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Cash leaned in to give her a hug. “Wade wants a word with you both, and I might not see you again before Trav and I leave in the morning. Don’t forget, honey. You call me if you want me – promise?”

Tanner laughed. “You’d all beat the crap out of me if I said that!”

Shayna had to laugh, but Cash scowled at him. “Yeah, we would – because we want to make sure that’s Shay’s comfortable here.”

Tanner gave her a rueful smile. “Sorry. I’m only joking around. I don’t want to make you …”

“It’s okay. I get it. I’m not worried.”

Travis appeared beside Cash. “Wade wants a word with you guys. I’ll say my goodbyes for now.” He hugged Shayna and kept hold of her shoulders when he let her go. “You’re going to be all right, darlin’. Cash gave me your number; I’ll text you so that you have mine. You can call me any time you want anything, all right? Ty’s got your back, and the rest of these guys, but I want to be one more option for you.”

“Aww, thanks, Travis. When will you guys be here again?”

Cash chuckled. “We’ll be back before you know it. Now go on, Wade’s waiting to talk to you so that he and Sierra can get the kids home.” He grasped Ty’s shoulder. “You done good, Ty. Don’t fuck it up.”

“I don’t intend to.” He came to Shayna, and she slipped her arm around his waist.

Cash grinned. “I’ll see ya later.”

As Ty led her away to where Wade was waiting for them, she said, “I love that he says it, too.”

“Says what?”

“See ya later.”

“Yeah, we’re not big on goodbyes. You never know whenlatermight turn out to be, but it still beats goodbye.”

Chapter Twenty-One

Ty couldn’t stop smiling. He hadn’t expected this. After the way things had worked out in her apartment – with Cash sleeping on the other side of a very thin wall – he’d been hoping that Shay wouldn’t feel uncomfortable in his bedroom at the big house. The walls there were way thicker, and Ford’s and Tanner’s rooms were at the other end of the hallway, but he’d understand if she was leery.

But this? This worked out so much better! He could tell by the look on her face that she’d fallen in love with the cabin from the moment she saw it.

Wade rested a hand on his shoulder. “It didn’t seem right for you guys to have to stay in the big house. And this cabin worked out well for Sierra and me.”

“It’s great. Thanks, Wade.” His smile faded. “But don’t you have bookings?” He knew that Wade had renovated the cabin to provide another option for guests. Apparently, it was ‘quaint and authentic’ – whatever that might mean. All Ty knew was that it was better than the other cabins that Wade used for guest accommodations because it was off by itself and had a great view.

Wade grinned. “Not anymore. I moved all the bookings to the other cabins – and took this one down from the website.”

Shay and Sierra came back to the living room after Sierra finished showing her around. There wasn’t much to show. Just two bedrooms and a bathroom off the hallway. The living room opened to the kitchen, and Wade had recently added a wraparound porch.

Shayna came to him with a huge smile on her face. “This place is gorgeous! Thank you so much for letting us stay here, Wade.”

“It’s not a case of just staying here,” Wade told her. “It’s yours for as long as you guys want it.”

Ty raised his eyebrows and Wade nodded. “I feel bad about the big cabin.” He turned to Shayna. “We’ll get Ty to bring you over to our place. We were going to use it for private events – and give Ty the chance to do catering and the like, but …”

Sierra smiled. “When I arrived here, and then the children joined us, the big cabin turned out to be the perfect place for us to make our home.”

“And then we worked on another big cabin – and history repeated itself when Kolby and Callie came – they got their perfect home, and Ty missed out on another chance to expand into catering and events.”

He shrugged when Shayna looked up at him. “I’m not worried about any of that – I’m just glad that you all chose to live here on the ranch.”

“And maybe you guys will do the same,” said Wade. “I know this cabin isn’t like the others, but we could build …”

“This cabin’s absolutely perfect!” said Shayna.

Wade chuckled. “It’ll do you for now. And I’m sure it’ll feel even more perfect once you have it to yourselves. Come on, Sierra. Let’s go and rescue Rocket from the kids and get them home.”

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