CHAPTER TWELVE
MAIZE
It’s been a week since the rodeo, and I’m still riding the high of winning the barbecue contest and being with Gavin again. We haven’t talked about it and have just shared side glances and texts with each other. He knows I’m wary, given my past, but I have a feeling I’m about to break my rules for him. If our feelings are mutual, then we need to decide where to go from here.
Our work schedules are hectic, and we haven’t been alone since the rodeo. While I have some free time, I decide to drive to the training center, hoping to get a few minutes alone with him. This isn’t a conversation to have over texts, and it’ll be better to grasp his reaction if we’re face-to-face.
I smile when I see him brushing one of the horses in the stables but quickly come to a halt when
