Tempting the Rancher by Brenda Jackson

Author:Brenda Jackson [Jackson, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-19T18:17:16+00:00

Epilogue

Thanksgiving Day

Bailey looked around the huge table. This was the first time that every one of her brothers, sisters and cousins—the Denver Westmorelands—had managed to come home for Thanksgiving. Even Bane was here. The family had definitely multiplied with the addition of wives, husbands and children. She and Walker would tie the knot here in Westmoreland Country on Valentine’s Day.

Everyone was glad to see Bane. It had been years since he’d been home for Thanksgiving. In fact, they hadn’t seen him since that time he’d shown up unannounced at Blue Ridge Land Management, surprising Stern and Adrian.

Bailey wondered if she was the only one who noticed he seemed pensive and preoccupied. And not for the first time she wondered if something had happened on his last covert operation that he wasn’t sharing with them.

“You okay, baby?” Walker leaned over to ask her.

She smiled at him. “Yes, I’m fine. You love me and I love you, so I couldn’t be better.”

The announcement that she was marrying and leaving Westmoreland Country had everyone shocked. But all they had to do was look at her and Walker to see how happy they were together.

Thanks to Lucia and Chloe, Bailey would still work for Simply Irresistible, working remotely from Kodiak Island. She’d been doing it for a while now and so far things were working out fine.

The Outlaws, all six of them, had come to visit, and just like Bailey had known, everyone had gotten along beautifully. They were invited to the Denver Westmorelands’ annual foundation banquet and said they would return in December to attend. That way they would get to meet their Westmoreland cousins from Atlanta, Montana, North Carolina and Texas. Word was that Bart still hadn’t come around. According to Walker, Garth intended to find out why his father was being so difficult.

Since Gemma, Callum and their kids were in town, Bailey and Walker were staying at the bed-and-breakfast inn Jason’s wife, Bella, owned. It was perfect, and she and Walker had the entire place to themselves.

Bailey figured she would eventually get around to building her own place so she and Walker could have somewhere private whenever they came to visit, but she wasn’t in any hurry.

After clinking on his glass to get everyone’s attention, Dillon stood. “It’s been years since we’ve had everyone together on Thanksgiving, and I’m thankful that this year Gemma and Bane were able to come home to join us. And I’m grateful for all the additions to our family, especially one in particular,” he said, looking over at Walker and smiling.

“I think Mom, Dad, Uncle Thomas and Aunt Susan would be proud of what we’ve become and that we’re still a family.”

Bailey wiped a tear from her eye. Yes, they were still a family and always would be. She reached under the table for Walker’s hand. She had everything she could possibly want and more.

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