Page 5 of The Cowboy’s Intriguing Love
“You’re not mad at me?”
“No, I promise.” She smiled. “You’ve set me up with a little bit of intrigue to wonder about – Who is he? What’s he like? What does he look like? Will he message, or won’t he?”
“I have a feeling that he will – and you have to keep me posted!”
“Okay. I will.”
Chapter Two
By the time they got home after catching up with everyone at the bakery, Ty was ready to kick back with a beer and have a quiet evening.
Tanner slapped his shoulder as he headed for the stairs. “I’m going to get changed and ready for work. Are you coming in tonight?”
“Nah. I’m going to hang out here, take it easy.” He used to spend all his Friday nights hanging out at the bar at Chico while Tanner worked, but the appeal had worn off lately.
Tanner grinned at him. “You going to go trawling for women online instead of at the saloon?”
“I told you – I’m done with that whole deal.”
“Not yet, you’re not. I saved a bunch of profiles for you. You should take a look.”
“All right! I’ll look.”
Tanner grinned. “Good. You never know, you might find one who wants to come visit – everyone wants to see Montana.”
“Yeah.” Ty waved over his shoulder as he headed for the kitchen. That was part of his problem with the whole online dating deal. What had started out as a selling point – the ability to meet people he never normally would have, to widen the net, as Nessa called it – seemed more like a downfall when it came to the possibility of actually meeting someone. If they lived outside of Montana, when would he ever be able to meet them in person, let alone spend enough time with them to get to know them?
He took a beer from the fridge and settled himself on the sofa in the great room with his laptop.
He chuckled at some of the profiles Tanner had saved for him – most of them were hot chicks: big lips, big tits, short skirts, and lots of makeup. Not Tyler’s type. There was one that Ty liked the sound of, but her profile picture was a flower. She sounded like fun, but if she didn’t want to post a photo of herself, she probably wasn’t much to look at. He didn’t like to think of himself as superficial, of course there was much more to a woman than her looks but … there had to be some chemistry.
After he’d checked out the profiles that Tanner had saved, he went to his messages – so much for deleting his profile, he was hooked again.
The very first message – the most recent one, it’d come in this afternoon – was from the flower picture girl –ShayinCA. The subject line read simply,Hi.For some reason, it made him feel hopeful. He decided to save it for last and check out the others first. He wasn’t expecting much, and he wasn’t disappointed.
Most of the messages were the same old thing. He couldn’t figure out if people were just that superficial or if they were tired of wasting their time. He was starting to believe that the lines –
Great profile. Let’s talk.
How are you tonight?
Hey handsome want to chat?
all came from some copy and paste guidebook to online dating. He deleted them as he went.
When there was onlyShayinCA’s message left, he clicked to open it and then sat back in surprise.
Hi!
If I’m guessing right, you’re Tyler MacFarland.
Lol, don’t freak out. I guessed it from the brand on your hat and your username.
Shit! And he’d thought that he’d given nothing away! He ran his hand through his hair and continued reading.
I promise you I’m not some weirdo – and I’m also not Shayna, who this profile belongs to. I’m April Runyan – or April Preston. You might not remember me; I was in Tanner’s year at school.
He stared at the screen. He did remember her. She was a mousey kind of girl. She went out with Mason Remington for a little while before Mason got together with Gina. Then she married that asshole, Guy Preston. He blew out a sigh, wondering what she wanted with him.