Perfect Family
“So did her heart. She felt as if she’d tried to hand it to him, and once again he’d rejected it. Or had he felt she rejected him?
It all came back to the ranch, to the shares, to money, to power.
She hadn’t looked at him nor tried to talk on the way back. She was surprised then when she discovered several cars parked at the ranch house. They must have arrived while they were riding down.
The government plate on one showed it belonged to Marc. She also recognized his daughter’s sports car. Three others were parked nearby.
Jessie glanced over at Ross. “I thought Marc had gone to Washington.”
“He apparently decided to come back,” he said shortly.
“And the others?”
“Ask Sarah.”
A ball of confusion knotted in her stomach. Sarah had said no one would be here this week. It was why she’d decided to stay at the house. It would give her some time to spend with her aunt.
Was she being manipulated again, as Ross had charged? Was she being ambushed? Or was Ross himself manipulating her?
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