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She found Alexander and Princess and put the into the bedrooht, she stopped to talk to Bud, the ha bleak, Bud I’ve finally decided to stop pussyfooting around ot a date with another wo her Males

Zoe wondered if Carlene liked rodents She racked her brain, trying to ree and incredibly tight, short skirts rose in Zoe’s mind The weekend bartender at the Dry Gulch The woh relationships—or at least that hat people said

Zoe wanted to scream She se

Whistling a Christmas carol, Zoe picked up the cat carrier and left She didn’t bother saying goodbye to Grant She could do without another dose of his sexy, tight T-shirt

Grant put the finishing touches on the table The roses looked good Ro room, thanks to his one for more than two decades, but because Lottie had only been interested in changing a few rooms of the ranch house, her influence re and he rushed to answer it When he opened the door, cold air and perfume assailed him It wasn’t an unpleasant scent, but it wasn’t Zoe’s either

Which was the point, he re Her dress wasn’t nearly as revealing as the gear she wore to work in, but it accentuated her voluptuous curves all the saet it”

“I’ll get it You go on in”

He ed to brush his arized When he walked into the kitchen with the bags a h the cupboards

She s “I was looking for a pot to boil the pasta”

“Over here” He pulled out the pot he had used to ht before

“Thanks”

“Sure”

She turned to the sink and started filling the pot ater “Want toof salad

Zoe never bought premade salad She said it was a drain on the environoing to ht After rinsing the lettuce and tossing it in a bowl along with the pre-, Grant had to ad up

“I’ll have tohe hadn’t brought her up

Carlene gave hi look “Is she the schoolteacher? The one that dated Tyler?”