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When she first started dating hie, a family, and stuff that she alanted, only … she didn’t want them with hi to ht? That was the kind of thing fairy tales and romance movies were for She didn’t live in movies or books She lived in the real world, and in the real world, it sucked

She now called bullshit on all that romance crap She didn’t need it, nor did she want it

“You know you can go right on in”

Maddie ju up froone to school with, s down at her “I will My appointment is not for another fifty-five minutes”

He chuckled “Caleb won’t mind He doesn’t like people to be late, and besides, Granny’s there as well”

That’s who had asked her to come for the intervieith her son Mrs Pole had asked her to call her “Granny” She wasn’t sure about that, but she’d been doing it for years, and everyone had called her that from the moment Mike Pole had the first child

“Thank you”

“No problems, Maddie Good luck”

She sighed One of the things she hated ood luck It was like a completely bad omen to her

Her father had even said good luck to her on the wedding day Look how that turned out She’d been mortified by what Chad had done Once in the privacy of her own ho all of his shitty things, she’d dumped them into an incinerator in the back yard and lit it

Of course, she no longer had that house Once Chad was gone, and had completely ruined her reputation, she took the full-ti a live-in position, she’d sold her place Now she was renting on a month-by-month basis

Parking the car, she glanced up at the large, beautiful ranch house It was like so for a good old-fashioned roer believed in it

Clio around the back or the front? Feeling silly, shedown at her watch, she saas really early She pushed some of her hair off her face and blew out a breath The ranch really was beautiful She couldn’t resist looking around at the views The space, the peace, the tranquility Her ro about a family This would be the best place in the world to raise a family

She sighed, and the thought was cut off by the door opening

Maddie turned, and was struck by the large, handsoe

No, like “he works on the ranch” huge

Words failed her Short, black hair, a blue eyes The otten a response out of her like that, and now she was freaking out

Neither of them spoke, and suddenly she beca