Page 6 of Cowboy Stole My Heart
He stayed out of his way, still staring at him, but not ready to challenge the stallion head-on yet. He would respect his space and figure out how to get through to him another day, right now he just didn’t want the horse to think he’d scared him.
“He is an asshole,” Mia muttered, looking worried as Sam hauled himself down from the fence. “I shouldn’t have argued with you about that before.”
“The problem isn’t that he’s an asshole, it’s what made him think that he should hate the world. Horses aren’t born mean,” he said, brushing his hands down his jeans.
“I know.”
He stared at her. “So either you tell me why he’s hardwired this way, or I figure it out myself, but either way I’m signing that contract and I’ll see you here on Monday morning.”
She looked surprised. “You’re actually going to take the job?”
“Unless you’re interviewing other candidates?”
She scowled at him, clearly not appreciating the joke.
“I’ll see you two days from now, then,” she said.
Sam didn’t wait for her to walk him out. Instead he held up his hand in a wave and headed back for his car on his own. He’d take the letter home with him, sign it, then make his way back after the weekend. Right now he needed to get home, take a hot shower, then fall into bed.
He smiled, thinking about the look on Mia’s face. She was beautiful and headstrong, and he liked that in awoman. Except he hadn’t been in the market for almost a year and he wasn’t about to be now. He wouldn’t have made a play for Walter Ford’s daughter anyway. Besides the fact that he didn’t do relationships, he didn’t mix business with pleasure, and he doubted she’d be the kind interested in casual sex.
He laughed as he drove down the drive and headed for home. He also doubted that she’d ever be remotely interested in him. Mia had been glaring at him like she’d rather murder him than sleep with him, but damn, that perfect pout of hers and the arrogant way she’d flicked her ponytail over her shoulder… Sam gritted his teeth. He didn’t need any complications in his life right now, and no matter how much other people in his life would like him to forget the past and move on, he wasn’t ready. Not when it came to women.
