The Cowgirl’s Forever Love by Vivian Arend

Author:Vivian Arend [Arend, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Sliding into his day’s tasks took Josiah’s full concentration, since what he wanted to be doing was sticking to Lisa’s side in case she needed him.

Although “need” seemed too strong a term when it came to Lisa. The more he got to know her, the more he admired her. She was bright, and capable, and enticing, and nothing they did together seemed to turn out normal.

He had to accept that.

Somewhere in the next couple of days she would need a distraction, so as he made his rounds and dealt with animals and ranchers, he plotted as best he could.

When she did have free time, he was going to be ready.

Meanwhile, Josiah had enough going on. Not only with his regular work, but he’d been out a number of times to the newly organized animal rescue, working with Sonora.

The woman had somehow managed to get all fifty of the surviving fuzzy creatures not just penned and doctored but groomed as well. The improvement in smell alone was astonishing.

Sonora might be small, but she was a force of nature.

She planted her fists on her hips and glared at him. Josiah stiffened his spine to stop from caving instantly to her request.

“That’s the best I can do,” he said as kindly as possible but in a tone that brooked no argument. “Not because I don’t want to help, but it’s one of the things they gave us a special class on in school. Donating our time to a good cause—that’s up to us. Donating supplies, though, is the quickest way to kill a business. No business means none of the animals in the area get the care they deserve. I can’t lower the price of the medical supplies any farther.”

She rolled her eyes. “I wasn’t asking you to bankrupt your business for the sake of the animals. I do understand—I’ve worked the land for many years, and robbing Peter to pay Paul never ends well.”

Josiah shook his head. “Then I don’t understand.”

“I need help figuring out how to afford to run this place, and don’t you dare repeat that to Ashton.” She glanced over his shoulder as if the older man was going to pop out of the woodwork. “I have money, but the truth is if I want this to work properly, even as these animals get adopted, I’m going to end up with more. At some point my family is going to protest. Even though it’s my savings I’m digging into, I want to do this the smart way.”

That made a whole lot of sense. Josiah nodded. “I don’t have any answers for you right now, but let me do some brainstorming, and we’ll see what we come up with.”

“I’d appreciate that.” Sonora stooped to offer Ollie a scratch behind her ears. “This one seems to be doing well.”

“Other than she’s pouty whenever she’s not near Lisa,” Josiah said with a tolerant grin. “I posted her information on all the boards I know, but I haven’t heard back from anyone yet.”

“You needed a dog,” Sonora said easily.

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