Page 10 of A Cowboy's Heart

“How would you?” Jaxon chuckled as he lifted the blanket off his horse.

“True. I’m going to check on Rocky and make sure Devin hasn’t killed him yet.”

“Good idea. Have a good day,” Jaxon said as he touched the brim of his hat.

Cowboys were so polite. They were hardworking men, and she’d bet hard loving too.

Oh my God! You need to stop this, Willa Foster!

When she walked into the bright sunshine, she saw Devin leaning against the wood rail fence with his arms folded along the top and one booted foot hooked on the bottom rail. Rocky was sitting on a beautiful chestnut horse with a white blaze down her face. He was riding her around in a slow circle.

Willa skimmed her eyes down over Devin. A cowboy through and through…from the top of his white straw cowboy hat sitting low on his forehead to his well-worn dusty boots. Too bad he wasn’t facing her, or she’d check out his jeans.Stop it now!

“Hi,” she said as she stepped up beside Devin.

“Hello, darlin’.” Devin smiled at her.

Laughing, she shook her head. “Do you use that cowboy jargon on all the women?”

“Well, I am a cowboy. But as far as calling all women that—I don’t.”

“I’m supposed to believe that?” She snorted.

Devin chuckled. “You’re a tough woman, Willa. What man made you mistrust the rest of us so much?”

“It would take too long to tell you.”

“You could tell me over dinner.” He grinned at her.

She looked away from him because if she didn’t, she’d take him up on the dinner invitation in a heartbeat. Rocky waved at her, and she raised her hand at him.

“He seems to be doing all right,” she said as she watched Rocky.

“He is so far. This was just to get him used to how to command and sit on the horse. He was scared to death when he first mounted her. Moondancer is a very gentle horse but any horse can feel the tension, and it makes them nervous too. I had to tell him to relax in the saddle or he was going to bounce around, and hurt like hell tomorrow. Although, it won’t matter because he’s going to be sore anyway.”

“I did that the first time I rode. My muscles really hurt the next day.”

“You didn’t have a good teacher. I could have taught you how to relax and enjoy it,” he said quietly near her ear.

Suppressing a shiver, she looked at him. “Are we still talking about horseback riding?”

Devin laughed. “I was, but you know it’s true about anything you do. Relax, and you enjoy it more.” He looked at her. Their eyes met and held.

“That’s true,” she whispered.

“Have dinner with me.”

“Will it stop at just one dinner?”

“Hell, no.”

“Devin…”

“I love how you say my name. Sexy as hell,” he murmured.

She noticed his gaze dropped to her lips then lifted back to her eyes. Most women wouldn’t have caught it since he’d done it so subtlety, but she did. She watched for things like that and noticed almost everything a man did when looking at a woman. This man was so dangerous, to her heart and her libido. She had to convince herself not to get involved with him but the more she thought about it, the more she wanted him. To feel him between her legs.

She shuddered and licked her lips. He groaned and started to lean toward her when Rocky stopped the horse in front of them.

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