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as a chief winemaker instead of an assistant.
    If only Kyle had taken an interest in the vines when he’d first purchased the property. Or her father had talked to him about putting the extra acreage to good use, planting more vines so she had more grapes to work with. If she could prove to Kyle it would be worth his while, would he be open to increasing his stock?
    She was getting too excited and too far ahead of herself. The man had only agreed to let her stay at his house under duress. She knew if it weren’t for her work on the vines, he would’ve kicked her out. Why was a man as sexy and good looking as Kyle alone on Christmas? Where was his family?
    “Ugh, stop it. It’s none of your business,” she said out loud, hoping by voicing it, she’d stop obsessing about it.
    As if the universe were answering her wish, the house telephone started to ring. Before Kyle arrived she wouldn’t have had a problem answering it. Now that he was around should she still answer the call? She could take a message—that wouldn’t be overstepping her boundaries, would it?
    Not giving herself any more time to dwell on the right and wrong of it all, she picked up the phone.
    “Hello, this is Jordan.”
    “Hi, Jordan, it’s Shey. Kyle around?”
    Jordan choked back a laugh. The universe really enjoyed playing with her. “Hey, Shey. No, Kyle’s at the beach and I’m not sure when he’ll be back.”
    Silence stretched across the line and Jordan wondered if their connection had been severed. “Shey, are you still here?”
    “Oh yes, sorry. Umm, how was Kyle when he left?”
    “He seemed okay. Although he’s not happy that I’m living in his house or even still on the property. Why didn’t you tell me that my dad had to vacate the property? Why wasn’t it in my contract like it apparently is in Dad’s?” Jordan fired the questions off, hoping to finally get some answers.
    “Well, umm,” Shey paused and a throat clearing sounded down the line. Jordan had a bad feeling about what was coming next.
    “Look,” Shey started again. “I deliberately didn’t put that in your contract.”
    “What?” Jordan pulled the phone away from her ear, not believing what she’d just heard. “Why not? Why would you do that, Shey? Surely you’d know Kyle wouldn’t be happy about it. I’m lucky to be here, you know. He was ready to kick me out until I managed to convince him that I had no place to go and that the vines are at a crucial stage of growth and I can’t leave them unattended for that length of time.”
    Shey laughed, the sound joyful, in total contrast to the seriousness of the conversation Jordan thought they were having. “I knew you would be perfect for him. I could tell from our phone calls and the way your dad has always spoken about you.”
    Had she been transported to an alternate reality? Shey did not just intimate that she
set her up
with Kyle. No, it couldn’t be possible.
    “I don’t think I like what I’m hearing, Shey. Are you playing matchmaker? Because if you are, you’ve got the wrong girl. There is no way I’m getting involved with a man at the moment. Geez, I just broke off my engagement, for goodness’ sake.”
    “Yes, but how heartbroken are you really about it?”
    Jordan opened her mouth to rant that it was none of Shey’s business but quickly snapped it shut. Was she heartbroken about Don or just pissed off because he took the credit for her wine? If she thought about it, she had to admit she was more cut up about losing the award. However, there was absolutely no way she planned on letting Shey know how close to the truth her words were.
    “That’s not really your concern, is it?”
    “True, but listen, Jordan. Kyle has been alone for far too long. It’s time he had someone in his life.”
    Jordan laughed at the absurdity of Shey’s comments. If she Googled Kyle’s name and clicked on the images tab, pages of pictures of Kyle with various women would fill her screen. “Clearly, you