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good thing. Beau had said she gave kids a bad name! That was a horrible thing to say about any child. She reached the fence and sighed.
    “Look at meeee, Mommy!” Ruby called again as Mason led her around the far side of the arena at a trot.
    Corinne smiled. Ruby looked so happy. Screw Beau Remington! The guy must have a heart of stone not to find her adorable.
    Mason smiled and led the pony over to where Corinne was standing. They stopped when they reached her.
    “I’m a natural,” said Ruby with a big grin. “Mr. Mason said so.”
    Corinne grinned back.
    “What’s a natural?”
    Mason laughed. “It means you ride like someone who was born to ride.”
    Ruby nodded solemnly. “I was born to ride. I love Gypsy. I love riding. Riding is my new favorite thing in the whole world. I’m going to ride every day now.”
    Corinne exchanged a look with Mason. That wasn’t going to be possible. Corinne wasn’t going to have either the time or the money to make it happen.
    Mason smiled. “Not every day, Ruby, no. But sometimes, if your mom tells me you’ve been a really good girl, then you can have a lesson.”
    “I’m always good.”
    Mason gave her a stern look.
    “Sometimes. I’ll be good all the time if you let me ride Gypsy.”
    Mason caught Corinne’s eye and she gave him a grateful smile. It seemed he’d already figured out how to handle her daughter and get the best out of her. It was a pity his brother…No. She had to stop that line of thought before she got started with it.
    “Well, I’ll be checking in with your mom. So you’d better be good, okay?”
    “I will.”
    “Okay. Do you remember how to dismount?”
    Ruby nodded and put both reins in one hand before sliding her feet out of the stirrups. She swung one leg over behind the saddle and slid down to the ground. Corinne had to smile, she really did look like a natural.
    “Good job!” said Mason.
    Ruby grinned at him before turning to Corinne. “Some people leave one foot in the stirrup to help them climb down. Around here we don’t do that, just in case the pony moves away. We don’t want to fall and get dragged along by our foot.”
    Corinne wanted to laugh. It was obvious she was reciting word for word what Mason had told her.
    Mason grinned. “I couldn’t have put it better myself. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to take Gypsy in and get back to work.”
    “Thank you so much,” said Corinne. “What do I owe you?”
    Mason shook his head firmly. “Not a thing. If Ruby’s going to live here, she needs to know how to ride. He tipped his head back and looked out at her from under the brim of his hat. “You should, too.”
    That took her by surprise. “Oh. I…”
    He smiled. “You can join Ruby’s lessons if you want to.”
    “I don’t know if I’ll get time. I need to see how the job is going to work out. But, thank you.”
    Mason nodded. “We’ll work something out.”
    “Thanks again. Come on, Ruby. We need to go, and Mr. Mason needs to get back to work.”
    Mason started to walk away, but Ruby tugged on his sleeve. He looked down at her with a smile.
    “Thank you, Mr. Mason. I had fun.”
    Corinne was relieved that she hadn’t forgotten her manners.
    “You’re welcome, I had fun too.”
    The smile on Ruby’s face melted Corinne’s heart. She didn’t think she’d ever seen her daughter look so happy. As she smiled up at Mason she crooked her finger and beckoned him to come down to her level. Corinne thought her heart might overflow when Mason bent down to her and she planted a kiss on his cheek. He straightened up with a big grin on his face. Apparently even broody and commanding could be melted by her daughter. Even if tall, dark, and handsome couldn’t. Oh, well. At least Ruby was winning over one Remington brother. One of the two most important ones, since Mason and Shane were the ones she’d be around the most.
    Ruby took hold of her hand as they walked back up the path. “I saw Beau.”
    “So did