All Chapters of Resisting The Alpha Cowboy: Chapter 181 - Chapter 183

▄︻デ══━一 COLTON HAYES💥 Dinner had progressed greatly, and after that fulfilling conversation that shoved my worries away, it was time for the next part of the meal. The more sweet part of our thanksgiving tradition.The sounds of dessert drifted around the house—forks scraping plates, the faint clatter of coffee cups, laughter mingling with the smell of cinnamon and pecans. It was warm in the dining room, the kind of warmth that settled deep into the bones, layered with sugar and nostalgia.Vanessa was still at the table with Benny and Catia, helping the little guy pick the crust off his pie like it was a treasure hunt. Abel was animatedly telling a story to Ezra and Lionel, while Macey listened wide-eyed and smiling. The room had mellowed into a cozy hum, like the golden light filtering through the windows had seeped into every soul seated around that table.And I… I needed a breath.Not from stress. Not anymore.But from weight.Hopeful weight. Heavy in a good way.I stepped out on

★。＼｜／。★VANESSA DAVIS★。／｜＼。★/One Year Later/I’d never seen the farm look like this.Silver Ridge had always been beautiful—rolling pastures, wide skies, that big oak tree out near the lake that had witnessed more confessions and heartbreaks than most churches—but today?Today, it looked like something out of a dream I hadn’t let myself have until Colton Hayes fell into my life like a damn wildfire.White tents fluttered in the breeze, soft and elegant without losing the grit of who we were. Twinkling lights looped through the trees and along the fences. The path to the barn—newly painted and now more a community gathering hall than a place for tools—was lined with wildflowers in mason jars. Long wooden tables waited under a massive canopy, strung with greenery and glowing lanterns. And off in the distance, the lake shimmered like it had been summoned by a fairytale.The entire town of Dusty Creek had shown up. Our whole pack was here too—every loud, loyal, curious, nosy one of them