Harlequin Love Inspired April 2019, Box Set 1 of 2 by Emma Miller

Author:Emma Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

With no time to change or freshen up once Macy got back to Red Dog Ranch, she headed straight to the lakeshore. It was long past the time Cassidy served supper at the mess hall so she knew Rhett would be at the lake by now. Cassidy had texted earlier, asking if Macy had been able to stop for food while she’d been out. Macy had let her know that she was probably going to skip dinner and dive into a pint of mint swirl ice cream waiting back in her small fridge later tonight instead.

Romeo brayed as she passed his enclosure.

“Sorry, buddy, I got nothing. I didn’t even get a chance to grab myself food.” She reached over the fence and scratched between his ears. He brayed again. “Oh, you impatient little guy, good thing you’re so cute. I see you already forgot about the pear chunks I brought you yesterday.” Her stomach rumbled.

She left Romeo and continued in the direction of the lake. She hiked up the last hill and paused at the top. Rhett’s back was to her as he stood at the end of the long wooden pier with a bundle or some sort of basket by his feet. Kodiak swam after her red ball in the water. A trail of candles burning inside glass jars led the way down the pier to him. The sight caused Macy’s pulse to kick up.

Was this…was this a date?

She brushed the thought away. After all, she had been the one to ask him to meet up to talk, not the other way around. Although it was hardly as if Rhett would have set out the candles if he was going to be here alone.

She would not read too much into the gesture.

She would not.

Hopefully, she would believe the statement the more she repeated it to herself.

Kodiak, who had been dropping the ball onto the pier for Rhett to toss out again, swam past the pier to the shore. The dog leapt from the water, gave one great shake and then charged in Macy’s direction.

Rhett followed his dog’s progress but stayed on the pier. A wide, handsome smile spread across his features as he slipped his hands into his pockets. “See. What did I tell you? She likes you more than me already.”

“Hardly,” Macy called back with a laugh.

The dog happily head butted Macy’s knee and Macy gave her a welcoming pat only to discover that Kodiak felt dry. “How is this dog not wet?” She touched her coarse fur again.

“Double coated,” Rhett answered. “Thick underlayer keeps her skin from ever getting wet. The top layer is considered a harsh coat. You know how a duck can go in the water and comes out without being waterlogged?”

Kodiak trailed along beside Macy as she made her way to the pier. “Don’t ducks have some special oil though?”

“Chessies have oil trapped between the two layers of their coat. Works the same way.”

Closer to the shore Macy accepted the red ball and threw it out into the lake for Kodiak to go after.

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