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Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery
    “I’ve never ridden before. Is it safe?” She laughed. “Of course it is, you wouldn’t do it if it weren’t; right?”
    He laughed. “Things happen,” he shrugged, telling her anything could be dangerous given the right circumstances. “But we’ll ride on the same horse for your first time and I can assure you you’ll be safe with me.”
    “Great,” she smiled. “I’ve been on a camel; soon, I’ll be able to add a horse to the list.”
    “Camel?”
    “At the zoo when I was a little girl and our class had a fieldtrip. They had camel rides and I went on one. I vaguely remember enjoying the experience.”
    She talked to him freely, as if she had been starving for nonjudgmental conversation her entire life; as if she were just waiting for somebody to confide in, and for some reason she had decided he was that somebody. Before the sun had set he knew about her father, and his lack of involvement in her life. She glazed over it as if it didn’t bother her much, but he could tell it did. He knew about the bastard who had made her take the fall for his mistake—something that had cost her the ability to work easily on the islands.
    The more he learned about her, the more he knew she would be perfect on his ranch. She really didn’t have anything or anybody worth going back to, so why not stay where she would be loved and respected and cherished? He had made up his mind that his ranch was perfect for her, now all he had to do was convince her of that fact.
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    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery Chapter Four
    Z oe had spent the week with Dean. When he wasn’t working the ranch he was showing her around.
    Most of her soreness had left and now she was just trying to find something she could do to help out around there. Jasper wouldn’t let her in the kitchen to help with meals. She told her she needed to rest, or go out and see the ranch. It was almost as if she were trying to get her to like it there. But that was silly because as far Zoe could tell her car would be ready in another week or so and she would leave anyway. It didn’t really seem to matter if she liked the place or not. But to everybody on the ranch it did. Of course she did like Dean’s ranch. She liked it a lot. She could see herself living in a place as peaceful and beautiful as this. Of course she couldn’t afford a place like this, but a woman could dream.
    While Jasper wouldn’t let her in the kitchen during the day, Zoe had managed to at least cook dinner and bake some cookies and cakes for Dean and the guys. That had been fun, but it had also been in the evening which meant she had the entire day to do absolutely nothing. She wasn’t good at being idle. So when she found her way to the stables that day, ready to help do some hard labor, it didn’t surprise her. It did; however, seem to surprise Dean and his men.
    “Let me help; please?” She pleaded with him to put her to work doing something—anything really.
    “I can muck out the stalls.”
    They laughed. “What do you know about mucking out stalls?” Dean smiled.
    “I read about it in a book,” the reddening of her cheeks showed her bashful nature. She didn’t know anything about it really, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t learn how to do it. It couldn’t be that difficult.
    “Nah,” he shook his head. “You and I are going to go for a ride. I think you’re feeling up to it by now.”
    She was up to it. She was up for something other than sitting around all day. “Don’t you have to work?”
    “Just let me go shower and change and we’ll head out to the east end of the property. You’ll love the view. Stay here,” he smiled at her. “And guys don’t let her lift a finger to do any work.”
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    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery They all agreed and she just shook her head. She really didn’t mind helping, but since they seemed to mind it so much she agreed to stay out of the way and just sit and watch them