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“Stocks and shares?” replied Isaac. “What are you talking about? You can spend that money however you like. Just… not on that ranch.”
Peach huffed, pulling the covers around herself. “You just think I’m a silly little girl, don’t you?”
Isaac reached out toward her, but she edged away. “No. Of course I don’t. I think you’re an incredible, amazing woman. But I’m not sure that you likemevery much.”
Peach looked at him with those big blue eyes. He longed to be able to jump under the covers with her, to slide his cock deep inside her, to celebrate their marriage in all kinds of bold, beautiful ways. But by the looks of it, she didn’t feel the same way. After all the effort he’d made, all the ways he’d tried to show her that he was a good guy, she still seemed to think he was a grade-A dick.
Maybe she had been pretending to like him. Playing along until she got his money. Now, he was starting to see how she really felt. He just wished she hadn’t let him fuck her, though. He had gotten way too carried away. His heart was raw and vulnerable, and now it felt like she was crushing it with her bare hands.
Well, screw it. What did it matter? She’d got what she wanted.
But he wasn’t giving up the ranch.
“That ranch,” he said, through gritted teeth, “is mine.”
Peach looked confused. “No,” she said, “it’s mine.”
Isaac closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “It’s my family ranch,” he explained. “You can buy literally any ranch except that one.”
Peach’s hand flew to her mouth. “It’s yours?”
“Yes. It’s my home.”
Peach’s cheeks burned bright red. “That’s crazy… How did that even… But wait.” She looked at him. “I thought you said the plan didn’t work. Does that mean your aunt doesn’t want you to have it?”
“I spoke to her on the phone half an hour ago. She told me she never thought I’d really get married. Then she laughed. Said I was a fool. Said she—” he gritted his teeth, “—pitied the fool who agreed to marry me.”
Peach reached forhishand now, but he pulled away. “The thing is, though, Isaac…”
There it was again. His first name. Not “Daddy” or “sir” or any of the other names that made his heart flutter.
“The thing is,” she said again, “your aunt says you can’t have the ranch. So if I don’t buy it, then won’t it go to some stranger?”
Isaac narrowed his eyes. “You’re saying I have to let you buy my ranch and tear it down and build a pet rescue center on it because the other option is even worse?”
Peach’s jaw dropped. She gestured around the room. “Look at all this. You have everything. And you want to buy your family ranchwhy? So you can build a hotel on it? As an investment? Don’t you think you have enough stuff? Why don’t you sell it to a good cause?”
“I see what you think of me,” said Isaac, standing up. “You think I’m a greedy asshole who wants to build some kind of evil empire, all to make more money.”
Peach jumped out of bed, taking the blankets with her. “And I see what you think ofme. Some silly little airhead who wants to give away all your hard-earned money to charity. And to ananimalcharity at that. I just wish…”
“What?” barked Isaac. “What do you wish?”
“I wish I’d never met you!” Peach yelled.
Isaac’s blood was boiling. “The feeling’s mutual.”
Just then, Teddy woke up and started yapping furiously at him. That screeching bark was more than Isaac would take right now.
“I’m leaving,” he said. “You and your dog have exactly one hour to vacate my property.”
With that, he walked out.
And as he did, his heart felt like it shattered into a million tiny pieces.
Chapter Eighteen
PEACH
