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The sliding doors opened, and a e area A tall, dark-haired aze so penetrating Phoebe knew he could probably tell what color her panties were

He moved with the kind of stride and purpose of so other than in charge He was gorgeous Adaeous Of course

Any sht have cultivated fro She tried to brush off the last of the peanut dust from the front of her yellow T-shirt and wished for the millionth time in her life that she was tall, blonde, blue-eyed and stunning Actually, right now she would take any one of the four

“Phoebe Kitzke?”

The man had stopped in front of her He had a deep, beautiful voice that h muscles quiver This close she could see the multiple shades of deep blue that made up his eyes He didn’t smile On the whole she would say he looked about as far fro

“I’m Phoebe,” she said, afraid she sounded as tentative as she felt Why hadn’t Maya warned her? Saying Zane was good-looking was like saying summer in the desert arm

“Zane”

He held out his hand She wasn’t sure if he wanted to shake or take her luggage She erred on the side of good ulfed in his

The instant heat didn’t surprise her, nor did thein her life—it made sense for her body to betray her, too

She hs and noticed that he had a really big hand Phoebe tried not to think about those old wives’ tales She tried not to think about anything except the fact that she was going to kill Maya the next time she saw her

“Nice to meet you,” she said when he’d released her “Maya says the ranch is some distance fro all this way to collect me”

His only response was to pick up her luggage He didn’t bother with the wheels, instead carrying the bags out as if they weighed as much as a milk carton Uh-huh She’d nearly thrown out her entire back just wrestling them into the car While in the past she’d never been all that interested in men with muscles, she could suddenly see the appeal of well-developed biceps

Zane headed for the parking lot, and Phoebe trailed after him He didn’t seem to be much of a talker That could

He drove a truck, which didn’t surprise her, but the fact that he held the passenger door open for her did When her foot slipped on the ave her a little push into the cab After stowing her luggage in the area behind his seat, he climbed in himself and settled next to her

He towered over her asPhoebe fastened her seat belt, then gave hilance Her heart did a one and a half soht of his profile He looked good enough to be on a coin

As Zane drove toward the exit, Phoebe searched frantically for a topic of conversation Nothing brilliant came tothe truth When nothing better occurred to her, she decided to dive right into the cowboy-infested water

“So this is really strange, huh?”