Chapter 168

• ELORA
• Rowen’s shoes crunched over the gravel as he stepped out of the car and joined me. The wind tugged lightly at the hem of my sundress as we walked toward the porch. My heart thudded harder with every step. Not from nerves about my father’s health, that part was constant, but from Rowen being here. With me. At the ranch. The lines were blurring faster than I could catch them.
• I paused a few feet from the door and turned to him. His brows rose slightly as if he already sensed what I was about to say.