Chapter 12

Ian sat in the rocker and sipped his coffee while he watched Angel busy herself in the kitchen area of the main room of his little house making biscuits.  The weather was warming up outside enough that a fire in the fireplace wasn’t warranted, but it was the only means of cooking until he purchased another stove.  Even though the fireplace worked surprisingly well for cooking, practicality told him to stick with his plans of purchasing a small stove.  Angel might be fine with the heat of the stove on nice days, but that didn’t mean that whoever finally settled in as his housekeeper would.  Even though his main meals would be in the mess house, there would be times when he’d want something cooked in his house and he had to consider the comfort of his staff.  He’d moved the chair close to the open window and was enjoying the crisp, late spring breeze coming off the mountain.

The more time he spent with Angel, the closer he felt t