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He unnerved me, and that didn’t happen very often.

“For some reason, he doesn’t seem to trust me,” I confided. “He keeps digging at me about why I moved to Montana. I know that he’s protective of you, but he can’t seem to understand that I’m not here for some nefarious reason. I needed a change in my life. Devon sees that as suspicious because I made a drastic move from the city to a small town in Montana, and I didn’t know anyone here when I moved.”

Hannah shrugged. “It’s a small town. Everyone is suspicious of strangers at first.”

I nodded. “I get that, but Devon is taking this to an extreme. Nobody in town looks at me like a stranger anymore. I’ve lived here for months. I’d like to think most people actually like me.”

It was a substantial change for me to move to this small town in Montana after I’d taken the job that Hannah had offered me, but I thought I’d adjusted pretty well.

I liked my job and the people here in Crystal Fork.

Yeah, things moved at a slower pace, but that was a plus for me. It was something I’d needed in my life.

“They do like you. Before long they’ll be seeing you as one of their own and trying to fix you up with every single male in town,” Hannah answered immediately. “Honestly, I don’t know why Devon is being so stubborn. Maybe his offer to teach you to ride is his way of apologizing. Take him up on the offer, Reese. Devon doesn’t offer to do anything he doesn’t want to do.”

Personally, I was sure that he had a motive behind that offer, but I didn’t want to offend Hannah by telling her what I really thought.

I also didn’t really want to admit just how uncomfortable I was in Devon’s presence.

While his older brothers Kaleb and Tanner were friendly and outgoing, Devon was…different.

He held his cards close to his chest, and he was extremely hard to read.

His dark, intriguing eyes seemed like they could see right through me, but I just couldn’t judge what emotions were in their depths.

He was sarcastic and annoying.

Unfortunately, the man also intrigued me just a little. If everything Hannah said was true, I had to wonder what had made Devon so different from his older brothers.

Also, unfortunate was the fact that he was stupidly attractive.

He was the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome, wrapped up in a very mysterious package.

“Please,” Hannah pleaded. “Just go this once and see how it goes. I think you’ll have fun, and something tells me you need a little fun in your life. You don’t really get out much, Reese, and that worries me. Maybe I’m a little afraid that you might be regretting your decision to come here to Crystal Fork.”

I shook my head. “I don’t. I guess I’m just more of a homebody.”

Hannah raised a brow. “Really? You live in the same small apartment building I lived in before Tanner and I got back together. There’s not much to do in those tiny apartments.”

What in the hell could I say to that comment?

Honestly, I’d always liked keeping busy and doing new things, but I had my reasons for wanting to keep to myself these days when I wasn’t working.

Unfortunately, as close as I’d gotten to Hannah, that wasn’t something I could exactly explain to her right now.

“I like my apartment,” I protested. “It’s not like Ineverget out. I go to The Mug And Jug, and I frequent your mom’s donut shop way too often.”

“You’ve never been to Billings, and I invite you to come every time I go with Lauren and Anna,” she reminded me. “In fact, I don’t think you’ve left Crystal Fork since you moved here so you can see more of Montana.”

I hadn’t.

Maybe that did seem odd since I’d never been to Montana before I moved here for this job.

Normally, I would be curious to visit different places, but my life was far from normal at the moment.

“The weather sucks,” I muttered as a pretty weak excuse, wondering how I could get off this particular topic. Maybe if I agreed to let Devon teach me to ride, Hannah would stop badgering me about getting out more.

“It’s spring now,” she cajoled.