The Rancher
“Holden barged in, slammed the door back shut with one foot and sent her a look that chilled her to the bone.
"You're married?" He shook his head, laughed and jerked his hat off his head, tossing it across the room. "All this time I've been making a fool of myself asking you to marry me and you already have a husband?" She tried to speak but he shoved away from the wall, paced the length of her small room and glared at her on every pass, grumbling and voicing his displeasure. "Why, Laurel? W...as all this some game to you? Did you enjoy seeing me grovel like an idiot, beg you to marry me like some love-sick fool knowing nothing I ever said or did would make you change your mind?" Ten minutes of listening to him rant and rave and Laurel leaned back against the wall, watching him make laps over her rug and even managed to hide a yawn when his back was turned. She wasn't about to complain because of his behavior. Truth be known, she was happy he even bothered to come back. She didn't think he would.MoreLess
"You're married?" He shook his head, laughed and jerked his hat off his head, tossing it across the room. "All this time I've been making a fool of myself asking you to marry me and you already have a husband?" She tried to speak but he shoved away from the wall, paced the length of her small room and glared at her on every pass, grumbling and voicing his displeasure. "Why, Laurel? W...as all this some game to you? Did you enjoy seeing me grovel like an idiot, beg you to marry me like some love-sick fool knowing nothing I ever said or did would make you change your mind?" Ten minutes of listening to him rant and rave and Laurel leaned back against the wall, watching him make laps over her rug and even managed to hide a yawn when his back was turned. She wasn't about to complain because of his behavior. Truth be known, she was happy he even bothered to come back. She didn't think he would.MoreLess
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