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you like to?”
    “Ride a bucking horse? I don’t think so.”
    “What about any horse? I have a small spread about forty miles away, and some of the sweetest horses God ever created.”
    “So you don’t follow the circuit?”
    “No, I don’t.” In fact, Ty hadn’t entered a rodeo in years. He was only there because two of his horses were, and if everything went right, by the end of the tournament they wouldn’t even be his horses anymore. But he wasn’t sure what Charlotte would find more repulsive -- the rider of the horse, or the owner allowing the horse to be ridden. Normally what others thought wouldn’t mean a hill of beans to him, but for some reason what Charlotte thought, did.
    “Are you going to be here all weekend?”
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    “I’d planned on it, what about you?”
    “I haven’t made up my mind just yet.”
    Pausing at a little booth, Charlotte looked over the trinkets, eyeing the Indian jewelry being sold. Ty came up behind her and picked up a silver bracelet with tiny turquoise stones delicately entwined in it and held it up next to her arm. “This would look lovely on you.” Charlotte took it from him and slid it over her hand. Ty was right. The silver looked amazing against her bronzed skin, sending images of her wearing nothing but the bracelet racing through his head. “It is pretty.”
    “Let me get it for you.” His words surprised them both. Yet he didn’t want to take it back. Ty wanted her to have it, and more importantly he wanted to be the one who gave it to her.
    “No, I couldn’t,” she said, setting it back down on the table. Charlotte turned to walk away, but was brought up short by Ty’s hand on her wrist.
    “Why?”
    “Because I don’t know you, for one.”
    “Do you want to?”
    Eyes widening, Charlotte seemed at a loss for words. Ty was sure it was something that did not happen to her often.
    “Do you always move this fast?”
    “I don’t believe in wasting time.”
    “Charlotte.” A loud, booming voice called her name from behind them, causing Charlotte to turn quickly in the direction the sound came from.
    “Shit, what time is it?” she muttered, trying to pull her arm from Ty’s grasp. “I have to go.”
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    Ty didn’t budge. “Who’s that?” he questioned with a frown. Ty didn’t like the way the man was glaring at them, or calling down to her as if he had prior claims.
    “My boss.” Nodding her head to the frowning man in silent communication, Charlotte turned back to Ty with a disappointed smile. “I have to go. Thank you so much for the walk.
    You really took my minds off of things.”
    “I’m serious about the ride.” Ty wasn’t ready for her to go. Especially not ready to relinquish her to another man.
    “Maybe another time.” She gave him a parting smile, and went to leave, but still Ty didn’t let go. Turning to him, she mockingly frowned, “Listen, cowboy, I’m going to need my arm back.”
    “When can I see you again?”
    “Charlotte!”
    “I’m coming!” she yelled back over her shoulder, yanking her arm free. “Infuriating pain in the ...”
    “I want to see you again,” Ty persisted.
    Charlotte ran her free hand through her hair in frustration. “We’re going to the little party tonight, will you be there?”
    He hadn’t planned on going, but there was no way he was going to miss seeing her again. “Yes.”
    “Okay, I’ll see you then. I really have to go now.” With a parting smile, Charlotte hurried over to the other man leaving Ty standing in her wake, staring after with a smile. “Damn, she’s something.” Spurs & Mistletoe: For Love’s Sake Only
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Chapter Two
    It was just like a scene out of Urban Cowboy. Cowboy hats adorned the majority of the heads in the bar, and people were wearing jeans tight enough to cut off the circulation in their nether regions. If Charlotte weren’t afraid of drawing more attention to herself than she already did