Page 61 of A Lot Like Love
“Where’re you sneaking off to?”
Ryder spun around to find Nate standing behind him. He cleared his throat. “I was just in seeing Granddad.”
Nate kept walking and Ryder walked alongside him toward the front door.
“He okay?”
“Asking for whiskey, so yeah, I guess he’s fine.”
Ryder stopped at the front door, pulling it open, then leaning against it to listen to Nate.
“You sureyou’reokay?”
“Fine,” Ryder asked. “You off to work?”
“Yeah. I’ll catch you later. How about we grab a beer tonight, the three of us?”
“Sure thing.”
Ryder headed for his truck and jumped behind the wheel, heading down the drive even though he had nowhere he needed to be. What he needed was to get his ranch back, secure his stake in his family’s land before it was too late, before he had to admit what he’d done to Nate. His grandfather believed in him, and he believed in Chloe.
She was expecting Parker to be there the night after next, which meant it was almost over. All she had to do was kick ass like she had in Vegas and it wouldn’t be a problem. If only it was that easy.
