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“If you had just agreed that we wouldn’t be doing this shit with her?—”
“Enough!” I roar.
They both look at me.
“Enough. Nora’s pissed at us. She needs some time to calm down before we can do anything,” I say, fixing both of them with a look. “And yeah, Clint, she’s not exactly happy right now. Landon, don’t go after her,” I tell Landon. “She needs some space.”
“She needs to get her ass back here so that we can watch her,” Clint growls.
“She’s there. With her dad. Nothing bad is going to happen to her,” I say. We look at each other, and I sigh. “We need to make sure nothing bad happens to her,” I amend. “So, that means guarding her.”
“You don’t think that’s going to piss her off even more? How’s she going to respond when she sees us lurking outside of her house?” Clint growls.
“Fine. That’s fair.” While my heart aches to go after her, Clint’s right. I said she needed space. I need to stand behind that. “We’ll give her space. But that doesn’t mean we’re going to just trust that her ex will leave her alone.”
“What do you have in mind?” Landon asks.
I wave my hand at my phone. “The cameras.”
“If Nora isn’t there shooting them out right now, I’ll be a horse’s ass,” Clint grumbles.
I smile. “She might be.” I can picture Nora doing just that, making sure that none of us even comes close to her property. She’s truly something else. She’s stubborn as hell, yes, but I gotta admit, I admire her commitment to it.
“So, if she’s out there shooting out the cameras, we won’t see shit,” Landon sighs.
I shake my head. “I installed multiple sets.”
“Shane…”
“I know,” I say. “I was just worried about the fact that her ex seems to be so hell-bent on destruction. I thought that if he noticed some of them, he’d go for those ones.”
“So, you installed secret cameras?”
“Same color as their house.” I nod. “He’ll never see them.”
And neither will Nora.
Clint sighs. “You’re something else. You know that?”
“I know. But it’s nothing I wouldn’t do—” I stop.
I wanted to finish that sentence with, for the people I care about.
I care about Nora. More than just care. She’s an incredible woman. An incredible person. I don’t just think she’s hot as hell, even though she is. She’s smart. Thoughtful. Kind. She’s loyal. I’ve seen the way she protects her dad. I’ve seen how devoted she is to the ranch. She’s the hardest worker that I’ve ever seen, and I can respect the hell out of that.
I smile, remembering how hard she fought me on the price of hay. Nora wouldn’t take advantage of me, or any of us. It makes me care all that more deeply about her.
“Nora would do this for us,” I say, the conviction bone-deep. “If she knew one of us was in trouble, she’d do anything she could to help us.”
“Well, maybe she would have. Now she’ll just leave us to rot,” Clint mutters.
That fucking does it.
I turn, cock my fist back, and punch him in the gut.
Clint lets out a little ‘oof,’ the air knocked out of him as he staggers back. I follow him, ready to beat the hell out of him if I need to. He straightens.
“The fuck was that for?” he snarls.
