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“But this contract?” He held out a sheaf of papers in his other hand. My heart skipped a beat for a second. Was he going to propose some sort of sordid sexual contract? Did he think he was some sort of Cowboy Christian Grey? Was he planning to spank me in the stables?
“This contract is for purely business purposes.” He handed it to me, and I tried not to laugh. I really did have an overactive imagination. “Read it over, then give me a call tomorrow night to let me know what you think. We can discuss the contract, and you can let me know if you’re interested in going into business with us, and then maybe we can have some phone sex. It’s been a while since I’ve had a pretty voice talking to me when I played with the baloney pony.”
“Uhm …” I just stared at him. Was this man for real?
“And then we can talk about going on a date or something?” He grinned. “But I’ll let you read that and give you some time to think about it all. I know you must be overwhelmed and excited. I bet your panties are getting wet as we talk, huh?”
I rolled my eyes. “Not at all. Goodbye.” I turned around and walked into the house. I couldn’t believe how crude and rude he’d been.
“You’re not wearing any, are you?” he called after me as I walked away.
I didn’t even bother answering him.
Chapter Eighty-One
Wyatt
“Hey, Wyatt!”
I was headed for my room when Beau called out to me. I was upset and depressed, and I knew it had to do with Sadie and our interaction. Something had changed. She was too standoffish and distant, and it was making it very hard for me to focus on anything else.
“What’s up, Beau?” I looked back at him. “I’m kind of busy.”
“I was thinking perhaps we could have a meeting,” he replied. “Mom suggested it.”
“A meeting?”
“You said you wanted to talk to me about something, right?”
“Yeah. But why does that have to be a meeting? I wanted it to be between you and me. I can’t just have a fucking talk with my brother?”
“Whoa, there, cowboy.” He held up his hand and his eyes and narrowed. “Why are you cursing at me? I thought this is what you wanted.”
“I’ve been asking you for weeks, maybe months now, to have a conversation, and you’ve been blowing me off every single time, and I don’t appreciate it.”
“If you have something to tell me, then tell me. Dude, you know I’ve been busy. I have not been deliberately blowing you off. I didn’t realize it was that important. You should have said something.”
“Well, it is important. Okay?”
“So then let’s fricking have this meeting. Don’t take out your bad mood on me, Wyatt.”
“I’m not in a bad mood.”
“Dude, I’m not going to take this personally because you’ve been acting funky for the last couple of weeks.”
“No, I have not.”
“You’ve been acting funky since Sadie went to Idaho. I mean, get your head out of your ass. You ready to have this meeting or not?”
“So now I have to have a meeting with everyone as opposed to just you? Do you, or do you not run this ranch??
“I do not run this ranch solely. You know that, Wyatt. I’m not the owner of this ranch. It is a family business. Just get your shit together and meet in the study in twenty minutes. Okay?”
“Oh, so twenty minutes. Now you don’t want me to come right away?”
“I want you to get your head together because if you have a pitch that you want to put by me and everyone else in the family, it’d better be good. And you better not come with any attitude.”
I took a deep breath. “Okay. I know. And look, sorry. I’ve just been going through a lot recently.”
