No Ordinary Cowboy. Mary Sullivan
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Название: No Ordinary Cowboy
Автор: Mary Sullivan
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Mills & Boon Cherish
isbn: 9781408950715
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“How’d the trip to the ranch go?” he asked, tucking the shirt into his pants.
“Good,” Hank said. “You got any coffee on?”
Willie poured him a cup and handed it to him black.
Hank took a sip. “She…ah…she’s a good person.”
Willie’s face registered surprise. “So you feel better about her now?”
“More sympathetic, I guess.” Hank wandered to a window that faced the yard. “She’s got a lot going on inside.”
Maybe her vulnerability around the kids would work in his favor. Given her own shortcomings, she might be compassionate and forgiving once she saw the office. Was he willing to take that chance?
Aw hell, he needed her to see that there was no problem with the ranch. If he scooted her in there in the next day or two, maybe she could be finished by the end of the week, relieving him of this lump of dread in his stomach.
So what if she gave him a hard time about the state of his files? Embarrassment was a small price to pay for peace of mind.
Hank turned from the window and rubbed the back of his neck. “Listen, I’m going to let her see the books.”
“Why?” Willie sipped his own coffee from a mug that read Bronc Riders Like To Buck.
“I need Amy to see that everything’s okay with the finances, so she can go home and get Leila off my back.”
Hank sat in a big armchair and balanced his cup on the arm.
“What if it turns out there really is something wrong with the ranch’s finances? Something real bad?” The possibility made Hank shudder. “She’d have to find it ’cause I sure as heck couldn’t.”
“Makes sense, I guess,” Willie said.
“Yeah. I’ll get her to fix it then she can head home.” He wanted her off the ranch before he cared for her even more than he did now.
“When?” Willie asked.
“When’s she going home?”
“No. When are you unlocking the office for her?”
Hank stood, crossed to the kitchen and set his cup on the counter. “Tomorrow or the day after.”
He turned to Willie, seeking approval of his plan. “Amy’s gotta get emotionally invested in this place. I think I know how to do that.”
“How?” Willie asked.
“I’m going to show her around the ranch before I open up the office to her. Let her see how much it means to the children.” He drummed his fingers against his thigh. “I saw something in her today. She really likes kids. She cares about what happens to them.”
“That’s good.” Willie nodded. “If she does find a problem, she’ll be more likely to try to save the ranch than to sell it.”
Hank filled with hope. “Exactly my thinking.”
He rubbed his twitchy belly. He was banking a lot on being able to get the city woman to care about his ranch.
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