Dermot Harding is ten years older than me. A family friend. An employee on my fatherās ranch.
But Iāve loved him as long as I can remember.
At eighteen, I kissed him and he pushed me away. He said I was too young.
The army took him from me for three long years, but now heās back at Gold Rush Ranchālooking at me like heās never looked at me before. Letting his hands linger longer than they should. Offering to help me train the racehorse Iāve always dreamed of owning.
I say that Iāve moved on, but our chemistry? Itās electric. Itās overpowering. And soon all our reasons for staying away from each other fall away, along with our clothes.
He says heās too old and too broken for someone like me. He says we can never work. But his body tells another story.
I put my pride on the line for him once before.
Am I a fool to risk it again?
Out of the Gate: A Small Town, Second Chance prequel novella - Elsie Silver
Dermot Harding is ten years older than me. A family friend. An employee on my fatherās ranch.
But Iāve loved him as long as I can remember.
At eighteen, I kissed him and he pushed me away. He said I was too young.
The army took him from me for three long years, but now heās back at Gold Rush Ranchālooking at me like heās never looked at me before. Letting his hands linger longer than they should. Offering to help me train the racehorse Iāve always dreamed of owning.
I say that Iāve moved on, but our chemistry? Itās electric. Itās overpowering. And soon all our reasons for staying away from each other fall away, along with our clothes.
He says heās too old and too broken for someone like me. He says we can never work. But his body tells another story.