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until everything was done. But what he wouldn’t give to have some playtime with Lori—swimming, maybe running as wolves. He’d just have to play it by ear.
    When he arrived at the cabin, Allan wasn’t there. Paul carried the painting of Lori into his bedroom. When he had a chance, he’d hang it where he could enjoy it most.
    He called Allan to let him know his schedule. “Hey, are you doing the job you were auctioned to do tonight?”
    â€œNo, I’ll be going to Martha’s ranch tomorrow. I’m out with one of the ladies who bid on me but didn’t win. So I’m buying her dinner. Consolation prize.”
    Paul laughed. “I’m going to be staying the weekend. Emma has a list as long as Santa Claus’s. The jobs will take a couple of days, at the very least.” He grabbed his bag, got into his car, and headed over to the lakeside cabin.
    â€œDo you need me to help with anything after I’ve done my work at Martha’s place?”
    â€œNah. I’ve got it.”
    Silence followed, but before Paul could ask if he was still there, Allan said, “Is Lori going to be staying with you for the weekend?”
    The tone of Allan’s voice said he believed more than work would be going on at the cabin.
    â€œYeah, to make sure I get everything done right.”
    â€œUh-huh.”
    Paul chuckled. “What about you? Will you be okay by yourself?”
    â€œWith you not around, yeah. I’ve got another date tomorrow night. I sure like these bachelor auctions.”
    Paul laughed. “Okay, see you later then.”
    â€œOut here.”
    Paul took the long road around the blue-green lake, noticing that the warm breeze had made the water choppy. The lake was thirty miles long and sixteen miles wide, so getting around it was a bit of a drive. When he reached Lori and Emma’s log cabin, he got out of his car and paused to enjoy the hilly woods and the view of the lake and mountains off in the distance. He took in a deep breath and first noticed the smell of pine trees, followed by Lori and Rose’s scents, though they had been left awhile ago. None of Emma’s, though; she must not have been there for quite some time. He also smelled Dusty and Howard Cooper’s scents, which irked him right away. What had they been doing here?
    Had Catherine suspected something about it? Paul hoped that neither of the ranch hands thought they had a chance with Lori or Rose. He reminded himself that what the women did with their time was up to them, but the thought of the ranch hands still bothered him. Particularly after he’d seen the way Dusty behaved toward the woman at the grocery store that morning. Paul didn’t like the idea that any other wolf had his paws on Lori or that these men had designs on Rose.
    He hauled the paint supplies and his bag of clothes up the wooden steps of the deck to the main entrance and set them down. The sun would set over the lake in another hour and a half, and he was going to enjoy it. He hoped Lori would make it to the cabin in time to watch the sunset with him.
    He unlocked the door and grabbed the can of paint, the bag of supplies, and his clothes bag. As soon as he stepped inside, he immediately took a deep breath and smelled the scents in the living room. Both of the Cooper brothers had been in the cabin. He growled a little under his breath. Then again, if the men had given the ladies any trouble, they would have said something to him. Wouldn’t they have?
    Before Lori arrived, Paul dumped his bag in the green bedroom closest to hers. Then he moved the sagging sofa and matching sagging chairs away from the one wall they would paint. The rest of the walls were paneled in dark, reddish wood. Though the color was beautiful, he could see why Lori wanted something brighter on the accent wall that surrounded the white stone fireplace. He began taping the edges of the wood so they wouldn’t get paint on it.