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Claire had assumed they would be driving to Trad's ranch. He had other plans, however.
After the amazing breakfast Renaldo had prepared during their romp, a stable hand entered and said that the horses were ready.
"Horses?" Claire was surprised.
"Horses. It's the only real way to get to the ranch." Trad said with a tinge of longing in his voice.
"I've never ridden."
"You mean to tell me you don't ride a horse to work everyday?" Trad said, teasing his lover as he threw a napkin in her direction.
"Stop, just stop. What can I say? I'm a city girl."
"Damn city slickers."
"If it wasn't for my city, we never would have met." Claire thought back to their fateful first encounter at her coffee shop. Not too many cowboys came roaming in for a latte at her downtown Chicago location.
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