CHAPTER 47

“That’s not a good idea.”

“It’s the best idea I’ve had in a long time. Be ready.”

“For what?”

“For me to be the man to give you everything you’ve ever wanted.”

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Gemma and Carter were lost in their own thoughts on the way back to the Bar 9.

Once they hit the sagebrush and wide-open spaces of Wyoming, Gemma sighed. “Sorry to spring this on you, Carter. I was afraid if you knew I was lookin’ for another fulltime foreman—”

“—that I’d bail on you? Come on, Gemma, you know me better than that. I promised I’d be here all summer. Despite the shitty opinion Cash has of the McKays, you know we always keep our word.”

“That you do.”

“What’s really goin’ on?”

She didn’t take her eyes off the gray ribbon of bumpy road. “I wasn’t sure he’d say yes.”

“So? It ain’t like he’s the only man for the job. Shoot, there’s lots of guys around here more than qualified.”

Gemma angled her chin from Carter’s shrewd eyes so he couldn’t see her blush.

“Hellfire and damnation. He is the only one you wanted, ai