“I wish,”Madisonsaid.
“You’re not kidding?” Drewasked.
“No.”
“Oh, but there’s more,” Mack said as he slipped his arm around his pregnant mate. “Go on, honey. Tell him the restofit.”
“She’s coming tomeetyou.”
“What?” Drewyelled.
“I was bored one day so I went online and… it just happened,”shesaid.
“She basically fake-cheated on me with a woman,” Mack said with anarchedbrow.
“How can you think that this is funny?” Drewasked.
“It’s so ridiculous that it’s kind of hilarious,” Mack said. “You have to admit it’samusing.”
“Tell that to the woman coming here,” Drew said. “What exactly is this womanexpecting?”
“Well…” Madison’s voice faded. “She thinks she’s coming here to getmarried.”
“Holy shit,”Drewsaid.
“Pretty much.” Macknodded.
“Madison!”
“I just thought you might be lonely,”shesaid.
“So you went online, pretended to be me, and tricked a poor woman into coming to the ranch to marry me?” Drew asked. “I mean, I know pregnancy hormones can make women crazy, but this… this isinsane.”
“Well, now.” Mack held up a hand. “It’s bad, but it’s not a disaster. She sounds like anicegirl.”
“Who?” Drewasked.
“Sharon,”Madisonsaid.
“Have you lost your mind too?” Drew asked hisbrother.
“No. But what’s done is done. Madison tried to e-mail Sharon to tell her not to come, but she hasn’tresponded.”
“Well, you two are going to have to fix this,” Drew said. “I don’t want any partofit.”
He yanked the saddle off the rack and hauled it inside. After hanging it over another rack, he stomped back to get the rest of the equipment he’d leftoutside.
When he found Madison and Mack standing in the same spot, his chest tightened. He could only rein in his anger so long. If they didn’t leave soon, he’d tell them what he really thought about Madison’s littlerevelation.
As he snapped up the folding saddle rack, Madisonapproachedhim.
“I’m sorry, Drew,”shesaid.
He collapsed the folding saddle rack and slipped it over his shoulder. Why didn’t she understand that he was perfectly happy alone? Just because all of his brothers found mates didn’t mean he needed to find one too. And what right did she have to pick someone for him? He was perfectly capable of getting a date if he wanted one. Okay, maybe ithadbeen a while since his last date, but that was only because he didn’t feel likedating.
Madison approached him cautiously. Although his blood was boiling, he wouldn’t scream at her in her current state. She’d been having enough problems with her pregnancy without him addingtoit.
“Go away,Madison.”
