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Resisting The Alpha Cowboy The Smile That Haunts
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 By the time I finished cooking, the house was dead silent except for the occasional crackle from the fireplace. I stepped back, taking a deep breath. The scent of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, and buttered vegetables filled the air, but my appetite wasn’t exactly there. Not after today.Vanessa was still curled up on the chair where I’d left her, eyes open but distant, staring at the ceiling like she wasn’t really here.I rubbed the back of my neck, debating whether to let her be or push her to eat something. In the end, I chose the middle ground.“Come sit,” I said, my voice low. “I didn’t spend all this time cooking for you to ignore it.”She didn’t move at first. Just blinked, slow and tired, before sitting up and pushing the blanket off her lap. She still looked like she wanted to disappear, but she stood, stretching before making her way to the table without a word.I grabbed the plates and set them down, then rushed to the cellar to get some wine. I f
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-19Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Some Thoughts Are Different
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★Drinking wine helped me deal with the disaster that had happened. From discussing with Kyrie, to getting an unwanted phone call from my brother. Oh and how could i forget ashley’s disgusting admission. I’m so tired of relationships. While colton did the dishes and i settled into the couch with a glass of wine. I began working through the anger that was filling in my chest.At first i was sad, but now i was just angry. Angry at rachel, and most especially angry at ezra for handling this like a fucking bitch. She cheated, that’s a crappy thing to do. So get your closure, talk it out and divorce her, but he put the whole family in the middle of it. Then he’s got the nerve to think I’m responsible?Then as i recalled the conversation i felt sad again. My older brothers.... our relationship was fine. I know if lincoln had done something to upset ezra, ezra would forgive him in seconds. He wouldn’t even blame him. But me? I’m the troublemaker who needs to be r
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-20Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Getting To Know You More [1/3]
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I shouldn’t be feeling this warm.I blame the wine. And Colton’s annoying ability to take up way too much space. I moved a little to make sure my cup of wine was resting on something. Colton also adjusted his position, changing from the up close look to something that wasn’t entirely better. We were sitting on the couch, facing each other. My wine glass rested on the table, nearly empty, while he had stretched an arm along the back of the couch, just behind my head. I wasn’t touching him, but it felt like I was. The warmth from his body made the tiny hairs on my arms stand up.Colton watched me, his golden eyes flickering under the dim light of the house.I tried to ignore it. Tried being the keyword.“You always look like you’re about to run,” he murmured.I scoffed, picking up my wine glass and taking a slow sip. “Maybe I am, maybe I’m not.”He shifted, his knee brushing against mine. My fingers tightened around the glass.“Where would you go?” the qu
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-21Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Getting To Know You More [2/3]
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I was still reeling from colton’s answer to my last question. I was the... i surprised him. He’s mesmerized? I’ve been hit on before. Quite alot. I’ve heard every line in the book. Somehow when colton says something it sounds different. Is that just me? Am i wired in a weird way?My heart wasn’t beating normally anymore.I could still feel the ghost of his words in the space between us. The weight of them. The way he had looked at me, as though trying to cement his words into my brain.He’d said it so easily, like it wasn’t a big deal. Like he didn’t just drop a bomb in my chest.I sucked in a slow breath, trying to ignore the way my palms felt too warm.Colton leaned back slightly, his golden eyes still locked on mine. He wasn’t done.“My turn again,” he repeated, his voice smooth, calm—like he wasn’t watching me fall apart in real time.I kept my back straight, refusing to let him see how much that answer had shaken me.He tilted his head slightly, stud
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-22Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Getting To Know You More [3/3]
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 The moment she walked away, the room felt colder.I sat there, staring at the empty space she left behind, the faint scent of wine and vanilla lingering in the air. Must be a shampoo or something. I should’ve expected it—Vanessa never stayed in one place for too long. She was always on the move, always running from something, even if she wouldn’t admit it. And yet, the way she talked about leaving to her brother… it hit me like a damn gut punch. I had been bringing over the wine, feeling so fucking happy for being there for her and then i get that. She’ll be gone in a month. I knew she would.Of course, she would.She wasn’t mine to keep. We weren’t linked in a mated bond. Hell, i think even if we were she would reject me. But the realization settled in my chest like a heavy weight, making it harder to breathe.I ran a hand down my face, exhaling sharply before dragging myself up from the couch. My limbs felt heavy, my head a mess. I wanted another drink, so
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-22Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Distance Or Not?
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★It had been three days.Three long days of quiet breakfasts, polite conversation, and Colton being… busy. I'm not unreasonable. I know why he's busy. I know why he's out right after breakfast, and back for dinner. He was around, sure, but not in the same way. No teasing glances. No pushing my buttons just to see how I’d react. Just a casual, distant version of himself that had left me feeling weirdly restless.It wasn’t like I wanted his attention. I wasn’t that girl. But after everything that had happened between us—the staring, the almost too-intimate questions, the kiss—I had expected something.Instead, I got short encounters. Breakfast, dinner, and then he was gone.And now, as I sat curled up on his couch, my laptop open on my lap, I found myself staring at the blank document where my next blog post was supposed to be. I should’ve been writing about something—anything—but all I could think about was how I had too much free time, too much quiet, and
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-23Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Avoiding Another Scandal
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★After packing, and concluding on everything that I needed. I went downstairs with my things. Feeling tired already. I placed my packed bag by the couch, stretching my arms as I took a slow breath. The anticipation was starting to settle in, mixing with the quiet of the house. Colton would be here soon, and for the first time in days, I felt like I had something to look forward to. Something that wasn’t tangled in stress or the weight of my thoughts.Just a night away. Sure I'm thinking of this as a romantic moment for us both, but …. I'm also thinking of this as a chance to feed the extrovert in me. Being indoors is making me crazy. I sat down, pulling my knees up onto the couch. I tried to distract myself by scrolling through my phone, but my eyes felt heavy, and the silence made it harder to stay awake. A short nap wouldn’t hurt. Just a few minutes.I laid my head back, letting the quiet pull me under.Then—BANG.The front door slammed, rattling the
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2025-03-24Resisting The Alpha Cowboy When The Heart Flutters [1/4]
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 The sun was setting, painting the sky in deep shades of orange and gold as I rode along the edge of the field, keeping an eye on the cattle. They should’ve been heading back to their pens by now, but they were restless—skittish in a way that made everything twice as damn hard as it needed to be. And I knew exactly why. Samson was in a mood. I could feel it in the way he was riding, his grip too tight on the reins, his movements too sharp. The cattle could feel it too. They weren’t dumb—they knew when something was off. And right now, my brother’s shit mood was making them nervous, which meant they weren’t cooperating like they should.Which was making my job ten times harder. I sighed, rolling my shoulders as I guided my horse toward a stray calf that had wandered off. A sharp whistle had one of the ranch dogs springing into action, nudging the calf back into line. It should’ve been that simple for the rest of the herd, but instead, I had to deal with this
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Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 145
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★We rode the horse all the way to our next destination after leaving the diner, the sky still dipped in twilight shades of purple and gold, dust kicking up behind us as we passed a few shuttered storefronts and the odd resident walking their dog or heading home. It was peaceful, the kind of calm that settled into your bones if you let it.Colton reined the horse in front of the mechanic’s shop—a squat, sun-bleached building with a rusted sign that just said Steve’s Auto. The kind of place that didn’t need Yelp reviews to survive, just old men with busted pickups and nowhere else to go. I thought it was thriving earlier, Colton had brought me here, but things must have changed.Steve himself stepped out as we pulled up, wiping his hands on a rag that had long given up the fight to stay clean. “Thought I heard hooves,” he said, giving a nod to Colton. “She yours?”“The horse or the woman?” Colton asked with a smirk.Steve snorted. “Whichever’s gonna sass me
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 144
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I don’t know what I expected when Colton said we were going somewhere not on the map, but it sure as hell wasn’t a water tower. Not one with a view that made the whole damn world feel like it was holding its breath.The town looked like a miniature version of itself from up here—soft, sun-drenched, unreal. Like someone had pressed pause and we were sitting above time itself. I leaned back against the blanket he laid out, stretched my legs out, and let the warmth of the sun and his body beside mine lull me into a kind of weightless joy.God, when was the last time I felt like this?Carefree. Safe. Wanted.Colton was lying next to me, one arm propped under his head, the other draped across his stomach. His shirt had ridden up a little, exposing a sliver of sun-kissed skin, and I had to force myself not to stare too long. Or touch. Or climb on top of him right then and there.Which was ridiculous, because we were literally on top of a damn water tower.“I ca
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 143
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 After a good breakfast and wrestling a cup of caffeine from Vanessa, I grabbed the keys to one of my Jeeps, tossing them once in the air and catching them with a grin.“C’mon,” I said to Vanessa, watching her follow with that curious tilt of her head I’d grown addicted to. “Thought we’d take a little ride into town.”“I didn’t even know you had a Jeep,” she said as we walked down the path to where the whole family keeps their cars.“I’ve got a few things tucked away,” I said with a shrug. “Come on, I’ll show you.”We rounded the back of a big building, where a few of our vehicles were kept under tarps or shade roofs. Trucks, bikes, the old Jeep I’d learned to drive in for the first time. A bunch of other really clean and expensive-looking cars. I gestured at the line-up. “Told you.”She gave me a little side-eye. “Are you secretly a car fanatic?”I laughed. “Yeah, but that’s not the only reason we have alot of cars. I just grew up in a family where fixing thing
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 142
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I woke up warm.Not just physically—though that was part of it, tucked into the soft weight of Colton’s arms, his chest rising and falling behind me like the tide—but something else, too. Safe. Anchored.For a second, I didn’t move. I just blinked slowly at the soft light filtering through the curtains, breathing in the scent of soap, pine, and something distinctly his. Then I tilted my head back slightly and looked up.He was still asleep.His face was peaceful in a way I rarely got to see. No furrowed brow. No guarded jaw. Just Colton, unburdened. His mouth twitched a little, like he was dreaming about something mildly annoying or mildly funny—it was hard to tell with him.I laughed under my breath. Quiet and breathy.What a strange life.I used to wake up to sirens and honking cabs. Now I was waking up in a quiet room on a ranch, wrapped up in a man whose idea of rest was plowing half a field before breakfast.And yet… this didn’t feel strange at all.
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 141
▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 We couldn’t keep them here, that was a thought i couldn’t shake from the moment i showed up here. I stood in the barn, arms crossed, watching the twins—Fabian and Derico, or whatever they called themselves—slumped against the wooden post, weak and sullen but still dangerous. Ross had tied them good, and Abel was pacing like he wanted an excuse to break something. I think my father wants to hit someone. I’d let him, but I can’t risk him accidentally killing them. We need them.Vanessa’s concoction was still doing its work. She hadn’t lied—whatever she’d made, it drained the strength right out of their bones and soul as well. Enough of it could ruin a shifter’s ability to ever turn again. I’d seen that look in their eyes now. They understood what was at stake. She did say it was like wolfsbane. I should send a general message to everyone in the pack to wash the concoction off their skin. “We should move them,” I said finally, turning to face my father. “Take ’
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 140
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I shut the lid of my laptop and stared at it for a long second. The screen was black, but I could still see the echo of everything inside it—files, photos, confessions that might change the course of this pack’s future. I backed it up to several places. The first backup was easier than the others after it. Ugh, I’m actually super tired. I feel like crashing but i have one more thing to do. I gotta make that call I’ve been avoiding.My thumb hovered over my phone before I picked it up and scrolled to a number I’d been avoiding for days.Maya (Editor-in-Chief)The moment it started ringing, I regretted it. But there was no turning back now.She picked up before the third ring.“Jesus Christ, Vanessa. You’re alive. I’ve been calling you, emailing you, and texting you. You practically live on your phone, so why haven’t you been answering?”Her voice was sharp, loud, clipped. Familiar. And also tired. Everyone’s got shit that they’re dealing with.“I’m sorry,
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 139
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I checked on my phone and the recording. Thank fuck for the apps i use. That long confession would have needed to be divided into two parts, or more. I turned to Ross and Abel.“I’ll go get Colton, he can help you guys with this.” I said, slipping the last of the vials into the worn canvas of my bag.“You want us to just watch them while you’re gone?” “Yeah, just think of them as wild, untamed STDs. You don’t have it, but you gotta watch out for it.”Abel gave a curt nod, jaw set and eyes still on the twins, who were slumped and breathing heavily against their restraints. Ross, on the other hand, let out a quiet little hum — not disapproving, not questioning. Just… amused.“STDs?”I glanced at him briefly, and sure enough, he was fighting the corner of a smile.“Yeah.”His lips pressed together, and he took in several breaths to calm himself. “You do that,” he said, like he was letting me walk off with some private joke I’d never understand. “Don’t be to
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 138
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★I set my vials down carefully on a dusty old table by the door, arranging them neatly, almost deliberately slow.Fabian and Derico — the Fa-derico twins — were chained and fidgeting against the beams, their faces tight with pain and hatred.Good.Let them stew.I turned to Abel and Ross, keeping my voice even, business-like.“We’re going to do this properly,” I said. “I’m going to need to take some photos and videos.” I glanced at Ross. “If they confess anything — especially anything about a woman named Alina — we’re going to need proof.”Ross raised an eyebrow, but nodded. Abel grunted his approval. They didn’t know that name, I’m guessing colton didn’t really tell them the name of the woman who scammed him. I’d like to punch her. Not out of jealousy though. I’m classier than that- It’s maybe partly jealousy. Still, colton is a nice guy. And girls like me and alina use nice guys. I’m not proud of those past conquest but I’m also not ashamed of it.I loo
Resisting The Alpha Cowboy Chapter 137
★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★The field buzzed with leftover tension — the kind that clung to your skin and made every breath feel heavier.Children whimpered quietly against their mothers' legs.Men who hadn’t joined the chase and women stood frozen in place, casting nervous glances toward the trees where snarls and crashing sounds echoed in the distance.No one knew if they should stay or run.I stepped forward, heart pounding, but kept my voice soft, steady."Everyone," I called out gently, enough to draw their wary eyes to me, "please — head home. Take the little ones. The elders, too. There's nothing else you need to see. Get everyone to the safest place you can. Thank you for your time today."The pack hesitated, the weight of their fear holding them still. I noticed people squinting at the distance. They didn’t want to move, just in case there were more attackers. I softened my tone even further. "You're safe. Colton and the others have it under control. It would do them a gre
