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When I heard Ella’s car come down the driveway, I went out to meet her. She rolled down her window for me, just like she had that day her battery died.
Her text had thrilled me. I hadn’t expected it because she was opposed to us being together. And yet she’d been very happy here after the fight. She’d let her walls down and let me in, then built them right back up again. I had to wonder if there was a reason why she’d changed her mind, or if she was as impatient as me to be together.
It was my own reaction that surprised me. I was f*****g thrilled she wanted to go to the ranch with me.
An entire weekend, not just a night in my bed. Or even a quick f**k over Mike’s desk.
I didn’t understand my interest in her. My obsession. Maybe it was because I couldn’t have her. No, shouldn
