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He made a slow reassessment of her, but it was hard to see more than her dark, vibrant beauty with its porcelain skin and soft curves Even in Western garb of black jeans, a cable knit sweater of winter white under a white woolly vest, and a flat-crowned cowboy hat, Tara ance, completely untouched by the dust and the noise and the confusion before her

“This is the land, isn’t it,” she repeated, but this time it wasn’t so much a question as a statement

“It is,” he confirmed

“Have youtitle?”

“We’re working on it”

The curve of her lips lengthened “When a Calder gives you an answer like that, it usually means you are no closer than you were before” She slanted hi look “I speak from experience”

“Truthfully, I couldn’t say one way or the other,” Ty replied s that end of it I’ve been too busy with roundup and the plans for the new facility to check on the status of things”

“Actually I expected Chase to bring us out here thisHe isn’t as active as he used to be” Tara hesitated, a flicker of concern clouding her eyes “Or a about that?”

“He’s been bothered a bit oes back to the injuries he suffered in the plane crash The doctors warned hiot older Nowadays, he can’t spend much time in the saddle without a lot of pain”

“He must hate that”

“Al paperwork”

“Then he’s l

eftof the ranch to you”

“We’ve divvied up the responsibility Or,” one corner of his o, he’s the chairman of the board and I’m the president”

“You make a fine president, but I always knew you would” Tara saw the shutters close, turning his features expressionless “Don’t go getting all aloof on me,” she chided with playful mockery “What I said is absolutely true Maybe we aren’t ood team We still do This time it just happens to be a business relationship It’s not without precedent for a Calder, you know”