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it out loud.
    Or judging her for it.
    “You seem a lot more laidback, Bon. A lot happier,” Harmony said.
    “That’s all Jesse,” Bonnie said warmly, looking out at the beautiful land in front of them. “He helped me bring everything out to the surface, and after that, I could calm down for real. Not that he doesn’t still get me riled up sometimes.” She grinned.
    Harmony laughed, deep and throaty, and put the rest of her sandwich in her mouth. “Damn, the food out here is great. I’m going to miss it when I go back to New York.”
    Bonnie went quiet at that for a moment. “So how’s the singing going?”
    “Good,” Harmony said, oblivious to her friend’s discomfort. “I mean, you know, the usual. Gonna break out any day!” She laughed to herself. “Not.”
    “You know, you can have a beautiful gift even if you never make an album,” Bonnie said.
    “I know.” Harmony agreed. “But that’s what I’ve wanted. It doesn’t even have to do well. But my mom always wanted to see one. Even a demo would be fine. If someone would just give me a chance.”
    “You could make one yourself,” Bonnie suggested.
    “Right, because I have the money for studio time.” Harmony looked out in the distance wearily. “Honestly, Bon, for the first time, I’m just not feeling into it all. I lost my agent, and the restaurant stuff isn’t going anywhere. I just feel… lost.”
    Bonnie threw an arm around her friend. “Well, this is a great place to be when you’re lost. And Ruby and I are here for you. We miss you. If Maverick wasn’t such a renegade, we’d want you to just be with him and stay out here with us. It’s beautiful.”
    “And what would I do out here?” Harmony asked. “Sit in the cabin all day?”
    “You could try doing trail rides with Mav. Or you could work at the lodge. Or do booking. Or help with financials. Lots of things to do around here.”
    “But not singing,” Harmony said.
    “Yeah,” Bonnie said. “But you could sing for us. We always like hearing it.”
    Harmony grinned. “Anytime, girl.”
    Bonnie sighed as she finished her sandwich. “I think Ruby went into town with Shane this morning to pick up some stuff for the ranch. You want to go on a hike or a ride or something?”
    “Girl, you know I don’t know anything about horses,” Harmony said with a snort. “Yeah, right.”
    “Maverick could show you,” Bonnie suggested. “He’s the horse guy around here.”
    “Makes sense, since he could be one of them,” Harmony grumbled.
    “What was that?” Bonnie asked innocently.
    “Nothing,” Harmony muttered, standing and stretching, happy and clean and full of food. And well sexed. Things could be worse.
    She heard a truck approaching and looked around the corner to see who was coming.
    “That’s probably Jesse. He went down the canyon to pick up some guests. Big New Yorker guys, from what I hear.”
    “Oh?” Harmony asked, her ears perking. That sounded like just what she needed to distract herself from the mountain man bent on ruining her life.
    The truck stopped and Jesse got out to open the cab door for two other men. Both tall, handsome, and leanly muscled in the way that was popular for businessmen.
    Enough to look fit but not beastly.
    Somehow, she liked the bulgy look of Maverick better.
    Jesse strode ahead of them, blond hair whipping around his face as he ran to Bonnie and pulled her into his arms, lifting her into the air as she giggled and hugging her before putting her down and facing the other men with his arms around her.
    “Arnold, Richie, this is my mate, um, fiancé, Bonnie.” He nodded to Harmony, who was standing next to them. “And that’s Harmony Smith. She’s here visiting from New York as well. Friends with Bonnie.”
    The two men gave Bonnie a quick look and seemed to quickly realize she wasn’t available, then turned their eyes on Harmony.
    They looked like typical slick city guys. Wearing fitted khakis with a sweater over a white