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small?”
    “Men,” she sighed before taking a plate and proportionately adding food to it. “Start with this. If she wants more you can come down for seconds.”
    He took the plate from her and took it back upstairs to Zoe. As always, Jasper had been right. Zoe was full and she hadn’t even cleaned the plate. Had he taken the plate he had fixed she would have probably felt guilty about not being able to eat it all.
    He left her after lunch so she could get some more rest and when he came back to check on her later she was just waking up again. This time she wanted to get cleaned up, not drift back off to sleep. He had offered to run her a bath, but she said she would just use the shower instead. She wasn’t feeling much like trying to get into the tub. She had taken a shower using the massaging jet cycle and then she had come downstairs to the kitchen. He thought she should rest more, but she had said she was tired of being in bed.
    “It’s lonely up there,” she had said to him.
    “Jasper’s gone for the day already so I’ll have to see what I have in there for you to eat.”
    She placed her hand over his and he felt a jolt of electrical awareness shoot through him. He didn’t know how to deal with the onset of these feelings. He didn’t know how to keep them under control so he didn’t scare her off or make a complete fool of himself.
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    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery
    “What do you do for dinner usually?”
    “I make a sandwich.” He knew how to cook—somewhat—but it was just him and he didn’t feel a need to mess up the kitchen on a home cooked meal.
    “I’ll make you dinner,” she smiled at him.
    “You’re supposed to be recovering.”
    “I’m at home in the kitchen,” the teeth baring smile on her face made that fact evident. “I’ll be fine.”
    He shook his head no. “Not tonight. You rest tonight and we can discuss dinner tomorrow.”
    She smiled and shook her head at him. “You’re impossible to bargain with here.”
    He laughed. “I sure am.”
    “Okay, tomorrow we’ll discuss dinner. Although I really would love to cook for you. I appreciate your taking care of me…rescuing me really…and I’d love to show my gratitude.”
    “You’ve already thanked me.”
    “The words don’t seem like enough.”
    “They are,” he assured her. She hadn’t removed her hand from his and he hadn’t bothered to give her any indication that she should. He really, really liked this woman. “How old are you? You were on your way to Seattle for an interview; won’t your family miss you?”
    She laughed. “My family probably wouldn’t even care,” her voice held no hint of being bothered by that fact. “It’s complicated,” she shrugged off her words as if the complication meant nothing, or at least as if it shouldn’t mean anything. “But to answer your first question, I’m thirty-two.”
    “Thirty-two?” He coughed, shocked by her admission. “I thought you were in your early twenties.
    She shook her head no. “I get that a lot. How old are you?”
    One personal question deserved another he guessed. “Fifty.” The moment the word was out of his mouth he hated that he had to say it. He was still too old for her. She would be better suited for a thirty something year old, not an old man like himself.
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    A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery
    “You’re still young yet.” Zoe pushed her hair behind her ear. “You look good for fifty you know.
    My mom is blessed that way too. She’s fifty-seven and still looks like a knockout. Goes to show that some people are like a fine wine; they just get better with age.”
    He chuckled. He was so close to her mother’s age that he knew he shouldn’t even attempt anything romantic with this woman.
    “Why aren’t you married?”
    “My wife died,” his voice lowered softly just thinking about her. “Many years ago.”
    “I’m sorry.” She shook her head as she patted his hand. She removed her hand from his and he