So Gemma and I were keeping up appearances when we crossed paths at the lodge during the week. I didn’t stop
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She let loose that smile, stealing my breath and the last piece of my heart
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it allowed me the chance to work alone with Gemma.
If time with her meant mucking stalls, I’d called it a win.
Thanksgiving was approaching and the resort
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and pretending to ignore the other. Then I’d leave first but instead of going home, I’d go to the cabin. By the time Gemma arrived, I’d have a fire roaring and was usually naked in bed, waiting
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when I tell them about the property.” Maybe with her there, they wouldn’t disown me. Yet.
“Are you sure? This
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I opened Gemma’s door, holding it for her as she climbed inside, then waved to Dad and reversed my truck out of his
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It wasn’t for everyone but it was in Gemma. How could she not know that she fit here?
Maybe she needed more time. Maybe she
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From there, I’d taken her to one of my favorite places on the ranch—the thousand acres situated directly behind my house.
I’d told
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She looked comfortable in that seat, wearing my flannel and not minding the smell of dirt and hay that, no matter
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My plan was to use the ranch’s capital reserves to pay the three-point-one-million-dollar price tag. The money was there and at my discretion. But