Confer, Lorelei - Deadly Revenge (BookStrand Publishing Romance) by Lorelei Confer Page B
Authors: Lorelei Confer
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parked cars behind her, watching and waiting. Waiting for the perfect opportunity to get the ring.
Chapter 12
Early the next morning, Tory unpacked a couple more small boxes left over from the move. She answered the phone and was excited to hear Dave’s voice on the other end.
“Good morning, Tory. How about going for a horseback ride this afternoon?”
“Sounds like a great idea,” Tory answered. “It’s a gorgeous day, and I’d love to get some fresh air. It’s a perfect day for a ride up the mountain. Let me call Sue and make sure it’s okay. Maybe she and Brandon can come along.” She took a swallow of her near-cold coffee.
“That’s not exactly what I had in mind.” He chuckled.
“What did you have in mind?” She giggled.
“Being alone with you sounds ideal to me.”
Tory laughed and rolled her eyes. She liked Dave well enough but didn’t know him as well as she’d like to. He made her innermost feelings come to the foreground, and it scared her.
“I’ll give Sue a call and make sure it’s okay and call you back.”
As soon as she hung up the phone with Dave, she called Sue. After a short conversation with Sue, the ride was on. They would meet at Sue’s around two o’clock that afternoon and the four of them, Sue and Brandon, Dave and Tory would all go together.
* * * *
Tory chose a clean pair of jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt and changed into them. Even though it was a beautiful spring day, there was still a cool breeze, and she would need the long sleeves. I wonder where I put those old boots I used to wear riding all the time? Dave would be here any minute. She hurriedly dug around in the bottom of her closet, opening and closing all her shoe boxes looking for her boots. Finally the last box she opened she found them. She slid them on, and the worn leather molded around her feet. They were scuffed and dirty, and she grabbed a clean cloth and wiped them off. She had just finished when the doorbell rang.
She answered the door and warmness spread through her body from the sight of Dave. Her stomach quivered, and she had a tingling feeling down deep. He had on a button-front shirt with the top three buttons undone. His chest hair showed, and she wanted to touch it, to feel its softness against her skin again. His shirt was tucked into his just-right hung jeans. Her eyes traveled down his long, muscular legs to his leather riding boots.
“Hello, Dave,” she said breathlessly.
“Hi there. Are you ready to hit the trail?”
“I sure am, just let me get my purse and sunglasses. I can leave my things in your truck while we’re riding, okay?”
“Sure, no problem.”
She grabbed her things and after locking the front door joined him on the front porch.
Dave had already started toward his truck when he turned around and asked, “You comin’?”
“I’ll be right behind you.” And what a behind it was. Her heart quickened and she felt the heat rise in her cheeks as she saw how his jeans fit his backside. His butt was gorgeous, begging to be squeezed. Oh, my God! Did I just think that? What’s the matter with me?
He held the door of the truck open for her and helped her into the higher seat. He got in the truck on the other side, and they were soon on their way to Sue’s.
“I’m sure you’re going to like Sue and Brandon. They were high school sweethearts, and she helped put him through law school. Now he has his own practice and does pretty well for himself,” Tory told Dave.
“How’d they get in the horse ranching business?”
“They both love horses and bought the ranch a few years ago. They intend to make trail rides available to tourists and have trails all over this side of the mountain.”
Tory remembered Sue always telling her she would be happier here in the mountains where she grew up, where she could face her demon and be herself, enjoy life with family instead of work, work, work. Sue had said many times she couldn’t get a clear picture in her
Chapter 12
Early the next morning, Tory unpacked a couple more small boxes left over from the move. She answered the phone and was excited to hear Dave’s voice on the other end.
“Good morning, Tory. How about going for a horseback ride this afternoon?”
“Sounds like a great idea,” Tory answered. “It’s a gorgeous day, and I’d love to get some fresh air. It’s a perfect day for a ride up the mountain. Let me call Sue and make sure it’s okay. Maybe she and Brandon can come along.” She took a swallow of her near-cold coffee.
“That’s not exactly what I had in mind.” He chuckled.
“What did you have in mind?” She giggled.
“Being alone with you sounds ideal to me.”
Tory laughed and rolled her eyes. She liked Dave well enough but didn’t know him as well as she’d like to. He made her innermost feelings come to the foreground, and it scared her.
“I’ll give Sue a call and make sure it’s okay and call you back.”
As soon as she hung up the phone with Dave, she called Sue. After a short conversation with Sue, the ride was on. They would meet at Sue’s around two o’clock that afternoon and the four of them, Sue and Brandon, Dave and Tory would all go together.
* * * *
Tory chose a clean pair of jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt and changed into them. Even though it was a beautiful spring day, there was still a cool breeze, and she would need the long sleeves. I wonder where I put those old boots I used to wear riding all the time? Dave would be here any minute. She hurriedly dug around in the bottom of her closet, opening and closing all her shoe boxes looking for her boots. Finally the last box she opened she found them. She slid them on, and the worn leather molded around her feet. They were scuffed and dirty, and she grabbed a clean cloth and wiped them off. She had just finished when the doorbell rang.
She answered the door and warmness spread through her body from the sight of Dave. Her stomach quivered, and she had a tingling feeling down deep. He had on a button-front shirt with the top three buttons undone. His chest hair showed, and she wanted to touch it, to feel its softness against her skin again. His shirt was tucked into his just-right hung jeans. Her eyes traveled down his long, muscular legs to his leather riding boots.
“Hello, Dave,” she said breathlessly.
“Hi there. Are you ready to hit the trail?”
“I sure am, just let me get my purse and sunglasses. I can leave my things in your truck while we’re riding, okay?”
“Sure, no problem.”
She grabbed her things and after locking the front door joined him on the front porch.
Dave had already started toward his truck when he turned around and asked, “You comin’?”
“I’ll be right behind you.” And what a behind it was. Her heart quickened and she felt the heat rise in her cheeks as she saw how his jeans fit his backside. His butt was gorgeous, begging to be squeezed. Oh, my God! Did I just think that? What’s the matter with me?
He held the door of the truck open for her and helped her into the higher seat. He got in the truck on the other side, and they were soon on their way to Sue’s.
“I’m sure you’re going to like Sue and Brandon. They were high school sweethearts, and she helped put him through law school. Now he has his own practice and does pretty well for himself,” Tory told Dave.
“How’d they get in the horse ranching business?”
“They both love horses and bought the ranch a few years ago. They intend to make trail rides available to tourists and have trails all over this side of the mountain.”
Tory remembered Sue always telling her she would be happier here in the mountains where she grew up, where she could face her demon and be herself, enjoy life with family instead of work, work, work. Sue had said many times she couldn’t get a clear picture in her
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