The Rancher's Secret Son

Автор

Betsy St. Amant

Год написания книги

2018

<< 1 ... 6 7 8 9 10

На страницу:

Перейти

10 из 10

Настройки чтения

Размер шрифта

Высота строк

Поля

But she knew how to handle this.

Her heavy footsteps brought all three girls’ heads up. Stacy, where she perched on the edge of her bed changing her shoes; Tonya, where she examined her complexion in the room’s only full-length mirror; and Katie, who rummaged through her top dresser drawer.

Emma took advantage of their surprise and squared her shoulders. “Here’s how it’s going to be.” She lifted her chin and crossed her arms, purposefully coming across defensive in her body language. First step, lay down the rules. Set the standard. “I’m in charge here, whether you girls like it or not, and whether you think I deserve to be or not. That’s not your decision to make, it’s Max’s. And it’s been made.”

She drew a breath, maintaining eye contact with them all, especially Stacy, whom she had the farthest to go to reach. Second step, initiate heart. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Personally, I’d like to have fun with you girls. I’m not here to braid hair and paint fingernails and be your best friend. But I really don’t want to be a dictator, either.”

Вы ознакомились с фрагментом книги.
Приобретайте полный текст книги у нашего партнера:

Полная версия книги

5843 форматов

<< 1 ... 6 7 8 9 10

На страницу:

Перейти

10 из 10