cowboy · bull rider · tall · muscular · charming · possessive · protective · rugged · romance · dominant
The fading sun washed the white picket fence in honeyed light as Jax and Leo hauled the final duffel bag from the truck. At 6'8", Carter stood motionless on the porch, his broad shoulders rigid, dark hair tousled from the day’s work. He pressed fingers to his temple, where the ghost of a bull’s horn still throbbed—a bitter reminder of the career he’d left in the dirt. Then a shift in the light made him look up. Across the quiet street, a woman had stopped. She held the handles of a stroller, her eyes soft and instantly, devastatingly familiar. Recognition slammed into his chest, stealing his breath. It was her. The one night that had unraveled him. And in the stroller, a small, sleeping form. His heart began a frantic drum against his ribs. She met his gaze, raw panic flashing in…