and the little red purse she had strapped over her shoulder. He couldn’t stop touching her.
“I’ll go grab us a pitcher,” Holly said, quickly retreating towards the bar.
“I’m glad you came,” he said, running his hands up and down her back.
“Me, too. Holly stopped by and we got to talking, and then we decided to come here and try to find her a man.” He chuckled.
“Her? Not you?” He smiled.
She shook her head. “I’ve already got a good man.”
He nodded. “I don’t suppose you’d like to dance with your man?” He nodded to where his cousins and a half-a-dozen couples were swaying around the dance floor.
“I’d love to.” She took his hand and followed him to the floor.
When they began to slowly move around, using the moves most Texan’s are raised from birth to know, he smiled at her. “You know, I normally wouldn’t be caught dead in a bar.”
Her eyebrows shot up. “Oh?”
Nodding, he continued. “I never could stand them. Crowded, loud, smoky.”
“Fairplay has been smoke free for three years.” She nodded towards dark room. He could tell. When he’d walked in, it was the first thing he’d noticed.
“I like it. My father smoked. Never could stand the smell.”
“Oh, I don’t know. My father and uncle smoke cigars on special occasions. I’m quite taken with the smell of those.” Her arms felt good wrapped around him. Pulling her closer, he felt her heart skip a beat next to his.
“So, tell me what your friend is looking for in a man,” he asked playfully.
“Why?” She laughed. “Know anyone in particular?”
He thought about it. “Local?” When she nodded, he thought harder. “Can’t think of anyone.”
“That’s the problem around here. Good men are hard to come by.”
“Oh?” he said, twirling them towards a dark corner. “Is that why you were so eager to go out with me?’
She laughed. “Point taken. I was a fool.”
Just looking at her smile made him smile. He stole that moment and leaned down to place a kiss on her lips.
“Are we still set for tomorrow night?” she asked when he pulled away and they started walking back towards the table. He didn’t know why he was trying to avoid dinner with her parents. He’d met them at Alex’s wedding and they had seemed very nice. Hell, he’d probably run into them in town several times since coming into town. It wasn’t as if they were mean people. Actually, that’s one of the reasons he had wanted to settle down in Fairplay in the first place. There wasn’t one person in town he could think of that he didn’t like.
“Yeah. I’ll pick you up at seven?”
She nodded and smiled at the group sitting around the table.
“Look who I found.” He pulled Missy closer to his side, showing everyone his interest in her.
“It’s good you guys came alone. We were getting tired of trying to convince Reece to look like he was having a good time,” Alex said as she playfully punched her cousin’s arm.
“Well, I hope you don’t mind, but I’m gonna have to steal one of your men soon. I’m wearing my dancing boots and I’m desperate,” Holly said, swaying to the song that was playing.
“Take mine,” Haley said, holding her sides. “Since having the twins, I need to sit down every other song.”
Wes leaned down and kissed his wife’s cheek then held out his arm for Holly. “I’m all yours, for now.”
“He won’t admit it, but he loves to dance,” Haley said watching Wes and Holly swing across the floor.
“Look who’s back in town,” Alex said, nodding towards the bar. “I heard she was in Houston getting another boob job.”
Reece almost choked on the sip of beer he’d just taken.
“Sorry,” Alex cringed.
He shook his head to let her know it was okay. He’d never had sisters around, but he knew how open his cousins were.
When he finally got around to glancing towards the bar, he was surprised to see Savannah standing at the bar, staring at the group. When she noticed
“I’ll go grab us a pitcher,” Holly said, quickly retreating towards the bar.
“I’m glad you came,” he said, running his hands up and down her back.
“Me, too. Holly stopped by and we got to talking, and then we decided to come here and try to find her a man.” He chuckled.
“Her? Not you?” He smiled.
She shook her head. “I’ve already got a good man.”
He nodded. “I don’t suppose you’d like to dance with your man?” He nodded to where his cousins and a half-a-dozen couples were swaying around the dance floor.
“I’d love to.” She took his hand and followed him to the floor.
When they began to slowly move around, using the moves most Texan’s are raised from birth to know, he smiled at her. “You know, I normally wouldn’t be caught dead in a bar.”
Her eyebrows shot up. “Oh?”
Nodding, he continued. “I never could stand them. Crowded, loud, smoky.”
“Fairplay has been smoke free for three years.” She nodded towards dark room. He could tell. When he’d walked in, it was the first thing he’d noticed.
“I like it. My father smoked. Never could stand the smell.”
“Oh, I don’t know. My father and uncle smoke cigars on special occasions. I’m quite taken with the smell of those.” Her arms felt good wrapped around him. Pulling her closer, he felt her heart skip a beat next to his.
“So, tell me what your friend is looking for in a man,” he asked playfully.
“Why?” She laughed. “Know anyone in particular?”
He thought about it. “Local?” When she nodded, he thought harder. “Can’t think of anyone.”
“That’s the problem around here. Good men are hard to come by.”
“Oh?” he said, twirling them towards a dark corner. “Is that why you were so eager to go out with me?’
She laughed. “Point taken. I was a fool.”
Just looking at her smile made him smile. He stole that moment and leaned down to place a kiss on her lips.
“Are we still set for tomorrow night?” she asked when he pulled away and they started walking back towards the table. He didn’t know why he was trying to avoid dinner with her parents. He’d met them at Alex’s wedding and they had seemed very nice. Hell, he’d probably run into them in town several times since coming into town. It wasn’t as if they were mean people. Actually, that’s one of the reasons he had wanted to settle down in Fairplay in the first place. There wasn’t one person in town he could think of that he didn’t like.
“Yeah. I’ll pick you up at seven?”
She nodded and smiled at the group sitting around the table.
“Look who I found.” He pulled Missy closer to his side, showing everyone his interest in her.
“It’s good you guys came alone. We were getting tired of trying to convince Reece to look like he was having a good time,” Alex said as she playfully punched her cousin’s arm.
“Well, I hope you don’t mind, but I’m gonna have to steal one of your men soon. I’m wearing my dancing boots and I’m desperate,” Holly said, swaying to the song that was playing.
“Take mine,” Haley said, holding her sides. “Since having the twins, I need to sit down every other song.”
Wes leaned down and kissed his wife’s cheek then held out his arm for Holly. “I’m all yours, for now.”
“He won’t admit it, but he loves to dance,” Haley said watching Wes and Holly swing across the floor.
“Look who’s back in town,” Alex said, nodding towards the bar. “I heard she was in Houston getting another boob job.”
Reece almost choked on the sip of beer he’d just taken.
“Sorry,” Alex cringed.
He shook his head to let her know it was okay. He’d never had sisters around, but he knew how open his cousins were.
When he finally got around to glancing towards the bar, he was surprised to see Savannah standing at the bar, staring at the group. When she noticed
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