?" Luke Michaels asked.
It meant I wouldn't go home to Gold Hill. It meant that Mr. Overton couldn't marry me off but he and my mother could enjoy their time together. It meant I could live mere miles away from Sarah rather than in another state. It meant I'd be on a farm and I already knew I liked being on a ranch.
It meant marrying the man I had fallen in love with because his interests matched mine. A man who wanted to climb trees and race horses. A man who loved me and who I loved in return. A man who was my friend.
Luke pulled me into his arms as he leaned back against the tree. Leaves fell into our hair as our mouths met. His mouth was sun warm, his hands pulling me closer. I sank into the kiss, feeling Luke all around me, the touch of his legs on mine, the beating of his heart under his ash-stained shirt. The taste of his mouth, like coffee he'd had earlier and something else, maybe cinnamon.
I'd felt safe the day before, riding through the fiery pasture lands and ranch. I felt safe now, wrapped in his arms, as if he never intended to let go.
He was my friend and he was the man I loved.
I'd left home looking for a friend, and found several.
Sometimes, my ideas are good ones.
The End
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First Printing, 2013
Table of Contents
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
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