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“Harmony, what is going on? Why are you acting so strange and why are the gossip girls at your rehearsal dinner? Did you invite them to your wedding? I thought you hadn’t spoken to them in years.”
“Before we get into that,” I interrupted, “I believe Ronnie has something to say to all four of you.”
“Right. About last night. I wanted to apologize to my friends. Da-Jacob, helped me to see how dangerous my little exploit was, and I’m very sorry for having endangered your lives and I hope you can forgive me.”
“There is nothing to forgive, bestie, but thank you for the apology.” Harmony wrapped her in another hug.
“Gray, Master Derek, I apologize for being thoughtless and ruining your night. I’m so sorry and I hope you can forgive me.”
Gray nodded in acceptance, but Derek wasn’t won over that easily. “You are a very lucky young lady,” he said in a commanding tone. “And I hope you learned your lesson over your Daddy’s knee.”
Ronnie’s pale complexion turned scarlet and she dropped her gaze to the floor. “Yes, Sir. I promise never to do anything like that ever again.”
Derek nodded, like the topic was decided on. “Then I forgive you, but we must discuss a contract if you’re planning on staying.”
Veronica’s eyes darted to Derek’s, opening wide in her signature astonished look.
“Stay. Here? I—uh, have absolutely no idea.” Her gaze traveled to mine looking for help.
I was about to bail her out and tell him it was on the docket for discussion later that evening when Sadie interrupted.
“I really don’t like those three.” We followed her gaze to the gossip girls heading our way.
“Derek, don’t we have a guest waiver that everyone must sign?” Gray asked.
Getting his meaning, Derek ambushed the three women. “Ladies, would you please come with me.”
All three of them took in Derek. Porsha narrowed her eyes but the other two fluttered their eyelashes at him.
“Oh no they don’t.” Sadie said crossly and stomped over to her husband’s side.
He wrapped an arm around her shoulders. “Angel, can you escort these lovely ladies to my office where they can sign the mandatory waiver.”
“Of course, husband.”
Her kissed her long and hard and patted her ass as she led the gossip girls away.
“Do you think she’ll be okay?” Ronnie asked. “Maybe we should go with her, those three can be a lot to handle.”
Derek laughed. “Are you kidding? Sadie will put them in their place. I’m just giving her a moment to establish dominance before I take over. Good idea, Gray, the night should prove interesting.”
He tipped his hat. “Folks, if you’ll excuse me,” and off he went in the direction his wife had gone.
“I’m so confused right now. Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on!”
Gray intervened. “Derek is effectively ensuring good behavior from Harmony’s unexpected guests by having them agree to the rules of the Ranch while they are here.”
“Why are they here?” I inquired.
“If you’d answered your phone, you’d know,” Harmony retorted, clearly exasperated with the situation and the night was young, we had hours to go yet.
Gray tugged Harmony into his side. “Would you like a spanking, sweetheart? If so, I am more than happy to escort you to my classroom and bend you over my desk for a hard paddling.”
Harmony pasted a smile on her face. “No, thank you, Daddy.”
Sam and Catherine approached. “There’s the couple of the hour,” Sam said shaking hands with Gray.
“You look beautiful as always Harmony, and Veronica that dress is stunning on you.”
