Return to Love (Willow Valley Book 1) by Christine Kingsley

Author:Christine Kingsley [Kingsley, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-06-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

At exactly thirty minutes to four on Sunday, Jack followed the trail of dust with his eyes as two cars made their way down the dirt drive toward the ranch house. He had been out back working on improvements to the guest house when he heard the sound of a vehicle and had come up to see who was early for their meeting. He laughed as Sandi and Cassie climbed from their respective cars and grimaced at each other. It seemed as if they had each arrived early in hopes they'd have some time alone with him before the other got there.

He felt a slight twinge of guilt at pitting the two of them against each other this way but pushed it away before he could feel too badly. Sandi wasn't an idiot, and it was obvious to everyone in town that he and Cassie had a thing for each other, so if she insisted on throwing herself at him when he'd done nothing to encourage it, then that wasn't his fault.

On the other hand, this may be just what Cassie needed to stop pushing him away. A little harmless rivalry never hurt anybody. He was hoping that by the end of the day, Cassie would come to her senses and be ready to take a step forward. He was tiring of the back and forth dance between them, but knew that whatever had her running scared must be serious, so he determined to be patient with her.

"Ladies," he said, tipping his hat as he approached them. "How are you on this lovely afternoon?"

"I'm so excited to be here," Sandi gushed. "I think you're going to love my ideas."

Jack glanced at Cassie and was surprised to see a friendly smile on her face as she spoke to Sandi. "Great. Let's get started." She turned to him and met his eyes, giving him a sincere smile as well, a look of apology in her eyes. That was unexpected. He'd thought she would still be angry at him after the way he'd set this up. She was full of surprises.

He smiled back, and just stared at her for a moment. She was so beautiful. She was wearing the pink cowboy boots again that he'd noticed Friday night, this time with form-fitting jeans and a loosely flowing shirt that didn't quite hide her curves. She'd let her blond waves fall freely down her back today.

His attention was brought back sharply to Sandi as she cleared her throat pointedly and linked arms with him, turning away from Cassie. "Lead the way, cowboy."

He bit his lip to keep his amusement off his face and saw Cassie clap a hand over her mouth to hide her broad grin as well. Sandi really was too much.

He led them around to the pasture, asking Sandi for updates about how many entrants they'd reached. She clung to his arm and looked up at him while they talked, blinking with the big doe-eyed look he was starting to recognize.

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