Page 121 of Opposites (Never) Attract
If their father hadn’t pulled that shit, demanding we bring Sunshine home to save the ranch, I might never have…
“I did it!”
Cut off from my thoughts, I turned in the direction of the study. And there she was. Triumphant. Radiant. Gorgeous.
If Leroy hadn’t pulled his shit, I wouldn’t have had her. Kissed her. Tasted her.
I wouldn’t have seen the look of absolute victory on her face in this moment, knowing she’d fucking crushed…crypto, or whatever the fuck it is.
“It was almost an absolute disaster,” she exclaimed, as she walked into the living room, running her hands through her straight hair, looking a little wild. “Binance was acting erratically. The medical supplies stocks weren’t doing what I thought they were going to do. And don’t get me started on the export market.”
“Please, no. Please don’t let her get started on the export market,” Ethan said.
“Get to it, babe,” I encouraged her. Because when she was done telling everyone how she crushed it, I was taking her back to my cabin and I was going to make her cheeks flush in an entirelydifferent way.
“Right,” she said, on a deep breath. “You don’t care about all of that. But it was pretty intense. There was a moment where I thought we could have lost the whole investment.”
“But we didn’t,” Harmony said. “Right?”
“No,” she smiled. “In fact, we did better than expected. I’ve already withdrawn the money. We have the cash we need to pay off the land extension, invest in the herd, and maybe…I don’t know, buy a race horse?”
“A fucking race horse,” Mac muttered, shaking his head. “Unfucking believable.”
“If you want. Or, if any of the properties need repairing? A new roof?”
“New roofs for everyone!” Harmony jumped off the chair and ran to her sister to hug her. “I knew you could do it! I did not have a single doubt.”
The two women hopped up and down, cackling like witches.
Now that I thought about it. I hadn’t had a doubt either.
She was just that good.
Sun eventually pulled away from Harmony, or Harmony let her go. She pressed her hands to her cheeks and shook her head. “That was a wild ride, but I did it. I did it! Everyone’s safe now!”
Mac and Ethan rushed in to hug her and lift her off her feet. There was laughing and a few tears. Ethan texted Carter. Harmony demanded champagne, Mac went to the kitchen to find some. I stood in the doorway and thought.
Everyone was safe. Except her. That promotion was at risk. Probably her job. Maybe her reputation as a broker. Her life in New York – all of it in jeopardy because of what she’d done for the Swinging D and this town.
Sunshine to the rescue. As usual.
But, who rescued Sunshine?
I didn’t think about it, I walked over to where she stood talking to Ethan, her arm around Harmony, and I bent and hitched her stomach over my shoulder and lifted her off her feet.
“Tag!” she cried. “What in the heck are you doing?”
“Taking you home to celebrate,” I told her. I turned to address the room. “Night, everyone.”
Mac came back in the room with champagne. “What am I supposed to do with this?” I snagged it out of his hands.
“Taggart Durham, you put me down right now,” Sun insisted.
“I put you down now, you might take a swing at me, darlin. I think I’ll wait until you’re back in my bedroom.”
“We should stop this?” Mac asked, looking to Ethan. “Do the brother thing?”
“Tag, what are your intentions toward our sister?” Ethan called after me.
