Lady Jane and the Cowboy (7 page)

Authors: L.C. Zingera

Day one

I
just simply can’t believe how beautiful this place is. It reminds me in some
ways of the moors, I could walk out here for hours. I love it. And Red, well,
he makes my heart do crazy things. I’m looking forward to getting to know him
so much better. He kissed me at the airport and oh, my heart did a complete
back flip!

Day two

Red
and his cousin are so sweet to me, I know I don’t really fit in here…
Red
sighed and was about to rise from the picnic table when Honey continued.
…but somehow that doesn’t seem to matter.
Honey was right about opposites, the attraction is phenomenal! I may not do
things the way they’re used to, but I’m going to do my best, and Red is just so
gorgeous!

Red glanced sheepishly
at Honey, but stayed put. Now she had his attention.

Day three

The
ranch house is
wonderful, I wish I could show Red and Honey, Sinclair Manor, but somehow,
being here with Red, it doesn’t matter to me if I ever see the place again. Red
made love to me today…and I have never felt anything like this in my life! I
can’t believe the way I acted! I seem to have no inhibitions around him at all!

Red snatched the book
from Honey’s hands, and she sat quietly as he read on, quickly scanning the
pages until he came to the last entry.

Today
was Honey’s wedding day. She and Tony looked so happy and I still can’t believe
this place is real! I keep feeling as though I am going to wake up and it will
all be a dream. I love Red, with all my heart, and I can see that he was moved
by the wedding too. Is it too much to hope for, that he might feel the same?
Will I have to wait an entire year to
find out, will it be a proposal? Or will he break my heart and send me home? He
is my dream come true.

“Oh crap!” Red said,
and buried his face in his hands.

When finally he pulled
his hands away from his face Honey was on her cell phone calling Tony. She gave
him a wink, “Tony’s booking you a flight to London. Then he’s coming to drive
you to the airport, because one way or another he says you’re going to England,
even if he has to drop kick you there.”

A cheer went up behind
them, neither had realized the ranch hands had quietly moved close and were
listening in. Cory hopped into Red’s truck. Alex and Jerry each took one of
Red’s arms and marched him toward the vehicle, shoving him into the passenger
seat.

“What does the girl
have to do, hit you with a two by four?” Cory snorted.

“I’d be happy to oblige
if she needs help with that,” Alex offered.

Honey grinned. “Go
pack, Red.”

Mutely, Red acquiesced.

Chapter Twelve

Jane was feeling better
than she had two weeks earlier, but not by much. She walked on the moors each
day, sometimes with Lily and Cam, sometimes by herself. Today it was the three
of them. They were back to their usual joking about Heathcliff and Cathy, Jane
and Mr. Rochester, when they all stilled for a moment hearing the distinct
sounds of someone calling across the moors.

“Jane, Jane, Jane
.
”

Lily and Camilla linked
arms, huddled close and stared at Jane, eyes wide.

“If that turns out to
be…”

“Mr. Rochester…”

“We’re going to pee our
pants!” they cried in unison.

Jane turned, as a
familiar figure dressed in a long dark raincoat and a black cowboy hat strode
across the misty moors toward them.
Red.
Tears
cascaded down her cheeks. “Mr. Rochester wasn’t a cowboy,” she said softly,
dashing away the tears. Lily and Camilla grinned, hugged her and left her
standing atop Lookout Rock waiting for
her
‘Mr. Rochester’.

Red drank in the sight
of Jane. Her cheeks were rosy in the cool air, damp tendrils of her soft blonde
hair curled around her face, and her baby blue eyes were wide and hopeful. She
looked as adorable as ever, and even up here on the rugged moors, she wore high
heeled boots. He pinched the bridge of his nose.
So far, so
good.
At least she hadn’t slugged him yet. He’d better get the worst
over with first.

“Jane, I read your
journal,” he blurted. “I’m sorry.”

Jane’s eyebrows shot
up, apparently that was the very last thing she’d been expecting him to say.

“I know it was wrong,
but I had to know.”

“Know what?” she asked
in a whisper.

“If
you love me too?”

She opened her mouth to
speak, but he continued. “I’ve been an idiot…” he grinned when she nodded. “But
I’ve never been in love before. I was afraid you’d get bored, that you’d
leave…that you…would miss this…” he swept his arm across the expanse of the
moors below them. “I thought it would be better to end it sooner rather than
later. But my heart disagreed.”

Jane didn’t say a word.
Just as he had done at the airport when they first met, she simply took him in
her arms and kissed him. It was all he needed to know.

***

Cam and Lily watched
from across the moors as Jane took Red her arms. They both sighed contentedly
and hurried back down the hill to Sinclair Manor.

“I always knew the
moors were magical,” Lily affirmed dreamily.

Camilla, always the
practical one, eyed her sideways and said, “I think we have a wedding to plan.”

“And a vacation!”
enthused Lily, “After they’ve been on their honeymoon, of course! I hear there
are some very attractive ranch hands who like English girls on Red’s ranch.”

“Is that a fact?”
Camilla said, her interest piqued.

“Uh-huh!” Lily grinned.

“Interesting place,
Wyoming, don’t you think?”

“I’m sure we’re going
to love it,” Lily giggled.

Epilogue

Red was not prepared to
wait. He’d screwed up once, he wasn’t about to do it again. He wanted the kind
of wedding he knew Jane would love. But he wanted it as quickly as humanly
possible. The less time they waited, the less chance there was for something to
go wrong. He loved Sinclair Manor, and getting married in her historic home
sounded like a great idea. Once again Jane surprised him. Instead of the flimsy
white dress he’d been expecting her to
wear,
she wore
an historic gown that had once belonged to one of her distant ancestors. She
looked like she’d walked out of a stage play on Henry the Eighth. Her long
royal blue velvet gown brought out the baby blue of her eyes, and the historic
headdress served as a matching blue veil. Her friends Lily and Camilla were
dressed in costume too, serving as her maids of honor. Jane had provided him
with a set of long Tudor robes, and he wore them just for her. Proving how
easily they could become a part of each other’s lives and cultures.

The ranch hands, along
with Tony, Honey and Gerry all crowded into the sitting room at the ranch house
to watch the wedding on webcam, and cheering like mad, gave them the thumbs up
as they were declared husband and wife.

Lily and Cam were
scrutinizing the features of the younger ranch hands and deciding which ones
they wanted to get to know on their first visit.

And Jane received a
special delivery package from Gerry and Honey for her honeymoon.

The
rest of the dominatrix outfit.

The End

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story, please check out my other titles.

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Zingera
titles:

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