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Was he completely dense? ‘I’m not going camping or hunting or fishing or wherever it is people go when they rent little things like your plane. ’
    ‘It’s not mine,’ he said politely, patting the fuselage. ‘I work for Wind River. I guess I’m working for your agency, too. And I know where you’re going . I was in New York when a buddy of mine flew your people there yesterday afternoon.’
    ‘What do you mean, you work for the agency, too?’ she asked suspiciously.
    ‘I’m the guy who’s going to be your firm’s air taxi for the next week. The location you people picked is pretty isolated.’
    ‘What were you doing in New York?’
    ‘Look,’ he said, ‘we can talk about my bio once we’re in the air. Right now, I’d like to get moving.’
    Jessica shook her head.
    ‘I’m not getting on that—that thing. ‘
    ‘You will,’ he said, ‘if you want to get to where you’re supposed to be.’
    ‘Answer the question. What were you doing in New York?’
    The cowboy, the pilot, whatever he was, rolled his eyes.
    ‘You are one stubborn woman.’
    ‘I am one determined woman. Are you going to tell me why you were there or am I going to—to report you to my boss for—for incompetency?’
    She hated what she’d said as soon as she’d said it, but the man was incredibly exasperating.
    His eyes narrowed.
    ‘I was meeting with some people on business when I got a hurry-up call from Wind River. My pal was going to be your agency’s delivery boy until somebody in your office suddenly decided they wanted a guy who was knowledgeable about Eagle Lake.’
    ‘Knowledgeable?’
    ‘Yeah, familiar with its wildlife and plants and ... why are you looking at me like that?’
    ‘Which is it?’ she asked suspiciously. ‘Did they hire you to fly a plane or identify plants?’
    His expression eased.
    ‘You don’t just want my bio, you want my CV.’
    Okay. So he knew all about corporate lingo. That didn’t make him qualified to—to fly this toy.
    ‘I want an answer.’
    ‘We’re wasting time. I’m a qualified pilot. And I know you don’t like to fly.’
    Her mouth opened and shut again.
    There was no point in denying the truth of that, not when she’d made a fool of herself in front of him less than an hour ago.
    She looked from him to the plane. What she had to make him understand was that he was trying to over-simplify things.
    ‘It’s not the flying,’ she said carefully. ‘You see, I don’t like your plane.’
    His lips twitched again.
    ‘That just about breaks my heart.’
    Jessica flushed.
    ‘It’s not a real plane,’ she said, and winced. Had she really said something so dumb?
    ‘What you mean is, it’s not big.’
    The understatement of the year , she thought.
    ‘ It is small, I agree. But it’s a good plane. It’ll get you where you have to go,’ he said reasonably. ‘To Eagle Lake.’ His jaw tightened. ‘Take it or leave it.’
    Jessica’s chin rose.
    ‘Thank you for making my choice clear,’ she said coldly. ‘I’m leaving it. I’ll rent a car.’
    ‘You can do that.’
    ‘How kind of you to agree,’ she said, even more coldly.
    ‘Only one problem.’ His smile was pure male insolence. ‘ ‘There aren’t any roads to the lake.’
    ‘ That’s impossible! This place is in the Tetons, not the mountains of the moon.’
    ‘There aren’t any roads,’ he repeated patiently. ‘Some eccentric billionaire built himself a house in the thirties and that’s the way he wanted it. The only way to get in and out is by air. How come you don’t know any of this? Don’t they tell you people what kind of assignments they’re sending you on?’
    ‘It was a last-minute thing,’ she said quickly. ‘I was busy on another job when this was set up...’ Why was she explaining herself to this man? ‘Then—then, what about a boat? If there’s a lake--’
    ‘ You up for paddling a canoe up river and over three lakes?’
    ‘But ...’
    ‘Look, lady, you need to make a