Jeri kept Sawyer waiting outside, her nerves inside the privacy of her cabin nearly drowning her. “What am I doing?” she asked herself. And why in the world had Sawyer agreed to it? For the good of the ranch, she thought, and she seized onto it. It would just be a few months, and then her license would be final, and she’d be able to finish the job here and set up shop somewhere else. For the good of the ranchShe’d never be able to stay here, not after this sham with a man she actually liked. “And you’re going to need an explanation for Scarlett,” she said aloud to herself. She and Sawyer had talked every detail to death—except for a few, obviously. She’d been dreaming of kissing him for a few nights now, and yet somehow, it had never crossed her mind that she’d have to kiss him in fro

