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His words made her want to float or even fly

“Me, too,” she whispered as she stared into his blue eyes “About all of it I love you, too”

He cupped her face “You’re the best person I’ve ever known” He sed “I want to marry you, Phoebe, and I’d love for you to co city, we can settle in LA and I’ll put Frank in charge of the ranch”

She flung herself at hiht her in his arms and pulled her close

“I don’t want to live in a city,” she whispered in his ear “I want to live on the ranch and learn about breeding horses and cashoats and have babies, and ant soo to Fool’s Gold to have dinner Or invite so around the campfire Oh, and I want to learn to bake bread And es I swear”

She was lying, Zane thought happily as he lowered his head and kissed her She would turn his world upside down, and he couldn’t wait

He drew back “This isn’t about the land You know that, right?” He kissed her again “Although I’rinned sheepishly “Reilly showed me the contract with Jonny Blaze and said I’d be a fool not to take the land and just say thank you I’ht”

She stared into his eyes “Can you do that? Make peace with the past?”

He nodded “I want to let it go, Phoebe You’ve shown e whatsorry for the old man He’s the one who missed out”

“Oh, Zane!”

He kissed her again, pulling her up against hi his hands up and down her back As he deepened the kiss, he beca, cheers and catcalls No doubt Chase had gone into the restaurant and rounded up the whole Fool’s Gold crowd to coet their money’s worth