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her thoughts and watched Rafe approaching them. He wasn’t cute, she thought. He was dark and dangerous and so sexy just watching him walk made her toes curl. Golden retrievers were cute. Rafe was…tempting.
    â€œWhat’d you say his name was?”
    â€œRafe. Rafe Cole.”
    â€œHmm…”
    Katie looked at her grandmother, but the woman’s expression was carefully blank. Which usually meantthere was something going on in Nana’s mind that she didn’t want anyone else to know about. But before Katie could wriggle the information out of her, Rafe was standing in front of them. She made the introductions, then Rafe spoke up.
    â€œI just wanted to tell you that we’ll be shutting down early tonight. Joe’s got a meeting and he wants Arturo and Steve there.”
    â€œNot you?” she asked.
    He shook his head. “No reason for me to be there. I’m just a worker bee. Anyway,” he said, with a smile for her grandmother, “it was nice to meet you.”
    â€œGood to meet you too, Rafe,” Nana said with a smile.
    When he walked away, Katie’s gaze was locked on him. His long legs, the easy, confident strides he took, the way the sunlight glinted on his black hair. And yes, she admitted silently, she liked the view of his butt in those faded jeans, too.
    Finally though, she turned her gaze to her grandmother. The thoughtful expression on her Nana’s face had her asking, “Okay, what’s going on? What’re you thinking?”
    â€œMe? Only wondering if he has a grandfather as good looking as he is.”
    â€œYou’re hiding something,” Katie said, narrowing her eyes.
    â€œMe?” Emily slapped one hand to her chest and widened her eyes in innocence. “I’m an open book, sweetie. What you see is what you get.”
    â€œNana…”
    She checked her wristwatch and said, “Oh, I have to fly. Grace and I have a double date tonight with a coupleof frisky widowers. I’m meeting Grace for manicures in half an hour.”
    Katie laughed and gave her a hug. “You’re amazing.”
    â€œSo are you, when you give yourself a chance.” Emily slid a look at Rafe again. “Why not invite that boy to dinner? Live a little, Katie. You like him, don’t you?”
    â€œYeah,” Katie said, shifting her gaze back to Rafe. “I do. I mean, I’ve only known him a week, but I’ve spent so much time with him, it feels like longer. He’s a nice guy, Nana. A regular guy. Nothing like Cordell King and believe me, that’s a good thing. I’ve had it with the idle rich.”
    â€œNot all rich guys are idle,” Emily pointed out. “Or, jerks for that matter.”
    â€œMaybe,” Katie said, but she wasn’t convinced. Granted, she hadn’t had a lot of experience with rich men. Cordell had been the one and only billionaire she’d ever known. But if he was an example of their breed, then he was more than enough to last her a lifetime. “From now on though, I’m only interested in regular, hardworking guys.”
    â€œYou have your mother’s hard head, God bless her.” Nana blew out a breath and said, “Fine. This Rafe seems nice enough and he’s surely easy on the eyes.”
    â€œThat he is,” Katie agreed, letting her gaze slide back to the man whose image had been filling her dreams lately.
    â€œBut you never really know a man until you’ve hit the sack with him.”
    â€œNana!” Katie groaned and shook her head. “What kind of role model are you, anyway?”
    â€œThe good kind.” Emily laughed, clearly delighted at being able to shock her granddaughter so easily. “I’mjust saying, it might be interesting to take him out for a test drive, that’s all.”
    Katie loved her grandmother, but she was in no way the free spirit Emily O’Hara was. But then Nana hadn’t always been this