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Chapter 1
LOGAN MCCORMACK HAD to have been drunk or out of his goddareed to let a movie crew film on his ranch
Why he thought it had been a good idea was beyond hier, was starstruck, and when she’d heard who the lead actress was—soside soone all ood for business
Plus, the production company had offered a buttload of cash, and he wasn’t the type to turn down extraon the east side of the property, which was rassland and nowhere near their cattle operation, they’d be out of the way So at the tiood idea
They’d coo, a convoy of se the fence property and had seen the in Hell, it was a Hollywood parade It looked like the whole daates to the ranch to witness it He’d gotten all the gossip about it when Martha had served up dinner She’d talked it up nonstop, her voicetime
“I’m pretty sure Desiree Jenkins and Colt Stevens are on our property as we speak,” Martha had said as she’d laid the salad on the table “Are you going to go check it out, Logan?”
“Why would I want to do that?” he’d asked, way s-on at the east property
“You rented them the land It’s your responsibility to make sure they’re settled in”
He’d said no, and Martha had argued And when Martha argued about so, it was best you just do whatever she wanted because she wasn’t the type to let a topic die
“I’ll go see about it in a few days” That few days had turned into a week, and Martha had been nearly apoplectic that he hadn’t stopped by the movie set yet Which could affect what she served for dinner, since Martha in a snit meant she could take to her roo baloney sandwiches for dinner instead of a hot meal
So after he was done with his work the next day, he climbed into his truck and drove over to the site Crews had already finished building the set forwhateverSo or other, supposedly set on another planet The sparse vegetation, scrub, and hills of the east property would work just fine for it, he supposed He’d signed the contracts and deposited the check, but hadn’t bothered to pay attention to the nao to theinto town, and he’d rather sit on the porch and have a beer at night He liked the quiet If he wanted to see a movie, he had a television and one of those subscription accounts That was good enough for him
Martha was right It already looked like they’d built a small town on some of the flatlands out there He parked his truck on the rise, popped open the beer he’d shoved in his cooler, and leaned against the hood of his truck to watch the hustle of peopleareas, though these trailers looked way an could ever afford They werehouses on wheels Probably what the stars lived in while they shot the movie
An SUV ca behind it It stopped in front of Logan’s truck and a couple of sunglass-wearing burly guys who looked like a more casual form of the Secret Service dressed in black camos and black T-shirts rolled out of the vehicle and stalked toward him
This should be good
“This is a closed set,” one of the
Unruffled, Logan stared at them “Okay”
“You aren’t supposed to be on this property”
“I own this property”
One of the guys in black frowned at him “You’re the property owner?”
“Yeah”
“Got ID?”
Logan let out a short laugh “I’m not about to show youit”
“We’ll still need to see ID,” burly guy number two said
Logan folded his arms “Yeah, and you can kiss my ass”
His attention turned to a slight wo up the hill Technically she appeared to be jogging because she wore tight pants that went just past her knees and a sleeveless top that hugged her slender body She had raven black hair pulled back in a braid, and the guys suddenly stepped in front of Logan as if he were about to pull a gun on the woman