Tempting Bethany by Stacy Reid

Author:Stacy Reid
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 2018-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Four days later, the ranch was a bustle of movement and frenetic activity as the day for the barbecue dawned. A few ranch hands were outside laying down planks for a staging area, and there were several haunches of pork and beef roasting over a spit. Beth helped bake apple pies in the kitchen, grateful for something to do. For a ranch of such immense size, it was frightfully efficient and required little help from her, though she had offered several times.

She paused dicing the apples, as Kathy came into view with Grayson tucked securely in her arm. Laura Kincaid had been fantastic the night they showed up with Kathy in her garish dress. She hadn’t asked any questions, just welcomed the young girl to the Triple K, and Jenny had given her several pieces of clothing. Beth had asked Laura about her uncompromising acceptance of the girl, and Laura had said she knew good stock when she saw it. Grayson had taken to her, and when not in the arms of some family member, which genuinely seemed to be all the time, he spent his time with Kathy.

Joshua rode up, and Beth forgot everything she was doing and strolled over to the windows, pressing against the cool glass. There was a quickening in her heart and a smile on her lips as she stared at him. Grayson saw him and burst into sudden movement trying to reach his father. His legs pumped, and even from where she stood, she could see her baby's excitement to be with his father.

Her heart burned, melted, and she was sure she fell in love with Joshua, just right then. Kathy handed Grayson up to him, and Joshua held him firmly against his chest, and then cantered away.

She turned to see the cook, Mrs. Burrell staring, along with Laura and Jenny. Beth flushed, she hadn’t heard them enter. Pretending she hadn’t been ogling Joshua, she went back to dicing apples, conscious of Laura staring at her from time to time.

"Kathy mentioned this morning that she would be traveling to Boston with you," Laura said mildly. “I was surprised to hear talk of leaving the ranch.”

Beth glanced up. Laura's eyes were serious and intent as they peered at her.

“Yes, I promised Joshua, that Grayson and I would stay at Triple K for a few weeks.” Except now, she wasn’t sure she wanted to leave. Very silly, because nothing had changed about the west. Or the fact that Abraham Hardin might come looking for her.

“And when will you be coming back with my grandson?”

Jenny sent a quick glance at her mother and then went back to kneading the dough for the biscuits and cinnamon bread.

“I could not say,” Beth said. “But Grayson will be visiting his family. My mother lives in Boston, and I have a teaching post waiting for me at a girl’s academy.”

Laura arched an elegant brow. “The girl's school in Bravo could do with a teacher of your refinements. After schooling, many

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