Branded (Siren Publishing LoveXtreme Special Edition) by Lexie Davis

Author:Lexie Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

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Blaine sipped his beer in front of the TV, mad as a hornet. Erin’s little tantrum was warranted to some degree, but it fucking hurt to know she thought so little of him. He punched the buttons on the remote to change the channel.

The door to her bedroom opened and a few moments later Erin came around the corner. She’d dressed in flannel pajamas that hung on her body like a bag. Blaine watched as she grabbed a laundry basket from the breakfast table and carried it to the living room to be folded. He lifted his beer to his mouth.

“You left your condoms in my room.”

He put the footrest down and sat his beer to the side. Blaine didn’t know where the guys were, but he really wanted some reprieve. Scotty was best at handling her moods. Blaine preferred to stay away.

He picked up the boxes of condoms and lube from her floor and carried them back to the living room, tossing them to the coffee table. She stared at him for a moment, before continuing with her laundry.

He couldn’t stand the tension any longer. “How can you say I don’t care about you?”

“How can you say that you do?”

“I’ve done nothing but help you since I got here.” He propped his hand on his hip. “What’s it going to fucking take?”

She sat the laundry basket aside. “I can’t handle this right now. I have enough trouble as it is trying to manage this place. I don’t know what I’m doing…”

“Then let me fucking help you!” He sat in the recliner. “We’ve known each other a long time. I’ve got money. I know how to run a ranch—this ranch—the way it should be run. You don’t, and that’s fine. Let me help you.”

She chewed on her lower lip. “So what? You’re just going to give me the money and walk away? It could take years before I can pay it back and that’s not even my biggest issue. I don’t have all the ranch hands I need. Many of them quit on me because they wanted more money—money that my father promised and didn’t deliver.”

Blaine blew out a breath. “Erin, your father didn’t promise them anything. Those men are scamming you because they know they can take advantage. I’ll give you the money. Not as a loan, but a partnership. I’ll take over running the place while you go back to sitting next to the pool looking pretty.”

For whatever reason, his words had made her mad. She grabbed the laundry basket and stomped out of the room, heading toward the hall on the first floor. Blaine closed his eyes and dropped his head back against the headrest on the chair. If he could win for losing, he’d be a lucky man.

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