He Scorned Me, Now I’m a CEO He Can’t Afford Chapter 29

He Scorned Me, Now I’m a CEO He Can’t Afford Chapter 29

Lena looked around the small prefab room.

The air smelled of blueprints, ink, and fresh earth.

Daisy was right.

But the moment she thought of the roar of the arena, the smell of horses and dust, it felt like willingly walking back into a cage.

No.

A thought suddenly cut through the fear.

She was no longer the girl at Red Creek Ranch who had to watch her every move.

This was her land.

Land she had bought with her own money.

A place she was building with her own two hands.

If she didn’t even have the courage to watch a rodeo, what good was this new life she was fighting for?

That fear was the last nail they had driven into her.

She had to be the one to pull it out.

“Okay.” Lena lifted her head, her gaze firm again. “I’ll go.”

But she had overestimated herself.

The Fort Worth arena was a blaze of lights.

The roar of the crowd and the blast of music washed over her in waves.

She tried to act normal, drinking a beer with Daisy and clapping along with the bull riders.

At first, it was fine.

Until the barrel racing began.

The announcer called the first rider’s name.

A muscled quarter horse carried its rider into the arena, rounding the first barrel in a spray of dirt—

Lena’s breath caught in her throat.