On entering the kitchen, Lacie saw Ryder’s men standing around, drinking coffee. They silenced when she came in and she took that to mean they were discussing something they considered might upset her.
“I woke up alone,” Lacie said, expecting a response from Ryder.
Ty got there first. “Thought it was best I duck out before your old man caught me there,” Ty said in his typically flirtatious way, then focused on Ryder. “Sorry, man.”
Ryder wasn’t in the mood to joke but he smiled along.
“Are you working?” Lacie asked them, expecting to be dismissed if they were.
“Getting everything in place for you,” Will said.
Suspicious Will had taken his time in warming to her. Eventually, when he figured out she was sticking around, he grew to love her as much as the others did. He liked to needle h
