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lunch,” he said. “I think Jesse’s bringing your friends up midday if Bonnie is discharged. I know you’ve been worrying about her.”
    Ruby nodded. Although, it had helped that no one had told her anything until Bonnie was already improving. She doubted she would have been able to sleep at all if she’d heard Bonnie had to be admitted somewhere. She’d honestly thought it was a simple flu or she’d never have left.
    Guilt settled in her uncomfortably, but the thought of seeing her friends lightened her burdens.
    “That settles it,” he said. “Let’s go pack up your things at my place and get you over to your new suite you can share with your friends.”
    “I’m staying with them?” she asked.
    He raised an eyebrow. “Of course. You can stay wherever you like. I’d be honored if you’d come back to my cabin at night though. So I can keep getting to know you.”
    “Wild horses couldn’t keep me away,” she said, body already tingling at the thought of another wild night with her cowboy.

7
    R uby’s friends were different than Shane expected. Maybe he’d been thinking they’d all be blondes, like she was, or delicate-looking city girls.
    Bonnie, the one who'd been sick, had bright-red hair that was long and straight and was pulled into a loose braid over the front of her white blouse. She had pale, freckled skin and green eyes that were much lighter than his own. She was curvy, like Ruby, and seemed to be the quietest of the bunch, though it could be because she was still recovering.
    She was walking arm in arm with Ruby’s other friend, Harmony, who had dark skin and dark curls and a sassy tilt to her mouth and the way she spoke. He could hear her from here as they walked up the hill with Jesse carrying their things and Ruby running forward to meet them.
    He worried about her running in those little boots and vowed to get online and order some proper cowboy boots for her to wear around the ranch so he wouldn’t have to worry about her tripping.
    “Ruby! Oh my gosh, you’re not dead!” Harmony called out, reaching her arm out for Ruby to run in for a hug. “We heard you got into a bar fight and Prince Charming had to rescue you.”
    Shane cocked an eyebrow, a habit that was becoming more common lately. How much had Jesse told them?
    “Only the truth,” Jesse called out. “So save the death glare for Maverick when he wakes up. I just said there’d been trouble and you’d taken their friend home for safety.”
    Harmony pulled back so she could look at Ruby at arm’s length and noted the different clothing. Today, Ruby was wearing a soft black sweater with a little skull with a bow on the side and dark skinny jeans. Shane loved the way she dressed, with a style all her own, even though it would go mostly lost on the people around these parts.
    “Safety, hm?” Harmony teased suspiciously, looking over at Shane. “Dear heavens, what a huge man you are.” She gave him a slow once-over that made him fidget and look to Jesse for help. Jesse only put up his hands and put an arm around Bonnie so Harmony was free to move forward with Ruby.
    When Jesse sensed Bonnie was tired, he swept her up into his arms, carrying her easily. However, Shane felt maybe that was his job, since Ruby was his mate after all, and Bonnie was her friend. He quickly moved to Jesse and took Bonnie into his arms.
    He’d never seen such red hair.
    “I can walk,” Bonnie said weakly. “I’m fine now, really.”
    “Nonsense,” Shane said. “We aren’t about to let a female tire herself out on the way up to our ranch.”
    “Yeah,” Jesse said sardonically, rolling his eyes. “We have plenty of ways to tire them out once they get there.”
    “Oh?” Harmony said, a playful tone in her voice. “You get tired out at all last night, Ruby?”
    His mate flushed a bright red, and Shane looked forward, saying nothing. The last thing he wanted to do was embarrass her. But he was zero ashamed of what they’d done. It had