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S sweetly at me, Lauren turned and looked out the front"The reason I’ve been pushing you away, and frankly just being a bitch to you"
"I don’t think you’ve ever been a bitch, Lauren"
Looking back at me, Lauren raised her one eyebrow and lowered her head at me "Seriously, Colt It’s okay, I kno I’ve behaved That night I walked away from you at the party, I saw the hurt in your eyes and it killedlike a little spoiled brat"
I kept s were aht now, and I didn’t really want to risk the chance of us getting into a fight over so that happened in the past
Lauren fiddled with her ring It was a sht her when she turned sixteen She’d spin it one way, and then the other It was a nervous habit she had since she got the ring
"Lauren, we don’t"
Holding up her hand, she sucked in a shaky breath "Colt, please lether a weak s with the sunroof open and I couldn’t help but notice how the eeping around in the truck and blowing Lauren’s curls around She didn’t seem to care one bit
"My drea business I swear I remember the first time Daddy put me up on a horse The smell of leather, to this day, re, I kne she felt, because I felt the sa her throat, Lauren pulled her legs up and rested her chin on her knees as she kept talking The smell of her perfu my dick jump in my pants
"Daddy told me he thinks I can’t run the ranch by h and need someone likesomeone like" Her voice trailed off and my heart slowly broke as I listened to the sadness in her voice
"Someone like who, Lauren?"
Lauren looked attheover my shoulder, I quickly pulled over to the shoulder and stopped the car Putting it in park, I juer side Opening the door, I reached in and pulled her out Holding her in
"I’m sorry I’m not norher back, I whispered, "Shh, Lauren, baby, tellback some, I reached up with my hands and wiped her tears aith my thumbs Lauren smiled the sweetest smile I’d ever seen
"Daddy said he needed someone like you to run the fa in a breath of air, I took a step back Everything all of sudden becaht she walked away from me was the same day her dad hired me to help out on the ranch All the times I talked about et so pissed of It all made sense
My eyes landed on her beautiful baby blues They were anxious as she searched
I felt sick Knowing I was the reason she had been so hurt and upset I was the reason she had been pushing s I said to her, I egged her on
"Oh God" Turning, I leaned over and placed ed in deep breaths "I’ you away the whole time It was because of"No, Colt I should have talked to you or Daddy I should have toldInstead, I took it out on you and let er push you away I was also upset about you turning ht in your truck" Tears strea "If only I had stopped for two seconds to see that ether"
I made a vow to myself that Lauren would always be first in oal inher into ht "Lauren, I love you"
Her body shook as she let out her tears "I don’t deserve your love, Colt"
Pulling back, I pushed her hair from her tear-soaked face "Yes, you do We deserve each other and I’ to let either one of us waste another second Lauren, I want you to be happy and I need you to know that I will do whatever it takes tofor my father or Jeff, that’s what I’ll do, baby"