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“There’s enough stuff frozen to get everyone through a week”
“Ah, jeez” Frank’s shoulders slumped “Why’d you have to take Cookie with you?”
Zane ignored the question Frank kneas stuck on the ranch With Zane gone, Frank would be in charge
“I’ll have the tay radios with me With the neer in place, you’ll be able to reach me any time”
Frank was still gru the ranch cook for a week
“Want to trade?” Zane asked flatly
His fore ten novice riders out on a fake cattle drive through wilderness was nothing short of five kinds of hell June weather was usually good, but there was always the possibility of a freak snowstorm, a sizable flash flood, spooked cattle, bears, runaway horses, snakebite and saddle sores
Frank slapped him on the back “You have a fine ti back here”
“So to say that”
CHAPTER SIX
PHOEBE STRETCHED OUT on her bed, ai channels on the television Despite the fact there was a sci-fi marathon on one channel, Sleepless in Seattle on another and so held her interest She told herself it was because she was in unfas Or maybe it was the fact that except for the coho had delivered her dinner on a tray at six-thirty, she hadn’t seen another living being Well, not a biped From hershe could see countless cattle, a few horses and even a couple of dogs
But she knew none of that really y andto do with her lack of co kiss she’d experienced that e men were not supposed to be able to elicit that kind of a response from her She’d always been a kiss on the second date, sex in the third or fourth al More than one potential boyfriend had becos because she wasn’t ready to bare all by week four
The first time it had happened, she’d been heartbroken The second ti love needed to be a significant event She was interested in emotional connection, not voluuys sheto find the sense of belonging she desperately wanted by ju into bed every fifteen , but not the least bit helpful in explaining her reaction to Zane
If he’d tossed her to the ground and started ripping off her clothes, instead of being outraged, she would have helped She would have done it right there, in front of God and the goats The big question hy?
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts She flipped off the TV, then sat up She’d returned her dinner tray to the kitchen, so it was unlikely anyone was here to bus her dishes Which left one of two possibilities for her visitor Chase or Zane
In her ers and walked to the door When she pulled it open, she fully expected to see Chase standing in the hallway, because that was how her luck was running these days Yet theand had a roomen who should know better to puddles of liquid desire