Chapter 200: Adam

Adam just stared after her, long after the door closed behind her, thinking, thinking, thinking. Dammit all, he had to stop trying to save every damsel in distress that came knocking on his door. Kylie hadn't said it, but he'd be willing to bet the farm on the fact that she was running from someone or something. Nothing else made sense.

Hell, all she'd need to be was pregnant, and then she could just be a younger version of Chloe. He could stand around and wait in the wings for nine years until baby daddy came swooping back in, and then she could run off with him, leaving Adam behind.

Again.

Well, Kylie wasn't pregnant, thank God, so at least that part of it wasn't going to happen.

And anyway, he needed to stop renting his farm out to beautiful, if poor-as-church-mice women for virtually nothing. His bank account was telling him loud and clear that another revenue stream would be greatly appreciated. So he couldn't offer the place to Kylie.

Case closed.