Rawhide and Roses (28 page)
Kim knew exactly what she wanted to do, she’d known it for a long time, she guessed, but needed to come back home to realize that a well-grounded life was nothing if the one you loved wasn’t in it.
“I want to go home,” she breathed.
Thad bent closer and placed his lips gently, breathlessly across hers. “Kim,” he murmured, “I want to be wherever you are. I don’t care where home is. You tell me what you want. I’ll give up everything if I have to, I just want us to be together.”
She finished the kiss while lacing her arms around Thad’s neck. He encircled her with his arms. “Home, Thad Winchester, is wherever you are.” She smiled. “Wherever we are together. But I have to tell you, I’m missing those mountains somethin’ awful.”
Drawing back to look at her, Thad grinned. “Really?”
She nodded. “Really.”
“But there may not be teaching jobs there.”
She shrugged. “Then I’ll teach our kids.”
“Kids?” he laughed. “You want kids, too?”
“And ponies.”
“Horses.”
“Whatever.” She pulled him close and placed a long, passionate kiss on his lips. “Will you teach them to ride?”
“Uh-uh,” he returned. “You will.”
“Me?”
“You can do it. With a little practice.”
She stared into his face and smiled. It was going to be all right. Everything was going to be all right. “I can’t wait to get back to the mountains.”
He pulled back and cocked a brow at her. “It’s been a sad state of affairs around there lately between Mack and me. Sure you can handle it?”
“Do we need to bring Jillie with us?”
Thad thought about that a moment. “Naw. Let them figure out their own damn lives. All I want at this moment is to settle in on yours and mine.” He nuzzled her neck and whispered, “I can’t wait to take you home. Are you sure?”
Grinning slyly, and holding him tighter, she returned, “Cowboy, I’ve never been more sure of anything in my entire life.”
The End
ABOUT MADDIE JAMES
Romance novelist Maddie James bounces between contemporary, historical, and paranormal worlds, as she pens stories within, and frequently crossing, a variety of romantic genres. With 30+ titles in print, under three pen names, she feels fortunate to spend her days working with some of the quirkiest characters around—those in her head, and in her life. She lives quietly with her muses, Calliope and Clio, who most days masquerade as four-legged furry creatures. She often laments that her cats have become her children, and she has become her mother.
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