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pastries?”
    “Oh yeah. They were so cute I just wanted to learn how to make them all.” She patted his hand.
    “Come on, we’ll talk about it later.” She tugged on his hand and he willingly followed. He loved her—a lot, and learning more about her made him love her more. Learning more about her made him understand her more too. He loved her innocence, her heart, her compassion, and her passion. She was like a breath of fresh air or a cool breeze on a hot summer workday. She was amazing, and he loved her. He really did love her.
    She needed more time. From everything she had told him he knew he couldn’t rush her; it wouldn’t be right. She needed some time to say she loved him too. He would give her time, but he couldn’t wait forever. As much as he wanted to let her set the pace, he also knew he wanted her to be his wife. If he had his way she would be a December bride right there on his ranch.
    “Patience,” he told himself; “is a virtue; make sure you cultivate it.” He would give her at least a few more weeks before he started talking nuptials. Unless she kept talking about moving away. If she did that then all bets were off because he wanted this woman and in this game of love he was playing for keeps. If 60

    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery he had his way, which he was determined to do, she was going to call the Crazy D ranch her home for the rest of her life. They could make some of those babies they had just been talking about and she would learn that the two of them would make great parents. They would always love their children, and they would always protect them. And if they didn’t have children, he could live with that too, so long as she was in his life, in his home, in his world.
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    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery Chapter Seven
    “W hat’s in the box?” Dean sat his Stetson on the mahogany wood desk as Zoe looked up with a smile on her face. He looked so handsome she just couldn’t get enough of him. Today was his day for business so he had gone into the city. She could have gone with him, but she was waiting on this package and she wanted to be there when the UPS man showed up. Plus, Dean had told her he would be tied up at the bank all morning. She could always go with him next time, when they would have time for lunch.
    “You’re back earlier than I thought you would be.”
    “It’s three o’clock,” he had that look on his face like he was ready to lecture her for losing track of time again. When she got busy she often forgot what time it was, and if it weren’t for Jasper she would probably forget lunch on a daily basis. She had forgotten a couple days because she was busy trying to formulate a business plan of her own, which was just crazy given the fact that she still didn’t know where she was going yet. For every city she thought would be perfect she found at least one flaw—Dean wouldn’t be there. But she couldn’t stay here. There was no place to open a bakery, unless she opened in town. It wasn’t close at all, but it would be closer than opening out of state.
    “What’s in the box?”
    “The books just got here.” She noticed how he stared at the medium sized brown box on his desk as she used scissors to cut the packaging tape. She pushed past the padding and pulled out three books. “You told me I could have them delivered here.”
    “I know. You can have whatever you want delivered here.”
    Her eyebrow rose. “Are you sure about that?”
    “Well as long as it’s not illegal,” he stepped back and stared her down and she laughed.
    “I was thinking of some toys,” she winked. “When I was online I found loads of information…ooh, look at this!” She held up the book she had been most excited about arriving. The picture of the woman clad 62

    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery in underwear with the shirtless man on the front had a title declaring the nature of the book and it made Dean blush. He actually blushed. Oh, that’s so