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He missed her
She could be so damn stubborn sometimes Like when her dad had sold the ranch It had been the only move that made sense
The Jensens had had Zoe late in life, when her dad had been in his early sixties already He’d wanted to retire His only son had died a year before Zoe had been born With only a vegetarian daughter ould no ht are of the ranch—so he’d decided to sell
He’d been doing Zoe a favor, and Grant still wasn’t sure what she had been so upset about Certain ti the stock sale, she’d beenon the ranch He’d tried to talk to her about it once, but she’d changed the subject He hadn’t pursued it, not wanting her to realize he’d been the one to encourage her dad to sell
They argued about enough lately
Mrs Patterson needed to vacuuuest room bed Zoe sneezed for what seemed like the hundredth time while she pleaded with her cat to come out “Alexander, you can’t stay under the bed while I’m at school The litter box is in the bathroom, with Princess”
Zoe was afraid that was the problem She had left the cats in the bathroom with the litter box the last two days while she went to school Alexander had not liked the confineh to realize that today would requireout
Zoe had already tried herkitty treats, but Alexander would have none of it Darn it She was going to be late for school if she didn’t hurry
“If you don’t co Princess your play lish? Alexander dashed from under the bed and made a beeline for the bedroom door Zoe would have lost him if two male hands had not shot out to catch the desperate feline Zoe saw fancy tooled Spanish cowboy boots froe point under the bed Grant
She scooted out and lifted her gaze to hi jeans and a flannel shirt under his coat So today he orking the ranch with his hands It surprised her he still did it He was a man of contradictions A smart business tycoon who could ride herd on a horse or fly a helicopter to do it equally as well
And he looked equally yummy in both business and ranch attire, which was not a co to her feet, she dusted her hands off “What are you doing here?”