As the Cowboy Commands [Ecstasy in the Old West 2] (Siren Publishing Allure) by Robin Gideon

Author:Robin Gideon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

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“How long you been in town, mister?”

Jared looked at the woman who had spoken. She was perhaps twenty-five, but she looked a few years older than that. Her hair was golden blonde, her eyes light blue, her skin pale, her figure trim. The dress she wore was too big for her, and Jared suspected it was a hand-me-down from some other woman selling her services at the Golden Nugget. All of the women working at the Golden Nugget were quite pretty, though the profession took its toll.

“Well? Don’t you talk none? My name Gertrude, but everybody calls me Gertie.” She slid her chair a little closer to Jared’s and, beneath the round, much-scarred wooden table, placed her hand on his thigh. “You looking for some company?”

Jared finally spoke. He said, “No.”

The bluntness of his comment caused Gertie to sit a little straighter in her chair. Her hand trailed up from his thigh to his hip. The pink tip of her tongue moistened lips tinted red with rouge. It was obvious to Jared that she was contemplating her next statement to him carefully. He had no wish for either her companionship or her conversation. In front of him was a reasonably decent bottle of whiskey and a beer that was quite fresh, rather cool, and came from St. Paul, Minnesota. Several beers and the bottle of whiskey was all that Jared was looking forward to for that evening.

“Listen,” Gertie said at last, speaking just loud enough to be heard above the badly-played piano and the general din of the saloon’s crowd, “I’m not going to pretend I’m a lady, but I’d really like a drink. Would you see it clear to buying a working girl a drink?”

For the first time, Jared looked the woman directly in the eyes. “Get a glass,” he said.

Her genuine smile took years off her appearance. She was out of her chair in an instant, striding with practiced ease between chairs and patrons who tried to grope her, until she was at the bar. The bartender raised a knowing eyebrow and handed her a whiskey glass. Gertie was back beside Jared in just seconds, her glass on the table and her hand high on the inside of his thigh.

“I don’t want to be selfish,” Gertie said, “so I’ll just let you do the pouring.”

Jared pulled the cork from the bottle, filled Gertie’s glass to the rim, then set the bottle down on the table—conspicuously not returning the cork to the bottle. Gertie, sensing that this wouldn’t be her last free drink of the night from the tall, handsome stranger dressed all in black, smiled for a moment then slowly lifted her glass, careful as a surgeon to not spill so much as a single drop of the precious, amber liquid.

Jared picked up his whiskey glass, took a hefty swallow, followed that up with three swallows of beer, and then leaned back in his chair and looked out the window. The sun would be setting soon.

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