Chapter 198: It’s a Small Ranch

“What the ever-loving hell?” Anna demanded. She stood in Angus’s cabin, fresh towels over her arm, as she watched him tap a few keys on his laptop.

“Ye’ll have tae be more specific,” Angus replied with a wry twist of his lips.

“You asked me out in front of my mother and Simone! Why did you do that?”

Looking up from the table, Angus arched a ginger eyebrow. “Because I wanted ye tae be my date for the dance?” he asked innocently.

“You know what I’m saying!” she hissed. “I didn’t want everybody to know my business.”

Angus pushed back from the table and stood. “Are ye ashamed of me?” he asked softly.

Anna felt her eyes widen. “Ashamed of you? That’s ridiculous, of course not.”

“Then why don’t ye want yer family tae know we’re together?”

“Just…” She blew out a frustrated breath. “Because!”