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I hurried by the bulls and glanced at eneral seating, but my ticket had a seat number listed So it wasn’t a cheap seat Jesse had forked out a little dough to get a good seat at an event that seeirl who’d barely known the front of a horse froo

I still wasn’t sure how I felt about the whole idea

When I sahere my seat was, an aisle seat without any farateful for it

Until I settled intoseats Jesse was, in fact, close by, although not close enough he’d noticed me He was about ten rows back and over and surrounded by a ed froorgeous Dark hair, light hair, red hair, tall, short, brown eyes, blue eyesThey were as different as one girl to the next could be, but they shared one sile last one of the half dozen of them had it, and it wasn’t the contrived kind of sweet either It was the real deal

I only knew that because I’d seen every kind of impostor, fabricated kind of sweet out there, so when the real deal came around, it was as clear as the sky was blue

I couldn’t dislike them, even if I wanted to, which I did because they had Jesse’s attention and I didn’t They were sitting next to him, and I wasn’t As much as I wanted to deny the way I felt about Jesse, I couldn’t ignore it My feelings for hi my eyes

Jesse Walker had worked his way inside of my impenetrable walls, and I didn’t kno to shove hiotten there in the first place I wasn’t even sure if I wanted him out

So uy I’d officially beco honest with myself, since that seemed to be a new pattern for uy As mysterious as Garth liked to couy like Garth had easy to decipher motivations, especially since I was so experienced with his type They liked to keep people at arh they preferred the term "mysterious" They liked the chase, the immediate reward post-chase, and then they were out Clean, permanent breaks Basically, I was the female version

However, the Jesses of the world were in territory toreally I needed to knohat to expect so I couldwhat I expected froet fro over one I didn’t see co from a mile away any day of the week

I had control over so little in my life that I had to make calculated decisions to keep what control I did have

Jesse was a big, fat question hts, I forgot what I’d been staring at the entire ti at

As soon as I pulled myself out of my head, I noticed Jesse’s eyes were locked onto mine Those sky blue eyes of his that round when they looked at me that way

He waved and smiled

Oh, God Please say he didn’t noticeat hiet a divine answer, I decided to wave and try to sirls around Jesse stopped their chatter and took notice of who he aving at Then, surprising the hell out of me, every last one of theuess they were trying to s, but they all waved The drop-dead gorgeous one was the last, but after her gaze moved from Jesse to me a couple of tis around there was so different Aleryour h, you ser over for steak and potatoes Even a cynic like

Jesse said soirls, stood, and side-stepped his way down the row His eyes stayed on le set of fe as he passed by them I suppose if that ass was half a foot in front of aze would have dropped for a while, too

He hat he wore everyday: tight jeans, snug tee, belt, boots, and hat Everyone else see a bunch of dudes and livestock sto decked out for I liked that Jesse ho he was every day He didn’t have the need to be somebody else, rodeo or not He was just Jesse

Well, he was all Jesse

He bounded down the aisle, his ser with each step I reirlfriend, probably one of those six still pining after hiht lie, he’d lied by oirlfriend

That was the eleventh commandment

"You made it" Jesse stopped at the end of my seat and kneeled beside otten how nice those eyes were to look into It’d been so long since I’d let , and he’d said three words

"Thanks for the ticket" After ignoring hi of a defeat

They also felt like a victory

"I wasn’t sure you’d show up, but I wanted to ood seat if you did"

"Why wouldn’t I show up?" I asked, like I hadn’t been h over it all week

"Because I was here" Jesse shifted closer to let so irlfriend One named Josie It was sad how I had to remind myself every two seconds

"So is Garth," I said "He’s co that has to do with one of those devil creatures over there" I pointed toward the far end of the arena where the bulls paced around in their corral

"Garth Black," he said with a sigh His expression shadowed for aa lot of each other?"