Romancing the Rancher by Kate Pearce

Author:Kate Pearce [Pearce, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2021-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“That sure is a great view.” Kaiden shielded his eyes and looked out over the valley floor.

Adam had persuaded Evan and Kaiden to meet him, Ben, and Danny at the proposed site for Danny’s new house. Evan had only gone because he didn’t want to get into it with Kaiden, and with Josie away with her mom, he was at a massive loose end. It was amazing how much of his free time she’d already consumed without him being aware of it or resenting it.

“Yeah,” Danny said. “And it’s halfway between our place and Faith’s parents so we’d have roughly the same commute.” He glanced over at Evan. “What do you think?”

“It’s great,” Evan agreed. “You won’t even have to make a fancy garden when you’ve already got so much nature around you.”

The two-tiered pad was surrounded by pine trees and exposed knolls of rock covered with climbing plants. Below them ran Morgan Creek, the sound of the rushing water amplified by the hollowed-out channel of rocks it threaded through at this point in its journey. Evan already knew how cold and clear the water was. It ran right off the snow bed up in the Sierra Nevadas and fertilized the whole valley.

He pointed at the slope. “Garages and offices below and living on the top—a bit like Faith’s parents’ place.”

“Yeah, we’re thinking about getting the same architect in, but I don’t want exactly the same house,” Danny said.

“You could ask May Chang to take a look,” Kaiden suggested. “She was great to work with on the old movie theater and she’s local.”

“That’s a good idea.” Danny nodded. “I’ll see what Faith thinks when I see her tonight.”

Adam settled his Stetson more firmly on his head as the wind strengthened. “Well, at least we’ve cleared and prepared the lot. All you need now is to build the house.”

“Our thanks to Adam Miller for stating the obvious as usual,” Evan murmured under his breath. “What would we do without our fearless leader?”

Beside him, Danny choked back a laugh, and even Adam smiled.

“While I’ve got you all here, Lizzie and I have decided to get married.”

“Cool!” Kaiden slapped his brother hard on the back. “When?”

“When Roman’s next out of school.” Adam cleared his throat. “We’ve decided to take him to Disneyland for our honeymoon.”

Everyone stared at him until Evan spoke up.

“Wait—Disneyland? You in a pair of mouse ears?”

“What about it?”

“Just . . .” Evan tried not to laugh. “Must be true love, Bro, because nothing else would make you fall for that shit.”

“Have you told Dad and Leanne?” Ben, always the peacemaker, asked quickly.

“Not yet. I wanted you guys to be the first to know.” Adam looked pointedly at Evan. “Can you all keep it to yourselves today? Lizzie and I plan to take Mom and Dad out to dinner tomorrow night and tell them then.”

“Where are you planning on having the ceremony?” Ben asked as they all strolled back to where they’d left their collection of trucks and horses.

“Here on the ranch, if we can,” Adam said.

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