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still stay with me. We’ll see how things go. Meanwhile the press will soon find something else to catch their interest.”
    She studied his face. He didn’t try to hide the disappointment in his eyes.
    “I don’t want to hurt you.”
    “How do you know you will?” He gave her a cheeky grin. “I’m a tough cowboy, remember.”
    “I’d prefer to do it that way, with no promises given. If or when I marry, I want it to be a happy event with all the trimmings.”
    “Fair enough. I’ll go talk to Brent and Angie and call Drake.”
    “Thank you.” She watched him go out and peeked between the curtains, admiring his backside. His sexy body was beginning to arouse the hunger in her to touch him and taste him. But she knew herself. She couldn’t imagine she’d be happy on a ranch far from the excitement of the big city and the news. Not that she wanted to go back overseas, but there were other interesting jobs she might be offered.
    First she had to get her head on straight. A little more vacation was just what she needed. She ought to resist his overtures. But was she strong enough to push away temptation?

Chapter Seven

    They flew into Montana late that night. Angie and Brent had told them good-bye at their house. Drake and Janice came to the landing strip and wished them well. They were all polite and didn’t ask questions. Apparently whatever Dirk said to them satisfied their curiosity. Dirk had been unusually quiet since she’d asked him not to marry her.
    “There’s my truck,” Dirk said as they walked down the plane’s steps. “Since it’s so late, I’m certain Ty and Lily have gone to bed. They don’t get much sleep with the baby waking up at night.” He took long strides to the truck and glanced inside. “Yeah, the keys are in the ignition. Here let me take your backpack.” He swung it and his into the backseat, and then helped her inside. “We’ll contact your parents and see about going there to get some of your things.”
    “I can make do with what I have. The nearby town has a shop. I checked it out when I stayed here briefly before.”
    “You don’t want to see your parents?”
    “Not yet.”
    Dirk drove a good distance from the main farmhouse, turned right onto a narrower road and stopped to open a gate. He drove through, and in the distance Chelsea saw the shape of a large country house with verandas around three sides.
    “This is the new home you mentioned?”
    “Yes. I have plenty of land, and so I built a barn for my horses, too.
    Chelsea found herself leaning forward. She was anxious to see more of the homestead. A few lights were lit around the exterior and one or two inside.
    As though he read her thoughts, Dirk spoke. “The lights are on a timer. I don’t like coming home to a dark house. Mom always kept the lights on for us. She still does.”
    “I can’t wait to see it in the daytime. The area looks lovely in the moonlight.”
    “Wait until you see the wildflowers blooming all across the pasture land, and all the trees surrounding the area.”
    “Do you have a horse I can ride?”
    “You haven’t forgotten how?”
    “Of course not.”
    He flashed her a smile. “I’ll check you out in the morning.”
    “You’re on. I’ll outrun you.”
    He laughed. “Not likely.” He parked on the drive at the front door, and then came around to help her out, but she didn’t wait. She’d hopped out.
    “Anxious?”
    “Tired. Maybe I can sleep all night without a nightmare.”
    Dirk brushed her hair off her forehead. “Maybe you can.”
    He grabbed their backpacks and gave her the key to open the door.
    She swung one half of the double doors open and stepped inside. Dirk reached over and flipped on the light, exposing a huge great room with a fireplace in the corner. The light wood walls glowed in the light. Cream-colored leather furniture was spaced around the room. A large rug in bright gold and red colors kept the room from looking too masculine. Chelsea glanced across