Page 3 of My Billionaire Cowboy Protector

“We do have insurance. It will start after your week’s trial if everything works out,” he said.

“Benes are always nice,” Taylor said.

After she finished signing the last document, Lane said, “Let me show you the cabin,” Lane said.

They walk a little bit past the tree line of a wooded area to a small cabin. It had a kitchen, a small living room, one bedroom, and a bathroom. There was a large fireplace in the living room.

“It’s not a lot,” Lane said.

“It’s perfect,” Taylor said. “I need to get my stuff from the motel and check out.”

“Dinner is in an hour.”

“I’ll be there.”

Anthony is silent during the meal. Everyone else is joking and laughing. Taylor joins in as though they were all old friends.

Franny said, “It’s great to have another woman with us. Della and I can always use another person on our side.”

Taylor grinned.

After dinner, Lane resisted the urge to offer to walk her to the cabin.She’s my ranch hand, not my date.

He watches her walk away. He notes that she is very beautiful. She’s also very small, especially compared to his six-foot-three frame. His gut told him that he shouldn’t underestimate her.

Lane grinned as he handed out assignments the next day. One of the ranch chores that a lot of people hated was fixing fence. He decided to test Taylor.

“You’ll be fixing fence with me,” he said.

She nodded. They drove in silence to the back pasture where one of the more cantankerous bulls had knocked down a lot of the fence line. Working with barbed wire wasn’t fun.

However, she pulled on her gloves and grabbed the fence stretcher. She had the hammer, staples, and wire clips and went to work where the fence had been knocked down.

Lane was impressed. She knew how to use the tools and worked as hard as he did. They managed to have the huge section of fence fixed before lunch.

“Nice job,” he said.

“Thank you.” She grinned, knowing that he had expected her to either quit or fail.

After lunch, they rounded up the shipment of cattle that had just come in. Robert pushed them through the corral and into the shoot. Taylor branded them while Lane vaccinated them. By the time he was done, she was done. He opened the shoot and Robert drove the next one in.

The brands were perfectly done. By dinner time, they were done.

“Nice work,” Robert said. “I couldn’t have done better myself.”

“Thanks,” Taylor grinned.

Lane watched her walk back to the cabin to get washed up for dinner. There was something special about her. Taylor smiled and joked around but dove into the work without a single complaint, keeping up with him.

“Color me impressed,” he said to himself.

Chapter 2: Taylor

“How did it go today?”Taylor’s mother, Alice asked.

“It went well. He started me off on mending fixes. I think he expected me to quit as soon as I saw the big roll of barbed wire and the wire stretcher.”

“Surprised him, huh?”

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