Chapter Eighteen
Jarrod stormed out of the diner after Lexi. “Lexi, wait,” he called after her, but she’d disappeared. Where in the hell had she gone? He couldn’t believe that everything had turned into a s**t show in there. He should have known better than to let himself get involved in a family dispute when Marshall had mentioned that his sisters had other plans for the land. But now that he was in it, he was in it to win it. Damn the consequences.
He’d terminated his contract with Taggart Foods as soon as he’d discovered the conflict of interest, but he still thought developing the land was a great deal for Prairie. They were talking three-hundred jobs. That was a lot for a town of five-thousand on a good day. He could do more good as mayor, working with the city council to bring in m
