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ut of reach or ten days, Dad. Starting now.” May dropped her luggage on the bed in her hotel room while she talk

t completely undercover? No one

being on this project.” Resentment coursed through her, and she thought of where she really wanted to be. He

itantly, “is this attitude because

father was in charge of Jagger Energy Enterprises, a conglomeration of companies that dealt in all types of energy. He viewed his com

d culinary school, Dad. And let’s not talk about your feelings right now. I know your feelings on that.” She couldn’t stop without one

the line. “You’re my right-han

she correct

y see him rolling his eyes in long-sufferin

actly how yo

my daughter at the head of my compan

olling-ism—she opted for a different argument. “You shouldn’t underest

d, a head for business. Look, who negotiated the Harrington deal last month? Yo

a bunch of idiots,” her brother S

didn’t tell her he was on speaker and that there

he heard annoyance in his voice. Sam work

ch a little more than a year apart, and all were employees of Jagger—some of them

deepest. Recently he’d promoted her to Vice President of Business Operations. While she could admit she was good at business and even enjoyed negotiating the deals, she didn’t love it. As of late, she’d decided to go for the things s

ountain man yet?” Mark asked

w love isn’t in the cards for me.” It’d been over a year, but s

’t meant for a mountain man; she nee

as another topic her father thought he

come back to the city and start riding horses or som

ry a cowboy with a big cowboy hat.” She could hear

earned a long time ago that the best

’t forget to check out Charm Ranch. We want to

t it until next Sunday, got it? Don’t try to contact

hom she was the closest. He was more into the things she liked. He

I w

ything.” Sam cursed. “We

d. She knew

” Mark agreed. “It

ranoid. “I’m not a dog, and I choose what I do with my life, so don’t even t

there to do it,” Daniel chimed

idea,” Sa

growled, “You’d better not, or yo

you make sure to take your pepper spray

though her dad and brothers annoyed her to no end, she loved them so much.

he phone down and then turned it off, all the way off. S

ought a rush of excitement—she wouldn’t be chained to her phone all week, wouldn’t be

to the hotel’s king-sized bed, the pillows fluffi

ts there were in Casper, Wyoming. It wasn’t New

e a taxi out to the Charm property and go for a hike. Might as well get the w

rack of dawn every morning to get a jump on feeding the animals and moving

ng and farming. He didn’t have a huge farm; basically, he just raised feed for the cattle. Too bad he hadn’t rea