Page 99 of The Cowgirl's Chosen Love
She kissed him quickly, shoving aside the rapidly fading bit of annoyance. “You’re so smart.”
“Your brilliance is wearing off on me. Want to make a bet that in fifty years I’ve almost caught up?”
Her eyes opened wide for a moment. She’d caught it. His reference to forever, and she wasn’t running scared. “Ha, as if I’d make another bet with you. You’d figure out some way to make it double or nothing and I’d have to live to three hundred to get paid.”
“Good by me,” Josiah teased, kissing her quickly.
A delicate cough rang in front of them.
Emma, waiting patiently impatiently and squirming on the spot like a typical eight-year-old. She glanced briefly at Josiah before turning her pleading gaze on Lisa. “Auntie Lisa, can I play with Ollie? I promise I’ll take good care of her.”
“Of course you can, sweetie, but you’ll have to keep her in the laundry room, okay?” Lisa said. Temptation flared and she leaned in close to whisper her question. “What did Josiah tell you earlier?”
Emma covered her mouth, then slipped her fingers open to giggle her answer. Softly, but loud enough Josiah easily overheard. “He said Ollie loves you almost as much as he does, so I need to be extra sweet to her.”
Something melted inside Lisa’s chest. Her throat was tight as she rubbed Emma on the head, then sent her off to the back of the house to cuddle with Ollie.
Then she lifted her eyes to Josiah. “You are…”
She swallowed hard, unable to finish.
Josiah’s grin widened. “I know.”
A laugh burst free. “Trouble.”
“That too,” he said. Then he picked her up and dropped her into his lap where he proceeded to kiss her silly, in spite of the teasing comments that instantly rang out from the rest of the family.
Love made the difference. Love, and Josiah.
End of May, Heart Falls, a remote dead-end road…
Josiah openedthe text he’d received from Lisa, laughing for a moment at how smoothly she’d transitioned into their new world. They weren’t travelling yet, but they were having fun. For the time being, this suited them and they were fully embracing that it worked. Lisa had moved in with him at the same time that Finn and Zach had moved out and suddenly he had a home where friends and family stopped by and filled the place with noise and laughter.
But today was just him and Lisa.
He opened the message from her and grinned.
Lisa:All I need is an estimated time to count down.Read and enjoy!
Setting: a lonely stretch of Alberta Highway. Specifically, the dead-end road past the Mitchell’s corner. If you don’t know where this is, please call because I don’t want to be out here by myself!:)
Female lead: she’s an up-and-coming country singer headed to a gig when her truck breaks down.
Male lead: he’s a local reclusive billionaire eccentric who finds her walking down the road. It’s instant attraction and neither of them can keep their hands off each other.
He approved one hundred percent with all of it. Her scene, her characters…the mischief they were about to enjoy.
Josiah: I hear this director is very demanding
Lisa:She is. You’d better be on your best behaviour
Josiah:Yes, ma’am. Leaving now. Should be able to make it on stage in ten minutes.
Lisa:Break a leg.
“You are one amazing woman,” he announced out loud, tucking away his phone. Josiah scrambled under the seat for the one prop he had with him. Considering the odds, he’d hidden it away for just such a moment and after slipping it on, he gunned the engine, then peeled out of the parking lot and headed down the highway.
It was a gorgeous day. While it was possible they’d still get snow, it looked as if they had one of those years when spring arrived early and planned on staying.
