Chapter 20
It took only a week of working alongside Sam each day to completely destroy Drew’s resolve. She was drop-dead gorgeous and his body had a mind of its own. At times his longing for her was so powerful that it felt like an illness.
They spent their days testing out the new horses, extending the yards, fixing up the sheds and disposing of truckloads of rubbish. The old place had never looked so good. Sam was always tantalisingly near; standing at the opposite end of a saw plank, or a two-man post hole digger. Having a crack at hoof trimming, bent down right in front of him while he steadied the head of a fractious horse. She was a fast learner, a quick thinker and never shirked a task, however difficult or unpleasant. The more he got to know her, the more he grew to love her.
