Ties of Fate: A Contract with the Cowboy

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ook the dinner dishes to the kitchen. She looked around

stepped on earlier, now lying down and sleeping, completely relaxed. The little animal

troked the sleeping feline, she felt a great tenderness for the little feline. The house,

every detail: the curtains that looked old and t

Jack came back into the room. He stopped in the doo

'll always be by your side." She looked at him with her big eyes. For a moment, he thought she liked the comment. Charlotte didn't know why, but she felt that all the nightmare she had lived since meeting her father seemed to be dissipating. She honestly thought her father's friend was an ogre like him, but it seemed she was wrong. So far, he had been polite and sweet. Everything her father had said about him seemed to be a lie. Jack and Charlotte remained silent for a few moments. The cat continued to sleep peacefully between them. Jack finally broke the silence. "Tomorrow, I'd like to show

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ttled in for bed, reflecting on the day and the changes that were happening i

looked even older than the one from the day before. When the foreman returned, he told her that Clayton had

he had noticed this earlier, he would have taken Charlotte shopping. But today, he couldn't let that go. He

m that time. Her father locked her inside the house and only kept her from going hungry because he was afraid that her body would become thin and without curves, making it impossible to exchange for m

k asked, noticing that she had

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ck, but he knew there would be other opportunities. He pointed out and showed her the vast fields, the grazing animals, and the crystal-clea

to fall in love not only with the place, but also wi

uck at a high point, from where she could see a good part of

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her eyes shining

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at him curiously. "Leave? Where?" Jack smiled mysteriously. "Let's go to the city. I think you'll like it." She nodded, feeling curious, as