Chapter Eight
God, she was so lovely and animated when she talked about her work. It surprised him how much he enjoyed listening to her. Haley was… deep. How come he’d never noticed that about her before? Maybe because he’d been more concerned about how to get her clothes off. And fluffing his ego. Come to think of it, he’d been pretty self-centered, and it had never occurred to him to find out what made her happy. He’d have to do better this time.
And seeing her astride a horse again, smiling and laughing as they rode, made his insides melt. Although he’d have to do something about her footwear. She couldn’t go out on the range in little more than tennis shoes. He’d fix that as soon as he got the chance.
“Are we close, Axe?”
Her question brought him back to the task at hand. He reache
