Silver River Romeo (Western Cowboy Romance) (Rancher Romance Series #1) Read Online Free

“Food.”
     
                  “Oh, yeah” Cole said jokingly. “You didn’t get breakfast, did you?”
     
                  Darrell shook his head and kept digging.
     
                  “I’m afraid I’m fresh out, little brother,” Cole answered with a bit of humor mixed in.
     
                  “Not even jerky?”  Darrell questioned.
     
                  “Not even jerky. Want to go to breakfast? We haven’t been to the Feedin’ Trough in a while.”
     
                  “I guess that sounds good,” Darrell admitted hesitantly as he opened the door and slid back out of the truck.
     
                  “Where are you going now?” Cole asked.
     
                  “Marshall,” Darrell reminded him with a gesture at the store.
     
                  “Oh. Yeah, I guess we oughta get him.” Cole had been flustered enough by his encounter with the pretty blonde to forget his older brother was even there.
     
                  As they walked back into the store, his thoughts caught up to him. Pretty? He’d been too annoyed with her and himself to focus on her looks before. Now, calling her image to mind was all too easy. She’d been nearly a foot shorter than him, so she was probably about five foot three. Her hair had been as blonde as those pretty china dolls his mama had collected and her eyes had been just about as blue too.
     
                  She’d been too pale to pass as a rancher and she’d come to town dressed like she was going to a fancy dinner. Well, fancy in this corner of the world. She’d been wearing black slacks and dress boots with that pretty red top. There was that word again. Pretty. He’d definitely done without female companionship for too long. He couldn’t help but wonder what she looked like when she wasn’t scowling.
     
                  A burst of laughter from the back of the store told him it might happen sooner rather than later. She was still there. In the back of the store. With his older brother. Well, this day just kept getting better and better.
     
                  Cole stepped around the corner and the smile slid right off of Emma’s face. The split second view he’d gotten of it was nice though. He mentally smacked himself. She and Marshall seemed awfully friendly.
     
                  “Breakfast?”  Darrell asked.
     
                  “We already ate,” Marshall said.
     
                  Darrell shrugged and walked away. Emma watched him go.
     
                  “The strong and silent type, I see,” she said to Marshall.
     
                  “Pretty much. He thinks it’ll help him get girls,” Marshall said, giving her a smile.
     
                  Emma was returning the grin when Cole said, “So, are we eating or not?”
     
                  “Sure, I guess we can,” Marshall said easily. “Feedin’ Trough?”
     
                  “Is there anywhere else?” Cole asked with a half smile. He’d made it sound like a joke, but it was the truth.
     
                  “There’s actually a place called the Feedin’ Trough?” Emma looked disbelieving.
     
                  “Sure is,” Marshall informed her. “How about we introduce you to it?”
     
                  “Do I have to know somebody to get in?” Emma asked curiously.  Her smile, still directed at his brother, gave Cole a tight feeling in his stomach even without looking at him.
     
                  “It’s pretty exclusive,” Marshall agreed. “Feel up to it?”
     
                  “Sure, why not?” Emma agreed and the two of them walked up to the counter together.
     
                  Cole pushed away the feeling that it wasn’t right. He pushed away the thoughts