Her Cowboy Savior (The Winchester Cowboys Series Book 2), page 18
Jordan thrust out his hand. “Good to see you. It’s nice to have a new climbing buddy.”
“I was thinking the same thing a few minutes ago, Jordan.”
Rachel crawled out of her tent in a pair of short white shorts, and Natalie hid her smile behind her hand. She’d paired them with a bright green tank top. “Hey, Landon. I’m glad you’re finally here,” she said in a flirty voice.
“Thanks.” He turned to Natalie. “Where do you work?”
“I’m the manager of one of the H-E-B Central Market stores in Austin.”
He whistled. “That’s quite the responsibility.”
“It is. It keeps me busy, although I try to make time for myself too. Rachel’s my best friend, and we get together regularly.”
With a bland look, he asked, “Is there a boyfriend in the picture?”
She smiled, loving it that he’d asked. “No, not at all. I haven’t dated in a while. Thanks to my parents, I’m pretty picky.”
His brows rose as he turned and headed to the center of the camp. “Tell me about that.”
“They always told me to only date a man who appreciated me for me. The me on the inside.” She looked into his eyes and smiled. “When you’re pretty, there are always lots of guys who want to date you for that. But guys who see me for me are kind of rare. I watch for those, and then if we hit it off, and if they ask me out, I accept.”
As they both sat down, he said, “Your parents are smart people. They steered you straight.” He looked down at his hands. “Believe it or not, I get some of that too. It wears on a person unless you’re the type who takes advantage of it, which I’m not.”
“Oh, I believe it. You’re handsome, Landon, and I can see women falling all over you.”
The corner of his mouth lifted, and he looked away.
“You haven’t told me anything about you, buster, so fire away,” she said to change the mood.
Jordan and Rachel had just sat down, and she said, “Yeah, tell us all about you, Landon. I can’t wait to hear.”
He glanced at her and then back at Natalie. “I grew up on a cattle ranch, and that’s where I still live. It’s been in my family since the early 1900s. We raise Black Angus cattle, and I work it with my dad and my brother, Carson. I rodeoed when I was younger, and I went to college and got my bachelor’s degree in agribusiness so I could help improve the way we run our cattle business.”
“Wow! You’re a cowboy. I wondered why your forehead was so white. It’s because you wear a Western hat all the time, huh?” Rachel said.
He smiled. “Either that or a cap. But usually a hat. It protects me better from the sun, and my mom’s always on my case about skin cancer.”
“Because you’re outside roping cattle and riding horses all the time, right?” Rachel said.
He chuckled. “Well, not exactly. I do that, yeah, but mostly I’m driving around in my truck feeding or in the ATV fixing fence. I rope something occasionally if we need to doctor it. We also drive cattle to the pens to work them. Like when it’s time to inoculate them or to castrate the bull calves.”
Natalie was thrilled at hearing this. He was a real live cowboy, someone she’d always dreamed of meeting. She’d always loved horses but had never had a chance to be around them. How lucky Landon was. She leaned toward him. “That’s all so amazing. Even the fixing fence part.”
He laughed. “I don’t think you’d feel that way if you spent the day doing it.”
“What made you want to start rock climbing?” Jordan asked.
He shrugged. “I kind of got into it by accident. My roommate in college liked to do it and asked me to come along with him. I fell in love with it from the start. He showed me the ropes, was really patient with me, and I went with him and his friends from then on out. My mom always said I was her adventurous son.”
He glanced around the group. “It’s kind of weird, because I’m the quiet one in my family too.”
He slapped his hand on his knee. “Enough about me. Jordan, tell me about you.”
As Jordan talked about being a lawyer and working at a large firm in Austin, Natalie leaned against Landon and whispered, “I’m glad you’re here.”
He smiled down at her and mouthed, “Me too.”
“And Rachel works there too as an admin. That’s where we met. She decided to try rock climbing after she found out that I do it,” Jordan said.
Natalie said, “She already knew that I climbed, but she never wanted to try it until she heard that Jordan did. Then she called me and said, ‘Hey, this guy I work with climbs too. Can we all go together? I’d like to learn how.’ She reached over and squeezed Rachel’s hand. “That’s how the three of us became climbing buddies.”
“You’re lucky to have each other. I’ve come to realize lately that climbing alone isn’t so much fun anymore.”
Rachel clapped. “You just have to start coming with us! We go climbing a lot, and we’d love to have you along. Wouldn’t we, guys?”
“We sure would,” Jordan said.
“Of course we would.” Natalie smiled at him.
“I’d love to. Natalie, let me give you my number. You can call me next time you all decide to go climbing.”
She took out her phone and entered his contact information. Then she said, “Let me give you mine. I’ll just call you. That way, if you decide you want to go before you hear from me, you can let us know too.”
He smiled. “Thanks.” She called him, and he quickly created a contact from it. She noticed a special warmth in his eyes when he put his phone back into his pocket.
They continued to chat as sunset colored the sky. When darkness fell, Landon turned on his lantern.
She felt completely relaxed and happy. The more she learned about Landon, the more she liked him. He was even nice to Rachel, although she flirted outrageously with him, and he obviously didn’t return her interest. Now Natalie knew exactly what he’d meant when he’d said that he had to put up with women giving him unwanted attention.
Finally, he said, “I’m going to head back to camp. It was good getting to know you all.”
She leaned against him and whispered, “It was great getting to learn more about you, buster.”
He clasped her hand. “You’re pretty interesting yourself.” His smile was warm and inviting.
He rose to his feet and looked into her eyes for a long moment.
She rose to her tiptoes and drew him down to her, kissing him on the cheek. She whispered, “Call me.”
The corner of his mouth lifted. “I will.”
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