Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 60940 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60940 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
What I found fascinating was how different they were despite being siblings. Five guys and one girl and up until Hayes, Haven caught me up on how much they babied her throughout the years. Telling me she wished I’d been around to help her with them.
I wish that too.
“Are you kidnapping me?” I smirked, trying to get a rise out of him, which I enjoyed as well.
Ledger could go from zero to a hundred, especially when it came to me.
“Can’t kidnap the willing.”
We drove for almost two hours before he got off on an exit.
“Okay, now you really got me. Where are we going?”
He winked at me. “You’ll find out when we get there.”
About thirty minutes later, he pulled into what appeared to be a ranch.
“Umm… what are we doing here?”
He parked his truck and then showed me a blindfold.
“I’m going to need you to put this on.”
“But for real? Are you kidnapping me?”
“I wouldn’t bring you here if I was.”
“Oh, so you’ve thought about it?”
With a cunning grin, he replied, “Once or twice.”
“How noble of you.”
“It’s just my plan B.”
I jerked back. “What’s plan A?”
“If I told you”—he kissed my lips, joking—“I’d have to kill you.”
He did this a lot now, kissing me whenever he wanted. We weren’t together in that way, but I never stopped him. I liked his mouth on mine.
A lot.
“Well, I am pregnant with your baby.”
“So you see my predicament?”
“I do. Quite a bind you’re in.”
He smiled. “Try to leave me and see what happens.”
I rolled my eyes. “Ledger, you know I’m moving back to New—”
He opened his door, cutting me off. “We have to go, or we’re going to be late, and you know I hate being late.”
I followed him out, and he reached for my hand. At the last second, I tried to pull it away.
“Sugar, I’m going to blindfold you. I need to help you walk, or you could hurt yourself. We’re going to be treading through some dirt, and I don’t want you falling.”
"Is that why you made me wear cowboy boots?"
"That, and I wanted to see the girl I grew up with. The one who was my best friend.”
“I thought Chance was your best friend?” I reluctantly shook my head. “And I’m not your girl.”
“I’ll remember that tonight when you’re coming in my mouth.”
My eyes widened.
“You’ve fucked my face too many times to still blush like that.”
“Okay…” I looked away. “On that note, let’s see this surprise.”
He chuckled, wrapping the blindfold over my eyes and then grabbing my hand again before leading the way.
He always knew what I was feeling.
What I wasn’t.
What I wanted to.
It was like he had a sixth sense when it came to me. He was unbelievably perceptive. At first, I thought it was only me, but I quickly learned he was like that with everyone. You couldn’t keep anything from him.
Over time, I quickly realized he didn’t just want to know me…
He wanted to own me.
Squeezing my hand in a comforting gesture, he continued to lead the way, telling me where to step until we suddenly stopped walking. I struggled like hell to let go of the resolve I had held on to since I moved in with him. To bring down the wall I’d built so high, so thick with him. I remembered spending hours thinking about the connection we shared growing up, the intensity of it, the way he looked at me, the way he spoke to me, the way he listened, every smile, every laugh. Every word that fell from his lips meant something.
It didn’t matter how big or how small.
It was there.
Etching its way into my heart where no one could ever come close to it.
Not that I had ever let them.
For some reason, I wrapped my arms around our baby girl. My mind was running a marathon, trying to figure out where we were and why we were there to begin with.
“You ready, sugar?”
I nodded.
After he untied my blindfold, I blinked a few times to adjust to the afternoon sun. Once I could see clearly, I realized what my surprise was.
“Oh my God!”
I didn’t hesitate to rush over to my horse, Daisy. She instantly neighed, bucking her feet. Just as happy to see me as I was to see her.
“Hi, my girl…” I rubbed all around her face with mine. “I’ve missed you so much.”
We stayed there for a couple of minutes, getting reacquainted with one another before Ledger announced, “We’ll take her.”
Our eyes locked.
He shook hands with a man I didn’t even notice until that moment. I was too overwhelmed with seeing her again.
“Sounds great!” the man exclaimed. “We can deliver her to your ranch tomorrow morning.”
My mouth dropped open. “You bought my horse back for me?”
He said, “I like to see you smile.”
They turned, going about their business as I stood there stunned with Daisy in my arms. I couldn’t believe he did this for me.