A Wedding In Wyoming

He welcomed the adrenaline rush that accompanied the thought. “I don’t have any family, so…”

“You were visiting friends,” she prompted. “Mutual friends, between you and me, as it turned out. I have a dozen married friends my family knows are always trying to set me up. That wouldn’t be so far-fetched.”

“We met, were instantly attracted to one another, and have been calling and e-mailing and seeing each other whenever possible.”

The instantly attracted part wasn’t a lie, anyway—at least on his end, Johnny thought. Jenn was beautiful, with her golden curls bobbing about her face and her blue eyes blazing with delight as the two of them solidified their story.

What man wouldn’t want to spend a little more time in her company, maybe get to know her better?

She frowned, pursing her lips together in the cutest way, like a toddler who’d been told no. “What about Scotty?” she asked with a tilt of her head that sent those curls afloat in the most enchanting way. Johnny was having trouble concentrating on her words.

“What about Scotty?” he asked belatedly.

“It seems an obvious enough problem to me. You guys have been together all month. How did our relationship slip past my brother? Wouldn’t you have said something about it—about me?”

Johnny chuckled. “For someone who studied human behavior, you sure don’t know men very well. We don’t talk a lot on the range, and when we do, it’s not about our relationships. Besides, it appears to me he’s taken to the ruse as much as anyone here. If he asks about it, we’ll handle it. Trust me.”

“I can’t believe I—we’re doing this,” Jenn said. She sounded a bit hesitant, but Johnny saw the excitement brimming in her eyes.

She had her reasons for playing this out, and he definitely had his own. It was harmless enough playacting. No one would get hurt.

Besides, he was doing her a favor.

Wasn’t he?

The fair damsel in distress, rescued by her knight in shining armor—or rather, in well-worn boots and a dusty old Stetson.

He stood and reached a hand to her. “Come on. Let’s go out and face the dragon.”

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