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She gasped. “Oh! I think I just figured out who you are!”
He chuckled ruefully. “Great.”
She laughed. “Sorry! I remember there was this big family, and that one of those brothers now stars onCheyenne. That’s your brother?”
“Yep.”
“So you’re Gunner ... Denver?”
“I am not.”Thank goodness.“They changed his name. Sort of. His real name is Denver Bridge. I am Gunner Bridge.”
She turned her whole body to face him. She now sat sideways, staring at him. This gave his self-esteem a boost while simultaneously frightening him. “So what about your other brothers? Where are they?”
“The rest of them are around. Tucker owns and runs an outfitting business—”
“Outfitting? Like fashion?”
He laughed. “No, he guides hunts. And sometimes hires other guides to help.” He glanced at her. “Oh, you were kidding.”
She giggled. “Just playing. Go on.”
“And Colton owns one of the gyms in town. He got married recently, and his wife has a dance studio in the gym.”
She gasped. “Does she teach adults?”
“I have no idea.” A thought occurred to him. “They might be able to rent studio space to you if you wanted to start a yoga class.” When she didn’t say anything, he said, “It wouldn’t make you rich, but it would be something.” He glanced at her. Why wasn’t she saying anything?
She shrugged. “Maybe. Go on.”
Why didn’t she like that idea? “So then there’s Ryker. He was a firefighter, and he got injured pretty badly. He doesn’t come out much, though he does come out more since he met Frankie. Then the baby of the family, in every sense of the word, is Kash. He’s a bus driver.”
“Why did you say he was a baby?”
Oops, maybe he shouldn’t have said that. It wasn’t very nice. “He’s just always acted like a kid, but I have to say, he’s gotten a lot better since he met Bella.”
“Sounds like all your brothers get better when they meet a good woman.”
Hey, that was true! He hadn’t really put that together before. Of course, he usually didn’t sit around evaluating his brothers’ character. “Not only that, but these women have also brought us closer together. We still fight constantly, but it used to be so much worse.” He chuckled. “These women have sort of demanded that we act civil.”
“Good for them,” Nova said.
“Yeah, good for them.”
Chapter 8
The Bridge Brothers’ Ranch looked just like Nova had pictured it—except there were no goats frolicking in the front yard. Gunner had done a good job of describing it, though he had not used many words. It looked old, rundown, and in need of some TLC.
The presentation did not improve when she stepped into the house. The living room was a disaster.
“Sorry for the mess,” Gunner said. “I did not realize what slobs wranglers could be.”
“They live in here with you, in the house?”
“It’s not ideal, but it’s the only place I have for them. It’s a lot easier to find help if I provide room and board, and I can afford to pay them a decent wage if I let them live here. So far, they haven’t complained.” Something in his tone made her think that they might be complaining, but not in front of him. He glanced up the stairs. “They each get their own bedroom, but everything else is common area.”
She sensed that he didn’t love this arrangement.
“But your ranch is making money, right? So this isn’t forever.”
