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In between, she would tend to Cruz’s garden, and she just had a complete and total break. There were times she would check her cell phone to see if she had a call from Mr. Moseley, but as yet nothing. She hadn’t seen her mother. She hadn’t seen the town. And it was a welcome relief.

But, she did miss her sewing room and her shop.

By Saturday, she looked up to find Cruz standing in the kitchen doorway. She’d already served breakfast, and Kate had told Cruz she wanted to stay around the house today.

“What are you doing back?” she asked, wiping her hands on a towel. She’d already frosted up two chocolate cakes, so each of his workers could take a deliciously large slice.

“I have something I wanted to show you,” Cruz said.

“You do?” Kate asked.

“It’s kind of a surprise, but you’re going to have to trust me.”

“This sounds curious. When did you have time to surprise me?” Kate asked, frowning. “I have been with you every step of the way.”

“I have my moments, and you have friends who are more than willing to help.”

“Cruz?”

“Kate, do you trust me?”

She noticed he kept asking her this. “Yes, you know I do.”

He took her hands. “I want you to close your eyes, and no peeking.”

She closed her eyes, and he took her hands. They started to move forward, step by step, and she was a little nervous, but she did one hundred percent trust him.

They made their way up some flight of steps, and then advanced until she knew they made it to the top floor. Only, they didn’t turn toward his bedroom, but took a right. He opened a door, and then she was helped inside.

He stopped her from moving and stepped behind her. His lips brushed across her ear. “Open your eyes.”

She did so and looked around her in a little shock, as she saw her sewing room recreated, but now in his ranch.

“Cruz?”

“I knew you were missing your sewing machine. You love helping me out, but you need your own space, and I want you to have it. I want you to enjoy your time here.”

“How did you do this?”

“I stole your key, and then I got Tillie’s help, as well as Jaxson’s. They wanted you to be happy. Tillie also wants to know when you’re going to open the shop, because she needs some fabric.”

Kate laughed. She knew the orders were mounting, and it was going to take her a long time to get through them all.

“This is incredible,” Kate said, spinning around toward him. It was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for her. She looked at Cruz, and it was on the tip of her tongue to tell him she loved him, but she stopped herself. She was not going to tell him she loved him. That would scare him, and he’d just given her this room.

“What?” Cruz said.

“You’re amazing,” she said. “Thank you. Thank you so much.”

She went onto her tiptoes and kissed him, sinking her arms around the back of his neck and pressing her body against him, not wanting to let go.

He grabbed her ass, pulled her in close, and she just melted against him. She loved it when he held her like that, and as he did, she didn’t want him to ever let her go.

“You drive me crazy,” he said.

She whimpered. “This feels so good.”

Kate opened her eyes and she pulled away, but only to reach for the belt of his jeans. She tugged at it, easing it open, and then she pulled it completely free from his jeans and allowed it to fall to the floor.