Read Cowboy Desires: The Complete Collection for Free Online

Austin’s phone. Andrea seemed like she must be someone really important to him if she was still calling him and he hadn’t taken that picture down. What kind of man would bring a woman into his house when he kept pictures of another woman wearing his ring on the wall? I was so curious about it, and still shocked, but how could I ask him when I barely knew the man? Sure, I had shared his bed and he had brought me to places I thought I may never go again, but that didn’t give me the right to question him or look at his phone and try to snoop around for the answer.
    When I heard him approaching from the bathroom, I quickly set his phone down and acted like I had just returned from downstairs. I was sitting on his bed in just his shirt and my boy shorts when he came into the room.
    “Feeling better?” I asked the question as innocently as I could. I was a little taken aback by the sight of him in just a towel. He was hard to resist and I wasn’t sure that I wanted to, despite his secrets.
    “Much better, thanks to you. You made me so happy last night. You’re a beautiful girl with curves in all the right places. I’m so glad you’re here. I still can’t get over how any man could let you go.”
    “You’re too sweet. I guess I’ll never know what made him leave, but I do know that I will get over it someday. Being with you last night was a huge step in the right direction. I just take things one day at a time.”
    “I’m glad I could help. There are things I need to get over, too. I may not have aired all of my dirty laundry, but I have a past, too.”
    “I don’t expect you to tell me everything. All I want is for you to respect me and be kind to me. I don’t want to play games or be used. If you’re planning on doing either one of those things, please tell me now. My heart can’t take another big break like that right now.”
    “Jamie, I have no intention of ever hurting you. I’d like to see you again and let things fall as they may. I can’t promise that it will be easy and perfect, but I do promise to be honest.”
    I was dying to ask him about Andrea, but I didn’t. Here he was promising honesty, so it was the perfect time to ask him about Andrea. Did I really want to know?
    “I appreciate that, Austin. I like where things have gone so far. For now, why don’t you get your sexy ass dressed and take me to breakfast? I’m starving!”
    He laughed and did as I asked. I sat there and enjoyed watching him put clothes on almost as much as I loved watching him take them off. He was ready in about five minutes, but not until he had doused himself with body spray. I liked how it smelled, but it still made me giggle that he took longer to get ready than I did. Weren’t cowboys supposed to be rugged and dirty?
    We headed out to his truck and he helped me up and closed my door. Then he hopped in and put more of my favorite country music on his iPod. He placed his hand on my knee like we had known each other forever, and I didn’t ask him to move it. Even though I worried about getting too attached, too quickly, and about Andrea, I liked the way Austin was making me feel for now.
    He drove for about 15 minutes and pulled into a diner I had passed a few times in my travels out this way. There were several cars parked outside and it smelled of bacon and coffee. After he got me out of the truck, he took my hand and led me inside. It was nice to have a man take care of things every once in a while, even if I liked my independence. Patrons could seat themselves here, so he took us to a booth in the back corner. I sat down with him across from me. The waitress took our orders, and we each had coffee and an omelet. He ate way more than I did, and we talked the whole time.
    The dimples in his cheeks that appeared when he smiled made my insides mushy, and I got distracted more than once by the sight of them. He asked me a lot of questions about myself, and I was completely honest. That is, until he asked me if I