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Ryan heard her talk, but the words didn't really register since he couldn’t take his eyes off this charismatic blonde.
Without knowing her, Ryan just knew that she'd put on a front about that nickname. With her shoulders straight and her wide blue eyes seeing right through him, she seemed confident, but not like an over the top bossy General. And if she thought she was, Ryan would love to tie this General up and have her beg for mercy before he would make her come all over his tongue.
“Do you and your husband live nearby?” his sister innocently asked.
Just like Ryan, the blonde wasn’t easily fooled, knowing exactly what Emmy’s intention was.
The petite blonde smiled. “To answer your real question: I’m a single mother of two twin girls who recently turned five-years old. I’m not looking for anything and I just moved in at my late great-grandfather’s farm next door.”
Old Vic had passed away a few days ago and even though Ryan had listened to his mother by giving Vic's family some time to grieve, there were things they needed to discuss.
“Ah, we should talk about fixing those fences, then.”
The blonde pursed her lips and Emmy placed a hand on her brother’s arm, stopping him from also asking her about the use of her pond.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” Emmy said while her fingers wrapped around Ryan’s arm.
“Thank you,” the blonde said with half a smile.
“I’m sorry for your loss. I’m Kieran, by the way.”
The blonde nodded. “Thank you. I’m Megan.”
Ryan tested her name on his lips. It didn’t go unnoticed by Megan, who tilted her head as she held Ryan’s eyes.
“Right, I’d better find Rocket,” she said after a pink blush crept over her cheeks.
“I’ll help you,” Ryan said.
Megan waved that idea away. “That’s okay. I’m sure you have better things to do…”
Ryan wasted no time and said, “I do.”
He quickly added, “But we can’t have a stallion running around our meres.”
“Okay, let’s go then,” Megan said.
Ryan bowed and said, “After you Madame General…”
She ignored him in passing.
“I’m Ryan Moore, by the way.”
She still ignored him. Kieran and Emmy snickered as they watched them walk down the dirt path to the other side of the Moore farm.
CHAPTER FIVE
Megan followed the handsome farmer, Ryan Moore, hoping that he wouldn’t see right through her. From his boots to his jeans to his flannel shirt and his cowboy hat; Ryan Moore fit the bill of every cowboy fantasy she’d ever had.
Those strong, muscular arms popping up from underneath his rolled-up sleeves were deliciously naturally suntanned and waiting to be licked. Megan quickly blinked her eyes to come to her senses.
This guy was a grumpy brute. She shouldn’t have these naughty thoughts about her neighbor who clearly didn’t give a damn about her great-grandfather’s passing since he immediately wanted to talk shop just like the rest of the neighbors had while bringing their casserole over at the house.
Megan couldn’t believe she’d let Rocket knock the fence wide open and let him ran away. Not that she could have stopped the black stallion, but Jimmy had warned her about Rocket and his wild temper. Even Vic had warned her about Rocket. Why couldn’t she get the hang of working with the horses?
It had been five days since she’d moved into the farmhouse. Tidying up and repairing some small stuff around the house had been therapeutic in taking her mind off things.
She’d even smiled when the pigs greeted her at first daylight this morning. But those enormous teeth-showing beasts in the stable? She gave them all a wide berth until now.
