Rope Me, Cowboys_The Complete First Novel_A Reverse Harem Forbidden Romance by Alexa B. James

Author:Alexa B. James [James, Alexa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Speak Now
Published: 2018-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

16

Amber

A week later, I’d explored everything there was to see, except four of the cabins out back. While the boys were out working, I stood on the back porch, holding a mug of tea between my hands to warm them, and studied them. They stood in a row, set at a forty-five-degree angle from the house. The first one was just across an expanse of lawn, but the furthest one, where the Grimeses lived, was quite a way off.

Though I went into one the first day, I hadn’t been inside the others. It felt weird to go in somewhere that Mrs. Grimes said was private to them, even if they didn’t tell me not to. Still, I could see the potential. I’d been turning it over in my head since Holden told me they were barely holding onto the ranch. Now it was time to put it out there.

I turned and headed back inside to make dinner. True to his word, Sawyer didn’t try to saddle me with the domestic tasks, but I’d asked to be put on the cooking rotation. I wasn’t there for a free ride.

Once the table was set with dishes and a vase of dried wildflowers in the center, I went out back and ring the big dinner bell. Every time I rang it, I felt like Lady Liberty ringing the Liberty Bell. I kept that little tidbit to myself as I stood tall and regal and let the gong ring out across the yard. And yes, I was aware that Lady Liberty didn’t actually ring the bell.

A few minutes later, when everyone was seated at the table and eating, I took a deep breath. “Guess what I did today?”

“Got caught on a barbed wire fence?” Waylon asked, cocking an eyebrow at me.

I gave him a murderous glare. “No,” I said slowly. “I got to thinking about the cabins.”

“You want one, right?” Waylon said, setting down his fork and bracing the heels of his hands on the table edge. “The fourth one. We each have one, and the Grimeses are living in the fifth. And since our father married your mother, you think you get a piece of the ranch.”

“What? No.” I couldn’t help but feel the sting of his words. I couldn’t believe he thought that about me, that I was after their money.

“What about the cabins, Amber?” Holden asked, giving me an encouraging smile.

“Well, you had mentioned maybe you were in a little financial trouble,” I said. “And I thought that since you have four houses out there…I mean, they’re small, but they’re cute cabins. Maybe you could set up some kind of bed-and-breakfast type thing. Or at least rent them out on Air B&B. You don’t have to do anything for that. It rents out as-is, and you can do it during the tourist season, when people come up to ski, and also in the off season, when they come up to go to the Tetons.”

“No,” Waylon said, not looking up from his chicken parmesan.

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