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Sloan shook her head, confirave the rope belt around his waist an adjusting tug He looked up in ti a hand over the one he had on her waist as if to keep it there

“Aunt Cat likes him a lot, too, Greypa”

His grandfather chuckled “Yes, she does”

“Has she started thinking it’s her idea and not yours?” he wondered

Sloan took hio see if the other kids are ready yet”

Jake didn’t protest and for once didn’t drag his feet Sloan suspected that little Beckyto do with that

“Did you practice your part?” she asked as they walked to the ie

“I sure did”

He rattled off the few lines assigned to hiers in hers with ood I’m proud of you”

Wade kept his ar in the world to do so The occasional curious glance they got from others at the party didn’t seem to faze him in the least

“So all of these people work on the ranch?” he asked in a low voice

“All of them Some are married Some aren’t Most were born and raised here”

“Really?” Wade seeenuinely interested

War around the punch bowl “Really Those over there are third and fourth generation on the Triple C”

“I’m impressed They really are like fa watched Discreetly, of course”