Saving Necessity by Margo Bond Collins

Author:Margo Bond Collins [Bond Collins, Margo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bathory Gate Press
Published: 2017-10-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Tor Edwards, billionaire owner of the Rocking Bar T Ranch, Zeke’s boss, and Colton’s second—or maybe third?—cousin, answered the door of the main ranch house. He was still dressed in the jeans and denim shirt he wore as his daily work clothes, and for the first time in years, Zeke tried to imagine how the boy he’d grown up with might look to outsiders expecting a more traditional billionaire.

He looks like a cowboy, he decided with a mental shrug. Just like the rest of us.

It was no wonder his girlfriend Leta mistook him for a ranch hand the first time she met him.

“Hey, boss,” Zeke said, placing one hand on the small of Sophie’s back and trying to remember what his grandmother had taught him about the correct order to introduce people. He knew Tor wouldn’t be offended if he got it wrong, but for the first time in his life, he really wanted to do everything just right. “This is Sophie Daniels. Sophie, this is my boss, Tor Edwards.”

“Nice to meet you, Ms. Daniels. Come on in, y’all. Leta’s in the living room.”

“Please, call me Sophie,” she said as Tor opened the door wider and stood back to allow them past.

And that took care of hurdle one—introducing her to Tor.

Luckily, Leta was not in the living room, after all. She had stepped up behind Tor and was introducing herself to Sophie.

“Thanks for helping out with this, man,” Zeke said, sticking his hand out to clasp Tor’s in a brief handshake and nodding firmly.

“No problem. Anytime.” Tor paused for a second, then tilted his head to one side and squinted a little at Zeke. “You told Mac about this yet?”

“Nah. He and Clara are on their honeymoon. Didn’t want to disturb him.”

“Mac is Zeke’s cousin, and—I think—used to do some work for Tor around the ranch,” Leta explained.

“Before Mac moved into the oil business, yeah,” Tor confirmed, shutting the door behind them.

“That’s one thing it’s taken me some time to get used to,” Leta said, ushering Sophie toward the large, open living area. “Everyone in Necessity is connected in some way, and everyone always knows what’s going on with everyone else.”

Sophie’s responding chuckle was lovely, but had reverted to what Zeke mentally dubbed her “actress laugh.”

“I deal with that a lot in Hollywood,” she replied.

“Oh, of course you do,” Leta said. “I guess it’s not that different from a small town in a lot of ways, is it?”

“Not at all.” Zeke and Sophie took seats on one of the long, brown leather couches—on the same side, but far enough apart so they weren’t touching.

Just a fake date, he reminded himself.

Tor disappeared long enough to bring everyone a glass of sweet tea, but Sophie put hers down on a coffee table after what Zeke suspected wasn’t actually a sip. He’d seen the full glass she’d left behind at his place.

More of her acting skills on quiet display, maybe?

“Based on my talk earlier with Zeke, I went ahead and made some arrangements for tonight.

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