Can be read as a standalone story.
She left me. And I let her go. Biggest mistake of my life. Julianne Merrywood was fire wrapped in beautiful mahogany skin. She challenged me. Argued with me. Set my blood ablaze like no one ever had.
I told myself she didn’t belong in my world. I almost believed it. Now she’s standing on my land again. Carrying a secret she’s kept for months. My secret.
She flew all the way to my ranch thinking she could deliver the news and walk right back out of my life. She doesn’t know me at all. My mother tried to drive her away once.
My pride let her leave once. Never again. Julianne Merrywood is mine. And this time, I’m not letting her take a single step off this ranch without a ring on her finger.
