Trouble in a Stetson by Regina Carlysle Page A

shut. Lola looked at him over the battleground littered with junk food and her bottom lip quivered. Damn, he’d hurt her so badly. He could see it on her face and in her beautiful blue eyes. Uncaring about the crap on the floor, he went to her and filled his fist with her messy blonde ponytail. “I love you.”
    “Sam.” She shook her head. “I thought—”
    “I was wrong about everything and damn me for jumping to conclusions. It’s been so long since I trusted a woman, any woman. But hell honey, you came into my life and you were so good. Honest. I just had to believe, finally, there was someone in this world who would love me for me. Just the way I am.”
    Tears poured down Lola’s face. “Hey, I kind of know how you feel about that, Sam.
    It’s been that way for me my whole life, ya know? Nothing happened with Nick. He just kissed me. I tried to push him—”
    “Shh. I know.” Sam wrapped her up in his arms. She was trembling and he hated himself all over again. “I got the wrong idea about things. I know better now. Here’s the deal, I saw that man with his hands and his mouth all over you and I just went a little crazy. I’ve felt like you were mine for quite a while now.”
    Her nose had been buried in his chest but now she looked up at him. “You have?”
    “Yeah, I have. I’m in love with you, Lola. I love everything about you. I respect you.
    And I want you forever. Stay. Stay here with me. Okay?”
    “Okay, Sam. Okay. I love you too. I’ll do anything for you, honey. Heck, you can even shoot my car if you wanna.”
    Sam kissed her as the cracks in his heart filled with the kind of love that would last him the rest of his life. He had his sweet little showgirl and that was enough.
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    Regina Carlysle is an award-winning, multi-published author. She likes writing that is hot, edgy and often humorous, and puts this trademark stamp on all her stories.
    Regina lives in west Texas with her husband of 25 years and counting, and is a doting, fawning, over-indulgent mother to her two kids. When she’s not penning steamy erotic tales or hot contemporary stories, she’s indulging in long chats with friends who help her stay sane and keep her laughing.

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