Riding the High (Silver Pines Ranch Series)

by Paisley Hope

I was a lovesick teenager the moment I realized my first and true love, Zac Efron, had nothing on Cole Ashby.

Those ten seconds she kissed me fucked me right up and showed me why I could never let myself really ever fall for her. I knew in those ten seconds if I did, I’d never get back up.

“Can you stop staring at my dad now and help me cast?” Mabel asks, loud enough for Cole to hear.

“Every single night is a fight…” he says breathlessly, “every goddamn night since you came here, Ginger.”

“It’s a constant fight for me because all I want to do is leave my room and come to yours.”

“I stop myself because I know if I start kissing you, we’ll see daylight before I’m done.”

“You look fucking beautiful in my kitchen, Mrs. Ashby,”

“I didn’t kiss you because I was traumatized. I kissed you because I have thought of nothing else since Vegas. I wanted to kiss you. In fact, even with Mabes in the next room, it’s fucking taking everything in me not to kiss you right now. Understand?”

“Shouldn’t be afraid to touch your husband, Vixen.”

“I would’ve done it anyway, Vixen. Never could say no to you, even then.”

I’m always waiting for the other shoe to drop when things are going well.

“You’re mine, Ginger. You’ve always been mine.”