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“Packing your things for you. Since you’re just sitting here not going after the love of your life.”
“What are you talking about? I can’t just leave!”
“Girl, you built Artemis to run itself. And what work you do need to do, you can do remotely. Now,” she thrust the bag at Bronte, “get out of here. Go after your man. And don’t forget to take selfies on your road trip.”
She sputtered. Could she do that? Just take off and leave her company?
“Kimmy, I can’t do that. Miles Morgan will be coming this week to discuss our collaboration.”
She waved a hand. “I can handle Miles Morgan.”
Something in Kimmy’s voice made Bronte sit up straighter. “What’s going on, Kimmy?”
Pink roses hovered in her assistant’s cheeks. “Uh…I might have…exchanged a few emails with Miles.”
“Miles! You’re on a first-name basis with him after a few emails?”
“Okay, phone calls too. And one dinner.”
“Oh my god! Kimmy, how did you manage to keep this from me?”
She cocked her head. “How did you manage to fall in love with a cowboy bodyguard and not tell me?”
She shot to her feet. “You can hold down the fort?”
“I really can.” She bobbed her head with enthusiasm. “I already managed to contract Anthony for several more projects. The man is very loyal to Artemis.”
Wow. Bronte had no words, but she’d definitely be rubbing the fact that Anthony wasn’t a bad guy in Jace’s face.
She clutched the bag and circled the desk to throw her arms around Kimmy. They hugged tight. When they broke apart, Kimmy laughed.
Bronte rushed across the office. “Thank you, Kimmy. I promise I won’t stay away long.”
“Don’t come back until you’re hitched, ya hear?” She used her best country twang and it sounded completely foreign from her lips.
Bronte laughed and paused at the door. “You’re the best friend and assistant I could ever ask for. And…you’d make one hell of a partner.”
Kimmy beamed.
“But speaking of duty…I have one more for you.”
“Anything!”
She threw her a grin. “Google how cats do on long rides in the car, would you?”
Epilogue
Jace had lived through losing his company and moving away from the life he knew to end up in the cold mountains of Montana. Those transitions were hard—but he’d never been so miserable as he was after leaving Bronte.
His brothers wouldn’t let him wallow in his bad mood in peace either. They were constantly ribbing him about breaking all those rules he so strictly adhered to and falling for his ward. They left boxes of Kleenex by his bed with notes written on the side in magic marker that read: Cry it out.
And they were really getting fucking annoying. In fact, he was thinking more and more about paying a visit to the Stone Pass bank and buying an even bigger plot of land than the one he already had for the horse. Only this would have space for a house and a huge yard.
He could move out of the rental he shared with his brothers. Now Ari had moved in too while the home she and Judd purchased was remodeled.
The place had never seemed so crowded, all at a time when he just wanted to be alone.
He stood at the tall window of the WEST Protection office that overlooked the big pasture. Cattle grazed and morning fog draped over the blue mountains in the backdrop, creating the prettiest picture a man could ever ask to see.
