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only had two cocktails.”
    “Three. Didn’t your parents ever tell you to be careful?”
    She sighed. “All the time.”
    He stopped at a set of traffic lights and stared across the cab. Sarah had dropped her head back to his jacket. Her blonde hair looked soft and silky in the glow from the streetlights. Something inside of him tightened, made him think that this was where she belonged.
    And then she hiccupped and he glanced back at the road. “What’s it like being an only child?”
    “It sucks.”
    Jordan smiled. That covered everything in two short words. “Why?”
    Sarah yawned. “No one to talk to.”
    That made him feel sad for her. Even though there’d only been him and his brother at home, there were always other kids around. Cousins, friends, neighbors. It didn’t matter whether they were related or not, everyone was treated the same. “What about your friends?”
    She snorted, then rubbed her nose against his jacket. “Haven’t talked to them in ages. Spent most of my time with James.”
    Oh, hell. Now he felt like a peeping Tom. Only he wasn’t spying on Sarah he was dipping into her life when she wasn’t in control of her brain. Or her mouth. The one that was smiling at him like he could be her best friend.
    “Who’s James?”
    “Fiancé.”
    Jordan’s foot slipped off the brake and they both lurched forward. He tried to remember if he’d ever seen her wearing an engagement ring. He hadn’t. He was sure he hadn’t. He took another look at her hands. They were curled inside his jacket, tucked up out of sight.
    A horn tooted and he glanced up to see a green light blazing through the night sky. He slowly accelerated, careful not to let Sarah see how much the news of her fiancé had rattled him. “When did you get engaged?”
    “Long time ago.” She sighed and dug a little deeper into her seat. “Bastard.”
    Jordan blinked. He didn’t know if he’d heard her right. Her fiancé was a bastard? Maybe that was why she’d come to Montana? You didn’t normally stay engaged to a bastard, not for long anyway.
    “What happened to your fiancé?”
    “Ran off with my software.”
    That’d do it, Jordan thought. Although to most people, running off with some software would be better than another woman. But not to Sarah. He didn’t know anything about her computer business, but he did know her. If she felt that bad about her fiancé and what he’d done, it must have been serious.
    He didn’t say much as they drove toward Alex’s ranch. He wasn’t going to ask her about James. Not that it would have done any good if he had asked her a question or two. She was snoring softly beside him, unaware of the thoughts racing through his brain.
    He shouldn’t even have been in Bozeman. But he’d come anyway, especially after Emily had sent Alex a picture of everyone sitting around a table with cocktails in their hands.
    He’d recognized the booth, the table. They hadn’t moved from Charlie’s Bar and Grill. He’d even recognized the goofy grin on Sarah’s face. She’d been heading toward a hangover. None of the guys knew what transport they’d organized to get home, but he was determined to find out. He sure as hell didn’t want Sarah driving, or any of them for that matter.
    Apart from Ben, he was the only unattached male in Alex’s house. He’d been nominated to stop by Charlie’s Bar and Grill, casually bump into them and see what was going on. He didn’t need to be casual when he’d seen Sarah weaving across the dance floor. She was drunk and having a great time.
    He knew Emily and the other women would have looked after her, but he wasn’t taking any chances. Sarah had a stubborn streak. If she didn’t want their help, they wouldn’t have been able to stop her doing what she wanted to do. Especially if that involved meeting someone else.
    And that got him thinking about other things. Like the kind of man she might or might not be engaged to. Her mystery fiancé could be anyone,