Total pages in book: 92
Estimated words: 90164 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 451(@200wpm)___ 361(@250wpm)___ 301(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 90164 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 451(@200wpm)___ 361(@250wpm)___ 301(@300wpm)
I raise my brow. “No?”
“No.” He lowers his lips, and I’m immediately swept away by him, absorbed in how he can make my knees weak and my breath catch, with just the touch of his lips. “Have fun. Keep me posted.”
“Will do.” I lick my lips, still tasting him there. “What time should we come to the ranch tomorrow?”
“Whenever you want. We can give them a tour before dinner.”
“Oooh, I want a tour, too. I still haven’t seen as much as I’d like.”
Remington frowns down at me. “You haven’t?”
“No.”
“We’ll fix that.” He winks and climbs into the Jeep. “See you later.”
Remington watches me, obviously waiting for me to go back inside before he takes off, so I turn and head back to the condo. Now that I have time to spare today, I can show off my new town earlier than planned.
I’m so happy that my family is here.
“That’s a lot of cattle,” Dad says when we’re driving back toward the farmhouse. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many cows in one place.”
“We’re a mid-sized ranch,” Rem says. “Some have a lot more than that. But we’re one of the biggest in Montana.”
There’s a lot of pride in his voice. And there should be. The Wild River Ranch is not just beautiful, it’s profitable.
From what I’ve learned from Joy, not all ranchers can say the same.
“I’m officially starving,” Zoey says from the back seat.
“Good, because I’m quite sure that my mom made enough food for an army.”
When we arrive at the farmhouse, I’m not surprised to see that everyone has already arrived for dinner. And when we go inside, we’re welcomed like old friends who haven’t seen each other in a long, long time.
“Wow, it’s really nice to meet you,” Chase says as he shakes my dad’s hand. “I’ve been a fan of yours forever.”
“We all have,” Ryan puts in.
“Especially Ryan,” Brady adds. “He bid on, and won, your Super Bowl jersey.”
Dad’s eyebrows climb into his hairline in surprise. “You’re the idiot that paid a million dollars for that?”
“What?” Joy gasps, and if she were wearing pearls, she’d be clutching them at her son’s admission.
“I’m that idiot,” Ryan confirms with a rueful smile. “It’s framed in my office.”
The Wild men are not only sexy, they’re funny as hell.
“Okay, you can stop fawning over the poor man,” Joy says, shaking her head. “Dinner’s ready, and you all look hungry after spending the afternoon in the spring air.”
“You have a gorgeous ranch,” Mom says. “How do you ever get anything done? I’d spend all day, every day, staring at those mountains.”
“Well, the good thing about mountains is, they’re still there when I’ve finished whatever it is that I need to do.” Joy smiles and loops her arm through my mom’s as they set off toward the dining room. “Now, Meg, I want to know everything there is to know about life in Seattle.”
I smile over at Remington, but he doesn’t smile back.
In fact, he’s not even looking my way.
I follow his gaze and blink in surprise because Brady is totally hitting on my baby sister.
“Oh, that’s not true,” Zoey says with a giggle and lays her hand on Brady’s biceps.
I glance over at my dad, whose eyes have just narrowed.
“Come on.” I gesture for everyone to follow me. “We’d better get in there before all the food’s gone.”
I hang back and wait for Zoey.
“Do not tell me that you’re going to start something with Brady while you’re here.”
“Nah,” she says. “He’s cute and nice, but mostly, I just like watching the vein in Dad’s temple throb at the sight of me flirting with him.”
I can’t help the bark of laughter that comes at that. Leave it to Zoey to try to give our overprotective father a heart attack.
“I like the security measures you’ve added to the ranch,” Dad says once we’re all seated and have dug into our plates. “You’ve gone above and beyond, and I appreciate it.”
“We take the safety of those we care about seriously,” John replies and then smiles over at me. “And we care about Erin. Besides, it was time to beef up security around here.”
“We have a pretty new gate,” Holly announces with a sweet smile. “To keep the bad guys away and our cows safe.”
“That’s right,” I reply and wink at her. “It is a pretty gate, isn’t it?”
“I like it,” she says with a nod and then nibbles on some fried chicken.
“Your kids are adorable,” Mom says to Remington. “Johnny, how can you possibly eat all that chicken while missing so many teeth?”
“I lost another one this morning,” Johnny replies with satisfaction. “They’re dropping like flies. And the tooth fairy brings me five bucks every time. It’s not a bad way to make a living.”
The entire table busts up laughing at that, and Johnny smiles big, showing off his empty mouth.