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Ian didn’t mind. It took his mind off things. Things like Eden Fairchild. He wondered if she’d gone on the trail ride this morning. He hadn’t checked the list because he knew he wouldn’t beleading it. Not today.

He was leading the camping trip tomorrow but didn’t know who was on the list to go yet. He’d check when he got back. He enjoyed the camping trips, but if Eden was going, he knew his dick would suffer for it, knowing how hot it was between them, and not being able to do anything about it.

“Fuck,” he muttered.

As he continued along, he saw a post leaning over, so he stopped his horse, removed tools from his saddlebags, and repaired it, then mounted his horse, and rode along the rest of the fence. Nothing else needed fixed, so he headed back to the barn. It was close to noon, and he was damn hungry. He had skipped breakfast this morning since he had no appetite, but now he was paying for it. His stomach growled as he spurred Breeze into a run.

He rode into the barn, then cooled the horse. The calves were rounded up for inoculations, and he told the men to get them to the chutes. This was another job he wasn’t fond of, but it had to be done. It was a hot, dusty, dirty job and no one liked doing it, but they preferred it over baling hay.

“Hey, Ian.”

“Chip, how’s it going?”

“Good. A guest asked where you were this morning.” Chip grinned.

Ian’s heart skipped a beat thinking it might be Eden.

“Who?” He held his breath but blew it out when Chip answered.

“That Bonnie woman. She has got it bad foryou, man.”

“I don’t know what else I can do to get her to leave me alone.” Ian shook his head.

“She seems determined to wrangle you.”

“That will not happen,” Ian said as he strode to his office.

“She leaves Sunday, so hang in there for a little while longer. She’ll be gone and you’ll never see her again,” Chip said then walked off.

“Just like when Eden leaves,” Ian muttered, as he strolled around his desk, and took a seat.

He picked up the clipboard for tomorrow and swore when he saw Eden’s name, along with Bonnie’s. Great. Just fucking great. One he couldn’t get far enough away from and the other, he didn’t want to.

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Eden and Cammie walked out of the lodge to head for their cabins. They decided to eat before going to the pool.

“Okay, what’s up?” Cammie asked her.

Sighing, Eden wondered where to begin, but realized the beginning was always best.

“After you left the dance, I got up to leave and stopped to talk to Ian for a minute.”

“And?”

“Well, you know how I hate walking in the dark, so I asked him to walk me to my cabin. Being the man he is, he did.”

“Then what?”

“I…” Eden blew out a breath. “I asked him to come into the cabin and we had sex.”

“What?”Cammie came to a standstill.

“Yeah.”

“Oh, my God! How was it?”

Eden stared at her. “Best ever. That man is great in bed, though it wasn’t an actual bed, but when it was over, I knew he regretted it. We argued and he said we should just stay away from each other. Even if we could be together here, I’d be leaving, and we’d never see each other again.”

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