Читать книгу The Country Vet - Eleanor Jones - Страница 3
Оглавление“Having trouble?”
Twisting around in her seat, Cass saw a horse and rider trotting toward her. Jake Munro! He was the last person she wanted to see, but it was too late to start her engine and pull out.
She cursed the blush she could feel spreading up her face. “No.”
“I saw you driving out of Sky View.”
“Yes,” she said, determined not to be daunted by his sheer masculinity. “I’ve just rented a cottage from your dad.”
There was an icy glint in his blue eyes, but she held his gaze without faltering. “Don’t worry, though—it’s well away from the farm, so you won’t have to see me.”
He swung his mount away. “It makes no difference to me where you live.”
The angry set of his jaw belied his pronouncement, and Cass found herself hoping he wouldn’t give poor Bill a hard time.
“Look,” she called after him, “I needed somewhere to stay, and your dad had the perfect place.”
Jake reined in. The grey mare tossed her beautiful head, and foam flew like snowflakes.
“I already told you,” he repeated drily, “it means nothing to me where you live.”
But as he rode away, Cass couldn’t help watching. Man and horse, moving as one.
