Page 26 of The Rancher's Addiction

Nicole grabbed a table that someone was just leaving.

A waitress stopped at the table.“What can I get you guys?”

Jenny raised her hand.“A bottle of beer.”

“Same with us,” Nicole and Kristine piped in.

Jenny looked around the massive room in amazement.It was the first time she’d been in the place, and now she regretted not coming sooner.It was a cowboy bar down to the peanut shells on the floor, and all the men with cowboy hats staggered around the room.

The waitress came back and set the bottles on the table.Jenny reached in her pocket.

Nicole put her hand on her arm.“I got this one.”

“Thanks.This is the only one I can have, but I’ll buy the next round.”

An hour later, a screeching sound caught all three women’s attention.

“What’s going on?”Jenny asked as she looked over her shoulder at where the sound was coming from.

“Mr.McKenzie must be here,” Nicole commented.

“Why do you think that?”

Elise sighed as the woman yelling got louder.“It’s Carly.”

“Kaden’s ex-wife?”Jenny asked incredibly.

“Yes.Every once in a while, if she catches him out, she’ll tear into him.”

“What does he do?”

“Stands there with his arms crossed.”

“God, why doesn’t he lay into her?”

“It just makes it worse.”

“Let’s go,” Jenny said and stood.

“Where are we going?”

“Play along with me.If I start laughing, you do too.Got it?”

“Be careful.She’s about twice your size,” Elise said.

“I bet she doesn’t wrestle with horses or cows like I do.”

The other women laughed and followed her through the crowd.

Jenny took in the scene.A crowd was in a circle around Carly and Kaden, and no one was doing anything.

She pushed past people.“Move,” she demanded.

“Hey, Doc,” someone said.

She ignored everyone except Kaden.She smoothed her hair, pasted on a smile, and sauntered over to Kaden.Her smile widened at the look on their faces.She wrapped an arm around Kaden's waist and was thrilled when he wrapped his around her.

“Who’s this, Babe?”she said and looked up at him.

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