All Chapters of A Water Nymph for the Billionaire: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Kara felt her heart pound with fear when they approached the horse that was standing ready for them.  Her hands were trembling as she looked at the animal that suddenly terrified her.  She gasped when Matthew lifted her out of the chair and into the saddle, where he and Bill held her firmly, while they tightened straps around her legs, checking to be sure they were not too tight.She gasped in fear when the horse stamped its foot to ward of a fly, getting flashbacks from that night.  “Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.”  She whispered with a trembling voice and the two men felt their hearts go out to her.They knew what fear could do to a person.  And her injuries had kept them from helping her to conquer her fears after the accident.  They also knew that they had to get her back in the saddle or she would let fear reign her life and she had loved riding before the accident.“I’m here.”  Mat

It had been about a week since he first took her to their spot.  And things seemed to ease around them, but this morning he seemed introspective and she wondered what was on his mind.She could never have guessed what he said near the end of their meal.  “We’re leaving early tomorrow morning, do you need help packing?”  He asked her without any preamble.There were so many questions running through her mind that she was finding it hard to word out one, so all she managed was: “what?”He seemed to realize that he hadn’t given her much information and she was at least grateful that she was not the only one struggling to arrange her thoughts properly.  But in his case, it was probably to do with the running of his ranch.  She couldn’t arrange too much on hers from where she was sitting, for now, she could only write down her plans for when she was finally able to run it properly again.  So her

Kara had spent the whole day after he had told her about the trip worrying about having to face people the way she was.  She had hoped that she would be able to be back on her feet before she had to face anyone she didn’t know again.She felt a little like a failure for not being able to walk already.  She’d always been able to do anything she put her mind to, but her legs just wouldn’t work with her.  It was depressing to have to face people with her obvious failure stark in front of them.The drive to the airport was quiet, Mathew seemed deep in thought and she was grateful for it.  She was still working through how she felt with him just expecting her to show up in public in the state she was in.Of course, she wasn’t angry at him.  Her therapists had insisted that she go out in public, but she had been hesitant.  She was wearing her bad decisions and failure on her sleeve with her still in the chair. 

Mathew carried her to the car again, but this time there was a driver and he would be sitting in the back with her, but there was also a van with a Gallery’s name on it. He put her in the back seat of the waiting car and then made sure his paintings were loaded without being damaged, before he signed the forms on the clipboard. As soon as he sat down in the back seat, he smiled at her. “Are you hungry?” He asked with interest and she shrugged. She might be, but her stomach was twisted up in so many knots that she wasn’t sure if she could eat, anyway. Do you want to have dinner in the hotel restaurant tonight? To give you time to get used to things?” He offered reassuringly. Kara was thoughtful for a moment. “Yes, I think it would give me some idea of what to expect and to get used to things.” She answered while she watched the throngs of people and cars outside. It felt like a lifetime since she had left the city to take over Grandpa’s ranch and being in the rush of city li

When she came out of her room in the swimsuit, he was happy to see that she had picked one of the bikinis he’d picked out. Ironically, it was the one that closely resembled the trunks he currently had on. “Hey, we’re twinsies!” Mathew teased with a wide grin, mostly because she had put on the bikini he had chosen and not the one piece she had picked. He was pleasantly surprised that she wore his pick. Kara rolled her eyes, but he noticed her trying to hide the smile of amusement at his reaction. He loved her reactions to his teasing, knowing that she found it hard to hide her amusement, but she still tried. Grabbing the towels he had taken from his room, he handed them to her before he took his place behind her chair and headed for the elevator. The swimming pool and gym were on the roof and he was excited to spend this time with her. There was just something about being in the water with her, seeing her enjoy the water while pushing herself to exercise her legs. He was compl