jackpot." The disappointment on her face when he'd ruined it still
haunted him.
"She's very generous. With her time and
her…um…money." Gigi smiled. "I guess I know why, now. But what else
about her?"
"She's adventurous." When he'd made love to her up
against the wall of windows, his first instinct was to be more cautious, haul
her into the bedroom, but he knew stepping out of his comfort zone would make
her happy, so he'd done it, and had loved every second of it.
"She gets her own way, and makes me think it was my
idea." When she wanted to go dancing, he was okay with it because dancing
made her happy. When she wanted to hear the story of his arrest, he told her,
because she wanted to hear it, and he wanted to please her.
Boone cleared his throat. "That'd be every woman's
trick."
Gigi smacked his leg. "Boone, you're not really helping
here."
He held up his hands. "Okay, okay. I'll let the expert
do her work." The cowboy stood and went to the bar for another beer.
"Dallas, what do you feel for her?" Gigi tucked
her legs under her on the couch.
"Feelings aren't my thing." He felt his jaw
tighten.
"Don't say them out loud, just see if you can
experience them."
He heaved a sigh. When he'd gone into the gift shop at the
strip club looking for something heart-shaped, and the only non-triple-x rated
item was the hip chain. What had he been feeling then?
He thought about the picture Boone had sent him. The six of
them and their giant liquor glasses. Dallas had ignored everyone but Kira. Her
face, hopeful, sexy, excited. His lips had curled up as he'd stared into her
beautiful eyes.
He liked her, wanted to make her happy, wanted to see her
smile. Her smile made him happy.
"Happy." Something warm radiated around his heart.
He'd never been happy with a woman. Even his relationship with Layna had been
just a physical connection, something he'd grasped at, hoping an emotional tie
would follow. It never did with Layna, but with Kira?
A bubble of something crept up his throat and burst out of
him as laughter. Was he going crazy?
"What's happening over there?" Boone leaned on the
bar, watching him.
"I think Dallas has found what he's been looking
for." Gigi's voice was soft.
Dallas glanced between her and Boone. "Does falling for
someone and going nuts feel exactly the same?"
"Exactly the same." Boone said.
Gigi raised an eyebrow. "A girl has to be crazy
to fall for a rodeo cowboy."
Is this what Kira was feeling for him? Is this why she
wanted more from him? She wanted to take things a step further, find out how
much better this feeling could get.
He took a breath and prepared to ask himself "thequestion."
Did he love Kira? Excitement raced around his heart, sending it pattering
wildly. The Valentine's Day mushy stuff had hit him. Hard. But was it love?
"He's gone silent again." Boone strode toward
them. "This could be bad."
"Give him time. He's realizing just how amazing Kira
is. How letting her in could be the best thing he's ever done in his
life."
"Kira is a hell of a woman." Boone leaned on the
back of the couch behind Gigi. "I've gotten to know her over the last few
months. She and Dallas would be good for each other."
Gigi looked up at her fiancé. "They would. It's not so
much that opposites attract, as it is both of them looking for something that
the other can give them."
They weren't very damn subtle, but he'd play along.
"Like what?"
She nodded at Boone.
The bull rider smiled at Gigi, and Dallas's chest clutched
at the emotion in his gaze and the intensity in the look Gigi returned. He
wanted that for himself. With Kira?
Boone pierced Dallas with a hard stare. "You've been
alone since you were nineteen. When you turned twenty-eight last year,
something made you want to settle down, and you did, but with the wrong woman.
Now you're afraid to admit Kira might be the right woman because you nearly got
destroyed once."
His friend was right. And more perceptive than Dallas had
given him credit for.
haunted him.
"She's very generous. With her time and
her…um…money." Gigi smiled. "I guess I know why, now. But what else
about her?"
"She's adventurous." When he'd made love to her up
against the wall of windows, his first instinct was to be more cautious, haul
her into the bedroom, but he knew stepping out of his comfort zone would make
her happy, so he'd done it, and had loved every second of it.
"She gets her own way, and makes me think it was my
idea." When she wanted to go dancing, he was okay with it because dancing
made her happy. When she wanted to hear the story of his arrest, he told her,
because she wanted to hear it, and he wanted to please her.
Boone cleared his throat. "That'd be every woman's
trick."
Gigi smacked his leg. "Boone, you're not really helping
here."
He held up his hands. "Okay, okay. I'll let the expert
do her work." The cowboy stood and went to the bar for another beer.
"Dallas, what do you feel for her?" Gigi tucked
her legs under her on the couch.
"Feelings aren't my thing." He felt his jaw
tighten.
"Don't say them out loud, just see if you can
experience them."
He heaved a sigh. When he'd gone into the gift shop at the
strip club looking for something heart-shaped, and the only non-triple-x rated
item was the hip chain. What had he been feeling then?
He thought about the picture Boone had sent him. The six of
them and their giant liquor glasses. Dallas had ignored everyone but Kira. Her
face, hopeful, sexy, excited. His lips had curled up as he'd stared into her
beautiful eyes.
He liked her, wanted to make her happy, wanted to see her
smile. Her smile made him happy.
"Happy." Something warm radiated around his heart.
He'd never been happy with a woman. Even his relationship with Layna had been
just a physical connection, something he'd grasped at, hoping an emotional tie
would follow. It never did with Layna, but with Kira?
A bubble of something crept up his throat and burst out of
him as laughter. Was he going crazy?
"What's happening over there?" Boone leaned on the
bar, watching him.
"I think Dallas has found what he's been looking
for." Gigi's voice was soft.
Dallas glanced between her and Boone. "Does falling for
someone and going nuts feel exactly the same?"
"Exactly the same." Boone said.
Gigi raised an eyebrow. "A girl has to be crazy
to fall for a rodeo cowboy."
Is this what Kira was feeling for him? Is this why she
wanted more from him? She wanted to take things a step further, find out how
much better this feeling could get.
He took a breath and prepared to ask himself "thequestion."
Did he love Kira? Excitement raced around his heart, sending it pattering
wildly. The Valentine's Day mushy stuff had hit him. Hard. But was it love?
"He's gone silent again." Boone strode toward
them. "This could be bad."
"Give him time. He's realizing just how amazing Kira
is. How letting her in could be the best thing he's ever done in his
life."
"Kira is a hell of a woman." Boone leaned on the
back of the couch behind Gigi. "I've gotten to know her over the last few
months. She and Dallas would be good for each other."
Gigi looked up at her fiancé. "They would. It's not so
much that opposites attract, as it is both of them looking for something that
the other can give them."
They weren't very damn subtle, but he'd play along.
"Like what?"
She nodded at Boone.
The bull rider smiled at Gigi, and Dallas's chest clutched
at the emotion in his gaze and the intensity in the look Gigi returned. He
wanted that for himself. With Kira?
Boone pierced Dallas with a hard stare. "You've been
alone since you were nineteen. When you turned twenty-eight last year,
something made you want to settle down, and you did, but with the wrong woman.
Now you're afraid to admit Kira might be the right woman because you nearly got
destroyed once."
His friend was right. And more perceptive than Dallas had
given him credit for.
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