Take Me To The Lake: A Billionaire, Mountain Man Romance (Mountain Men of Whiskey River Book 3) by Kaci Rose

Author:Kaci Rose [Rose, Kaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-09-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Cash

At some point last night, we finally stumbled into the bedroom. Now waking up to find Hope sleeping next to me, it just feels right. I want her here. I want a thousand more days like this.

Placing a kiss on her temple, I slide out of bed. I don't normally sleep in, and I am usually up with the sun. But today, with her beside me, I didn't want to get out of bed.

Finally, I head out to get some fresh air and tend to the animals in the barn. The whole time I think about how I meant it when I said I love you yesterday. Even though I know what she's dealt with concerning her mom, I understand her hesitancy to say it. She can take as long as she needs because whether she realizes or not, she shows me how she feels.

After finishing in the barn, I walk the tree line back to the house. Normally it's not something I do, so I’m not sure why I’m doing it. Yet my gut is saying something in the tree line is off, but I can't place my finger on it. So I'm walking and paying attention. Maybe there's an animal out there that I missed or something along those lines.

Instead, what I find are footprints. Where they were standing, they could easily watch the house. These footprints are fresh and whoever they belonged to was probably there when I came out of the house earlier. They don't go up to the house and they end of the tree line. Needing to know as much as possible, I followed the footprints back down the mountain careful not to disturb them.

They go down the mountain far enough away from my driveway that they wouldn't be seen by anyone at my cabin. They end down by the road where it looks like they got into a car and drove back down the mountain.

This part of the road by my driveway is dirt, so it's easy to see the direction of the car which is going down the mountain towards town.

As I head back to the house, I wonder who the heck it could be and for a brief second my brother's voice breaks through.

"Always be careful Cash. The government has people watching us."

Shaking my head, I will not think like that. His paranoia won’t get to me. There's a simple explanation for this. There has to be.

As I break the tree line, I find Hope standing on the front porch. She’s got a blanket thrown over her shoulders.

"What’s wrong?" she asks as soon as she sees me.

“Step up onto the porch and face the tree line. Can you see where the tracks are? Someone's been here."

"What? Like a hiker?" she asks, reaching out to take my hand.

"No, whoever it was stopped just inside the tree line. They were watching the house."

"One of your friends, maybe?"

Her voice is so hopeful, wanting a reasonable explanation. I wish I could give her one.

"No, my friends would have come up to the porch and waited or even left a note on the door.

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