Her Montana Cowboy by Jeannie Watt

Author:Jeannie Watt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-05-08T18:03:36+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

THE CALF STEALER gave birth two days after jumping the gate and scaring the heck out of Lillie Jean. As Gus watched her gently clean her baby, talking to it in that special tone mother cows used when communicating with their young, it was hard to believe that forty-eight hours ago she’d been ready to kill anything that stood between herself and the calf she’d decided was her own.

Heifers.

The cow raised her head almost as if she’d heard his thought, giving him a baleful look. Gus pushed off the fence just as his phone rang.

“It’s a done deal,” Thad said.

“Lillie Jean?”

“Is my official partner. She must have just found out herself.”

Gus ambled toward the barn’s open bay door, studying the ground as he walked. “I haven’t seen her today, except for when we fed.” They’d talked about working on the fence, but it had started to rain. “She’s holed up in her house.”

“Maybe you could see her. Kind of, you know, feel her out?”

“Find out what she plans to do now that she can do something?” Gus had a pretty clear idea of her plans, but his butt was on the line as much as Thad’s, so yeah. He’d feel things out.

“I’ll call you back when I know something. It may not be today.”

“All right. But I want your take on things before I talk to her.”

“Sounds good. Hey,” Gus said before his uncle could hang up. “How are you doing?”

“What do you mean?” Thad sounded surprisingly cagey.

“I guess I mean, how are you doing?”

Thad snorted. “Mimi is trying to fix me up with Ginny. Fortunately, Ginny figured it out and filled me in.”

Gus gave a mental sigh. So much for Ginny dragging Thad out of self-imposed bachelorhood.

“Did you know about this?” Thad asked.

“I had nothing to do with it.” He might have thought it would be nice if the two of them got together, but he hadn’t done anything to work in that direction—especially after finding out about Thad’s former wife. If Thad had wanted a woman in his life, he’d had plenty of time to find one. But he hadn’t, because Nita Hardaway’s memory still haunted him.

“Good thing.”

“I’ll do what I can to call Mimi off.”

“Both Ginny and I appreciate it.”

“And I’ll let you know what I find out from Lillie Jean.”

“Thanks.”

After his uncle hung up, Gus leaned back against the straw stack and studied Lillie Jean’s house through the bay door. They’d barely exchanged more than a sentence or two over the past two days. Gus figured it was because of the kiss. He also figured it wasn’t because Lillie Jean hadn’t liked it. She had. So had he.

She was afraid that growing close would mess up their business arrangement, and she had a point, so he’d take his cue from her and pretend it never happened. If she sold her part of the ranch and left, there was a better than average possibility that he’d never see her again. If she stayed...well, a lot of random kissing would be distracting.

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