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CHAPTER ONE

‘ARE you having a heart attack or just resting?’

May had heard the approach of the car into the farhtly raise one eyelid in order to register the fact that it wasn’t a vehicle she recognised Which meant her visitor was either lost, or a seed or fertilizer salesh enthusias position on the convenient bale of hay outside theshed

She ement ‘Which do you think?’

‘In all honesty—I’htly surprised by his own uncertainty, as if it weren’t an emotion that came naturally to him

May htly open a second tih to be able to have a look at her unexpected visitor

Probably aged in his mid to late thirties, the man was tall, very much so, with thick dark hair that looked inclined to curl, dark brows frowning over piercing grey eyes, an arrogant slash of a nose, his rimly set over a squarely determined chin

Uncertainty about anything certainly wouldn’t sit easily on those broad shoulders, either!

‘Well, let hed wearily, closing her eyelid again

‘Hhtfully ‘I’ve never actually seen anyone have a heart attack, but I’m sure they should be inasleep sitting outside on a bale of hay, in a te, doesn’t seem too comfortable, either!’ he concluded dryly

May gave a dismissive movement of her shoulders ‘Anywhere is coht’

‘Ah,’ the ly

She opened her eyes just wide enough to glare at hi her eyes again