Secret Amnesia Undercover Billionaire: Jagger Family Romances by Taylor Hart

Author:Taylor Hart [Hart, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ArchStone Ink
Published: 2023-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Kinley arrived the next afternoon. Ross had prepped her and her grandparents on the phone the night before, explaining the situation as best as he could. Of course, Kinley was thrilled. When she bounced into the house the next afternoon shouting out, “Dad and Red,” it made him laugh.

True to her word, Red had been in the kitchen all afternoon, making pizza dough. Since it was Sunday, Ross did minimal chores. Normally, he would have attended service, but when he’d asked Red if she wanted to go, she’d said no, so he’d stayed with her. They’d spent the afternoon playing chess and talking, and it’d felt so natural. He shared more than he had ever thought he would—about himself, growing up in Casper, working the ranch, and marrying Brook right out of high school. They’d attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie and gotten their degrees in teaching, then returned to Casper, where he’d wanted to ranch and teach. It had all worked out perfectly until she’d been diagnosed with cancer.

It was the easiest conversation he’d had since Brook, and he wasn’t sure how he felt about it. Every now and then, Red would seem like she wanted to say something, then touch her head. She wasn’t wearing the bandage anymore, but she would complain that her mind was a bit hazy, and she still didn’t remember anything.

“Hey! Kin-bear!” Ross braced himself as his daughter ran and jumped at him.

Brook’s parents followed her into the living room, and he hugged each of them.

“Where is she, Daddy?” Kinley asked.

Just then, Red walked into the living room with a warm smile on her face.

Kinley ran toward her. “Hi!”

“Kinley, stop,” he said quickly.

Kinley skidded to a halt right in front of Red, who opened her arms and said, “I would love a hug.”

With a squeal, Kinley hugged her.

Red’s eyes met his, and in that moment, there was just another twinge of something he’d started to feel about Red. Maybe she was meant to be here. He pushed the thought away. That was . . . stupid.

He introduced Brook’s parents, and they were sweet but gave him warning looks. When he walked them out later, Sheila mentioned she was worried that Kinley was already too attached.

“I know,” he agreed, not knowing how to explain to them that he really wasn’t that worried.

Brook’s dad only patted him on the back. “Be careful.”

Ross watched them leave, thinking about how he never would have imagined himself in this position.

When he went inside, he found Kinley in the kitchen, plunked on the counter, chatting away with Red as she pulled the pizza out of the oven. “I told Daddy I didn’t think you should be alone in the hospital. I told him that somewhere you had a dad too.” Kinley covered her mouth as he walked in. “Oops.”

He wagged a finger at her. “And I told Red that you are stubborn as all get out.”

They all laughed.

“Is your name Red?” Kinley asked.

Red met his eyes. “I don’t know, but you can call me that.

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