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“What happened to your job in the city?”

“It’s still there,” Meri admitted glumly. “But I don’t want to go back. And now that Rex and Ann have come home to stay...” She shook her head.

“Just because they’ve come home doesn’t mean you have to,” Stark pointed out.

“You aren’t listening. I never wanted to be in the city. I want to be here.”

“I want lots of things I’ll never have again, Meredith,” he told her softly. “I’m sorry, but I can’t help you.”

Struggling not to weep, she shrugged, then whispered, “Well, I have some time yet. Something might turn up.”

“You never know,” he said.

But she did know, all too well, and his tone said that he did, too. The truth was that if he didn’t give her a job, she wasn’t going to find one locally. The worst part was that it didn’t make sense. She could help Stark. They could help each other.

Why wouldn’t he take what she offered?

Her Cowboy Boss

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