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Authors: Melissa Ford
Tags: Romance, Literature & Fiction
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moving in opposite directions. Each time he went down, the horse rose up. It was a very painful combination.
Somewhere in the back of his mind he remembered Louise's advice about his hips. He loosened his death grip on the saddle and relaxed his legs and hips. For an instant he thought he'd done the right thing, he and the horse seemed to be in sync.
His victory was short-lived. The next thing he knew, he was sliding down the side of the animal. He floundered for the reins and missed the bouncing straps by scant inches.
White fur whizzed past.
He tumbled toward the ground ... face first.
Chapter Five
WHEN THE STEADY pounding of Trent's horse faded, Louise slowed her mount and turned to look for him. She spotted his white horse right away, but Trent wasn't on it.
Her stomach knotted with concern. After she dodged a few branches to turn around, she cantered back down the trail.
By the time she reached him, he'd gotten himself upright and was sitting with his legs sprawled out in front of him, glaring at his horse. The animal lingered nearby, looking baffled by his rider's odd behavior.
She leaned down. “You all right?"
Either Trent didn't hear her, or didn't care to answer. Uh oh. She had a guilty feeling it was the latter and she wouldn't blame him if he was mad. She shouldn't have taken off the way she had, but somehow felt he'd had it coming. Sorta.
Trent nodded and muttered. He looked annoyed, but unharmed. She swung her leg over her horse and dropped to the ground. After she looped the reins over a low branch, she kneeled in front of him.
"Are you hurt?"
He smacked some dirt off his pants and looked up with a silly blank expression.
"I was relaxing my hips."
Louise breathed a sigh of relief, and held back a smile. So he had been listening to her instructions after all. “That should've kept you from falling off."
"That's what I thought.” He grinned, rising to his feet. His gaze darkened and skimmed across her middle. He stepped closer. “Letting them move naturally and all that."
Instantly, Louise reacted to the subtle change in his eyes and her breath caught in her throat. “I'm sorry."
"Sorry you told me your secret?"
"Secret?"
His mouth slanted into a sexy grin and he set his hands on his sides just below his waist. “About the hips."
She couldn't have imagined the suggestive tone in his voice or that smile. How had his fall turned into an attempted seduction? “It's not a secret."
He chuckled. “Then everybody knows how to do it?"
She shifted away from him, but he was too quick. She found herself standing inches from him, with his hands resting lightly on her waist.
The quick rise and fall of her chest gave everything away. She didn't need a mirror to know that her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were wide. As his gaze moved across her face, he leaned nearer. At such close range she couldn't hide the way he affected her. She needed to get away from the rush of longing that had been ignited within her, but the glimmer of uncertainty she saw in the depths of his eyes kept her still. She never would've expected to find anything but total confidence in his gaze. The contrast of her expectations with what she saw shocked her and she couldn't look away, but she couldn't stand the intensity of their silence “Guess it isn't a good idea, trying to teach your boss how to ride...” She chuckled nervously, “Guess this'll go into my evaluation..."
She waited, held motionless by an emotion she couldn't define, as he studied her. He parted his lips, to kiss her, and still she waited, ready.... But he didn't lower his head. Instead he straightened and loosened his grip. Although no breeze blew, a chill surged through Louise and she shivered from it's cooling touch.
His eyebrows dropped and he frowned. As if he realized he was giving away some piece of himself, he abruptly lowered his hands and stepped back. He reached for the reins of his horse and stumbled to the animal's side. A little more
Somewhere in the back of his mind he remembered Louise's advice about his hips. He loosened his death grip on the saddle and relaxed his legs and hips. For an instant he thought he'd done the right thing, he and the horse seemed to be in sync.
His victory was short-lived. The next thing he knew, he was sliding down the side of the animal. He floundered for the reins and missed the bouncing straps by scant inches.
White fur whizzed past.
He tumbled toward the ground ... face first.
Chapter Five
WHEN THE STEADY pounding of Trent's horse faded, Louise slowed her mount and turned to look for him. She spotted his white horse right away, but Trent wasn't on it.
Her stomach knotted with concern. After she dodged a few branches to turn around, she cantered back down the trail.
By the time she reached him, he'd gotten himself upright and was sitting with his legs sprawled out in front of him, glaring at his horse. The animal lingered nearby, looking baffled by his rider's odd behavior.
She leaned down. “You all right?"
Either Trent didn't hear her, or didn't care to answer. Uh oh. She had a guilty feeling it was the latter and she wouldn't blame him if he was mad. She shouldn't have taken off the way she had, but somehow felt he'd had it coming. Sorta.
Trent nodded and muttered. He looked annoyed, but unharmed. She swung her leg over her horse and dropped to the ground. After she looped the reins over a low branch, she kneeled in front of him.
"Are you hurt?"
He smacked some dirt off his pants and looked up with a silly blank expression.
"I was relaxing my hips."
Louise breathed a sigh of relief, and held back a smile. So he had been listening to her instructions after all. “That should've kept you from falling off."
"That's what I thought.” He grinned, rising to his feet. His gaze darkened and skimmed across her middle. He stepped closer. “Letting them move naturally and all that."
Instantly, Louise reacted to the subtle change in his eyes and her breath caught in her throat. “I'm sorry."
"Sorry you told me your secret?"
"Secret?"
His mouth slanted into a sexy grin and he set his hands on his sides just below his waist. “About the hips."
She couldn't have imagined the suggestive tone in his voice or that smile. How had his fall turned into an attempted seduction? “It's not a secret."
He chuckled. “Then everybody knows how to do it?"
She shifted away from him, but he was too quick. She found herself standing inches from him, with his hands resting lightly on her waist.
The quick rise and fall of her chest gave everything away. She didn't need a mirror to know that her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were wide. As his gaze moved across her face, he leaned nearer. At such close range she couldn't hide the way he affected her. She needed to get away from the rush of longing that had been ignited within her, but the glimmer of uncertainty she saw in the depths of his eyes kept her still. She never would've expected to find anything but total confidence in his gaze. The contrast of her expectations with what she saw shocked her and she couldn't look away, but she couldn't stand the intensity of their silence “Guess it isn't a good idea, trying to teach your boss how to ride...” She chuckled nervously, “Guess this'll go into my evaluation..."
She waited, held motionless by an emotion she couldn't define, as he studied her. He parted his lips, to kiss her, and still she waited, ready.... But he didn't lower his head. Instead he straightened and loosened his grip. Although no breeze blew, a chill surged through Louise and she shivered from it's cooling touch.
His eyebrows dropped and he frowned. As if he realized he was giving away some piece of himself, he abruptly lowered his hands and stepped back. He reached for the reins of his horse and stumbled to the animal's side. A little more
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