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“Still at the Bur Oak?”
“Yes. I like it there.”
“Well, if you ever want to come work for us, you let me know. We’d love to have you.”
“I appreciate that, Warren, but I’m happy where I am.”
“Okay. Good enough. Talk soon. I need to pick up dog food. See you later.”
“Yep.” Ian watched him walk off. Warren and his brother, Wes, ran a huge cattle ranch and they’d been after him for years to work for them. If he didn’t like his job so much at the Bur Oak, he’d take them up on it. They had one of the best spreads in Montana.
When it was his turn, he placed his order, then walked around the store. He ran into a lot of his friends. Saturdays seemed to be the day to go to the Feed Store and stock up. Most ranchers were too busy during the week.
Ian knew a lot of ranchers and farmers got their feed delivered from Beckett Feed. Ash Beckett sold organic animal feed and he made a killing at it. A lot of ranches grew it for him. He’d saved a lot of ranches by having them grow for him.
When Ian’s name was called over the PA, telling him his order was ready, he made his way to the parking lot, then backed his truck up to the dock. He watched the men load his truck, then he gave them a nod, entered his truck, and drove home.
The day was heating up. He was sure everyonewas having a good time at the ranch, and he wondered what Eden was doing today. She could be nursing a hangover.
“You have got to stop thinking about her,” he muttered.
He backed his truck into the barn, unloaded the feed, filled the buckets with oats, and mucked out the stalls. The four horses he had at his place were out in the pasture and once he finished putting new straw down, he’d get them in to eat.
He kept Breeze at the Bur Oak. He liked his own horse and was used to him. Sometimes, on his Saturdays off, he’d bring the horse home so he could ride him, but he didn’t do it often. Ian rode him so much there that he thought the horse needed a break on the weekends.
Ian worked every day except Saturday. There were no activities on the weekends. The guests were allowed to do whatever they wanted. Some of them took trips to Spring City, Hartland, or Clifton, to shop, or they stayed around the pool, or played tennis. Some of them just stayed in their cabins to relax.
He wasn’t sure about going to the dance tonight. The dance was held every Saturday to say goodbye to the guests leaving the next day. A minimum of a week’s stay was required. Check-out was on Sundays before noon, and check-in for new guests was after two on Sundays.
The dance was always a success, and some people from the towns attended too. Devin and Jaxon used to only allow non-guests to come to the last dance of the year, but people showed up anyway and they changed it. It would get packed,but everyone had a great time. A huge buffet was set up, along with a free bar, and a live band played. He usually had a good time when he went, but he had a feeling Bonnie would be on him like white on rice if he went tonight. Unless she was still pissed that he’d helped Eden with her horse. The woman needed to just back the fuck off. He was not interested. Not in her, anyway, and being interested in Eden was just wrong.
Once she left and headed back to Chicago, maybe he’d be able to get back to work and not think about her.Yeah, right.
“Shit,” he swore.
After he finished in the barn, he strode to the house, entered, and sighed at the cooler air. He needed a shower and then he’d decide about going tonight.
****
Eden and Cammie walked toward the barn, laughing, and talking. Eden wore a dark green sundress with pink flowers on it. It had a fitted bodice with thin spaghetti straps and a flowing bottom half, and on her feet were her cowboy boots.
“Three more weeks. This first week went fast,” Cammie said.
“Yeah. I hate the idea of leaving,” Eden said.
“I’m sorry? What? You didn’t want to come here in the first place.”
“I know, but I’ve been having so much fun. It’s just such a great place.”
“It is, but I am more than ready to go home.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I miss home.”
“You’re not thinking about checking out early, are you?”
“No. We paid for a month, so I’ll stay.”
