“What are our activities for tomorrow?” Emily asks. “I’m excited to get away from the stress and unwind.”
I glance back at her. “Well, we’re helping them in the morning, seeing how they run the ranch and what they do each day. Then we’re going to the lake for watersports, which should be fun. In the afternoon, they’re having a cookout, and we’re going to unwind and just get to know everyone.”
“That sounds ridiculously amazing,” Kara says, popping a piece of chicken into her mouth.
“Enjoying the food, ladies?” Lake asks, walking past with a grin on his face.
My word.
He’s fucking beautiful.
“It’s great,” I answer him. “Thank you.”
“My pleasure, sweetheart.”
Oh boy.
“That one is mine,” Emily says, watching him go. “Oh my.”
I laugh. “He’s too young for you, the man looks like he’s barely thirty.”
“Exactly, imagine the stamina,” Emily says, fanning herself.
Kara grins, nodding.
I glance at the rest of the group. We’re all sort of sectioned off into our little groups. The three guys – Taj, Rick and Nathan, all stick together, talking amongst themselves. Then there are two other girls outside of Kara, Emily, and myself. Grace and Maria, who are both on the prissier side and tend to stick to themselves. We get along well with them, but they’re just very different to us. They’re both prettier, too, which I think contributes to their far more confident attitudes. Especially toward men.
They haven’t taken their eyes of the group of guys since we got here. They’ve been laughing and flicking their hair. I can’t say I blame them, they’re both incredible musicians, and they deserve a break just as much as the rest of us. If that means they spend the next few weeks staring and drooling, then so be it. I’m sure that every single one of us with a vagina will be doing the same.
“At least there are plenty of them to go around,” Kara says to Emily. “We can all have one.”
“Oh god.” I laugh. “They’re not candy.”
“Aren’t they?” Kara grins.
“Stop it,” I scoff, but I’m grinning. “Besides, they could be taken. Men like that ... they don’t stay single.”
“Yeah they do,” Emily says. “Most of the time they just sleep around because they’re manwhores.”
I snort. “You’re exactly right.”
“Even better.” Kara sighs. “That means we can dive right in. I’ll take Enzo.”
“I’ll take whichever one wants me,” Emily says with a laugh.
We finish with dinner and head back to our cabins to settle in for the night. Kara and Emily are both staying in the cabin with me, Grace and Maria have one on their own and the guys are all sharing one, too. The cabins are large, three bedrooms in some and two in the others. They’re only new and well presented with everything you need right there at your fingertips.
It’s perfect.
“I am excited to wake up tomorrow and get this month started,” Kara says as she brushes her teeth in the luxurious bathroom the cabins boasts.
“Me too,” I say, taking out my toothbrush. “I don’t think I’ve ever done watersports, so that’s going to be something new.”
“I’ll be falling off, on purpose, of course. If it means those edible pieces of human candy will come and save me, I’ll break a leg to make sure it happens.”
I shake my head with a grin. “I can see it now, your show should be entertaining.”
She winks at me and disappears into her bedroom. I go to mine and climb into the beautiful new bed, that I just know I’m the first person to sleep on. Then I take out my phone and research Rhett a little more. Now I’ve met him, I can’t help but wonder about his past. Of course, I read the main articles about this place, but there is sure to be more than that hidden beneath the surface.
He sure makes me wonder.
I start by typing in his name, Rhett Walker. The first few pages of search history are about the ranch, some good articles, some bad. A few critics saying this place is a waste of money and will fail, and others saying that it’s just what this town needs and people will come from far and wide for the chance to stay there. I am certainly on their side. I think people will do what they can to stay at a place like this.
It’s perfection.
I stumble across an article about Rhett’s father and how the two of them had a falling out when Rhett was the one to take over the ranch. It would seem like his father was meant to be the one who got it, but instead it was his son, and this caused major problems in the family. Not long after, he lost his mother to suicide. There is a big article about it, and it has someone giving a statement that they heard multiple fights between Rhett’s parents and called the police in regard to domestic abuse.