The Last Cowboy Standing by Barbara Dunlop

Author:Barbara Dunlop [Dunlop, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9780263244298
Google: UbDUAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00GPDSUU8
Barnesnoble: B00GPDSUU8
Goodreads: 18812423
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

On the plane ride back to Lyndon Valley, Caleb had asked Danielle to stay and work with him on the Pantara merger from their ranch for a few days. It seemed Mandy’s favorite mare had fallen sick, and she didn’t want to leave Lyndon Valley right away.

Danielle understood Caleb’s desire to be near his wife, but she was anxious to get back to Chicago. Beyond the emotional complication of being so near to Travis, she needed to spend some time in her own office. She wanted to ponder what she’d be giving up by moving to D.C., maybe clean up her files, put herself in a position to make the move—if she decided she wanted to make the move.

But Caleb was her client, so she’d agreed to stay. She put her energy toward making contacts in Germany and working with international stock exchange listings. She struggled hard not to think about Travis being just down the road, tried not to wonder what he was doing, alternately hoping he would call and then being glad he hadn’t. She’d been at the Terrell Ranch for a day and a half, and she hadn’t had any contact at all with him. Not that she was paying attention. Talking to him would truly be a bad idea. Seeing him would be even worse.

Footsteps sounded in the hall, and Caleb appeared in the entry of the small office on the second floor of the ranch house.

“It’s nearly six,” he informed her.

“That’s two in the morning in Germany. They’ll be back at the office in six hours.” She was polishing a memo to have in Pantara’s inbox when they arrived in the morning.

“All the more reason for you to stop working.”

Danielle clicked open the attachment on an email. “I’ve got some German case law I wanted to go over on foreign ownership in strategic industry sectors.”

Caleb moved into the room. “Anyone ever tell you you’re a workaholic.”

She glanced up at him, blinking in mock astonishment. “I’m sorry. You’re accusing me of being a workaholic?”

“I’m a business owner,” said Caleb. “I’m supposed to work 24/7.”

“I’m billing you for all these hours,” she informed him, scanning the index page of the document she’d just opened.

“I’m responsible for keeping you from working yourself to death.”

“It’s barely six o’clock, Caleb.” When she was in Chicago, she rarely left the office before seven. And here, she didn’t need to commute through traffic. She scrolled down to the executive summary of the paper.

“What time are you getting up?” he asked.

She hadn’t decided yet, but likely around four. It was always a challenge to operate across overseas time zones.

“Mandy’s putting burgers on the grill.”

“Could she save one for me?”

“Travis is here.”

Danielle’s attention shot to Caleb. She swallowed, struggling to keep her expression neutral.

“I invited him up for a burger.”

“That’s nice.”

It was obviously going to happen eventually. The Terrells and Jacobses were lifelong friends. She knew from spending time on the ranch in the past that they dropped into each other’s places all the time.

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