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Marriage at Any Price
by Lauren Canan
One
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
There was a blur of motion to Seth Masters’s right as a woman on a large thoroughbred came out of nowhere. She gave a cue, and the immense muscles in the animal’s hind legs propelled the steed and its rider up and over the hood of Seth’s low-slung sports car. He fought to bring the car to a screeching halt, narrowly missing one of the pines that grew on both sides of the country road. The rider stopped as well, turned the chestnut around and headed back to the car. She didn’t look happy.
“You’re an idiot!” she said as she brought the horse to a stop a few feet from the car. “Didn’t you see the signs saying Slow Down, Bridle Path Ahead? Can’t you read? You almost got us killed! Who goes eighty on a one-lane backwoods road?”
“I wasn’t going eighty.”
“Couldn’t prove it by me!”
Seth was flooded with emotions: shock, relief that no one was hurt, an underlying sense of unease that he’d been driving too fast. But through all the self-recrimination, one thought stood out: the woman was magnificent. Rich auburn hair swirled about her almost angelic face, and though her green eyes sparkled with anger, they were stunning. Her slim, beautiful body seemed too slight to control the huge thoroughbred that tossed his head and pawed the ground, pulling air into its massive lungs. Obviously she was an expert rider, something Seth was enormously grateful for right now.
He opened the door and pushed out of the Ferrari. What could he say? He’d been so wrapped up in his own thoughts he hadn’t paid any attention to the signs.
“I apologize. Sincerely. I hope you weren’t hurt.”
“Just slow down. The riding path crisscrosses the road several times over the next few miles. Needless to say, the next time you might not be so lucky.”
Even in anger her voice was clear and attractive.
“Point taken.”
She homed in on his face and tipped her head as a frown crossed her fine features.
“You’re not from around here.” It was a statement as much as a question.
“Los Angeles.”
She opened her mouth as if she was about to say something else then must have thought better of it and shook her head.
“Could you tell me how far out I am from Calico Springs?”
“By the posted speed limit, about twenty minutes.”