Billionaire In Hiding: The Complete Series (Alpha Billionaire Romance Western Love Story) by Claire Adams Page B

work, but
Garrett Reynolds wasn’t who I was.
    I
didn’t wear cowboy boots ever in my normal life. I certainly didn’t shovel
horse shit or chase after angry pigs. In the real world, I lived a cushy life
in Los Angeles and flew on my own private jets to grand vacations. I had
beautiful women who threw themselves at me and I often kept them by my side for
the briefest of relationships. I tried to be fair and kind to people but I was
often too caught up in my business and my own life to notice anyone else
outside of my close circle of friends.
    The
longer I was away from my old life, the more I worried I hadn’t been that great
of a guy at all. Not only had I put my employees at risk by getting into
business with Frank Gordano, but I had put money ahead of everything else.
Which was stupid; I had more money than I could spend reasonably in a lifetime,
yet I wanted more and more.
    Before
getting sent away with the Witness Protection Program, I couldn’t remember a
time in my life where I was ever content with what I had. Whether it was in
business or my personal life; I always wanted something more or something
different. A beautiful woman by my side had never been enough, I wanted a
different one than the one I had at any specific moment. In business, when everything
was going perfectly, I would make changes to add new things that would
inevitably shake up the symbiosis that was going on.
    Perfection
wasn’t exactly what I was searching for, but satisfaction was what I wanted.
Somehow I wanted to feel like what I had was enough. The problem was, I never
could get to that point no matter how much I switched girlfriends and no matter
how many things I changed in the company.
    The
weird thing was, I felt happy, or at least I thought I was happy. I went to
work every day with a smile on my face and a bit of a jump in my step. Running
a small airline was a fun bit of work, but I wasn’t satisfied and therefore
didn’t ever truly feel happiness.
    The
simplicity of life on the ranch had me feeling happier than I had felt in a
very long time. Sure, I liked to think of Sarah and even flirt with her when I
had the chance, but just being on the ranch and working hard was changing my
mindset. There were days when nothing seemed out of place and I was happy to
finish my jobs before nighttime and get a warm shower in. I didn’t yearn for
more. I didn’t long to have a different amount of money in my pocket or a
different fancy bed; I was happy with what I had.
    I
was happy with three good meals a day and a safe place to sleep. They were
things I had taken for granted most of my adult life, yet they were so
essential to living. I vowed to myself that I would do better in my life when I
returned to it. I would do better at being less self centered. My eyes were
certainly being opened by my time at the ranch and in the witness protection
program.
    The
drive back to the ranch was silent again, but I didn’t feel like pushing Sarah
any more. My thoughts were wrapped up in my past and what I hoped would be my
future. When the Gordano trial was over, I was going to make changes in my
life. I wasn’t sure what they were or how it would happen, but my old life
could never be the same after my time at the Miller ranch.
    As
we pulled into the driveway, Sid Miller was standing there waiting for us. The
look on his face seemed full of relief when we first pulled in, but then it
quickly turned to anger. I had seen a similar look on the faces of fathers over
the years when I had returned their daughters home from a date later than I was
supposed to.
    “Uh
oh,” Sarah said under her breath. “He’s looks angry.”
    I
suspected Sid was angrier with me than he was at Sarah, but I couldn’t give
that information out. Instead, I went along were her notion that her father was
actually upset with her. Although, I wasn’t sure why she would think he was
angry with her just for driving into tow.
    Sarah
climbed out of the truck and I grabbed the