The Cowboy’s Runaway Bride (BBW Romance - Billionaire Brothers 1) Read Online Free PDF

hour.”
    “Okay.” Maddie started dusting the table again, grateful that this time she didn’t sneeze.
    “I’ll come and pick you up.”
    Her gaze flew to his. “There’s no need, Garrett. I can walk to the house.”
    “It wasn’t a question, Maddie.” There was a hint of steel in his dark brown eyes. She blinked in surprise, then nodded.
    He hoisted the vacuum into the SUV. “I’ll see you in an hour.”
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    G arrett picked her up an hour later and brought her back to the house for lunch, which consisted of salad, cold-cuts, and a loaf of fresh bread Carol had brought from town that morning. The older woman joined them for lunch, and Maddie learned that the housekeeper only came to Garrett’s one day per week and hadn’t had time to clean the cabins.
    “I’ve been telling Mr. Garrett for a while now he should be doing something with those cabins,” the older woman explained during the meal, “and now I guess he is.”
    Maddie wondered at the slight flush of red staining Garrett’s cheekbones at the comment, but before she could think any more about it, he turned the conversation to another topic.
    After lunch, Garrett accompanied her down to the cabins and helped her finish dusting the walls and furniture. An alarm beeped on his fancy-looking silver watch and he muttered something to himself. “I’ve got a conference call in fifteen minutes.” He raked a hand through his charcoal hair, leaving a smudge of dust.
    Once he’d left for the house, Maddie’s thoughts drifted. Who was Garrett Trask?  He helped her with the cleaning he'd hired her to do, had conference calls, and owned a large ranch. Maddie realized that although they slept in the same house, she knew surprisingly little about him. Except that he’d rescued her. And was sexy as heck.
    Maddie knew that some of her friends in the city would prefer a guy to be hot in bed and cold in his heart, but she wanted the complete package. She wanted a man to love her for herself, not because her father was a big-shot lawyer in Portland. She wanted a man who could stand on his own two feet, absolutely ruin her for all other men but also have regard for her thoughts and feelings.
    She smiled wryly. Maybe that man was Garrett. It was just a shame the timing was wrong.
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    M addie entered the kitchen the next morning, a smile on her face. She wore a mint-green T-shirt that Carol had bought for her and another pair of new, blue jeans. The housekeeper’s old gardening shoes were a lot more comfortable than her kitten heels, which she’d tossed in the closet. The aroma of sizzling bacon had tempted her growling stomach as soon as she’d opened her bedroom door.
    “Morning,” she said cheerfully.
    Garrett turned from the stove and grinned. “Morning. Coffee?” Before she could reply, he hit the button on the machine. Coffee hissed into a waiting cup.
    “I could have done that,” she protested, secretly pleased at his attentiveness.
    “Tomorrow,” he promised, bringing the coffee over to her. “I hope you’re hungry. Carol brought some extra eggs yesterday.”
    “Carol does the grocery shopping?” Maddie took a sip of her coffee, appreciating again that Garrett had added cream and sugar to it.
    “When I’m too busy to get to the store.” Garrett transferred a serving of bacon and eggs to a waiting plate. “But she always brings some eggs from her chickens. Apparently the hens are laying like crazy at the moment.”
    He joined her at the table, placing a plate filled with bacon and eggs in front of her. “Dig in.”
    Maddie forked up a bite of plump orange yolks and tantalizingly crispy bacon. Mmm. Her gaze flickered across the table. Garrett ate his breakfast with relish. When he caught her looking at him, he asked, “Everything okay?”
    “Mm-hmm.” She nodded and took another bite. Although she’d known Garrett less than forty-eight hours, somehow she seemed able to relax and be herself around him. Except when he looked at her that