Bridled and Saddled by Natalie Acres

Author:Natalie Acres
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Book/Menage
Published: 2011-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

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Lantry could’ve taken her words and ran for home right then. He was staring at an angel, a woman with internal scars, a woman who would always know fear, thanks to that son of a bitch Lee Marks. In their defining moment, he wanted to hold her, assure her that he would never allow her any harm. But he couldn’t draw her against him. He couldn’t comfort her.

To show her that side of him wouldn’t be right. And worse, if Lantry ever let himself go, allowed himself to pursue one moment with Lynlee, others would follow, intimate situations for which he wouldn’t explain, for there would be no explanation except one—

personal greed.

He caressed her hand, dragging his fingers back and forth over her wrist and arm, before he reluctantly stopped. God, what he’d give to banter back and forth, work her over with a few lines here or there to get the juices flowing. Instead, he remembered his brother.

Lynlee was his brother’s wife. Blaine had Carlisle and Rhett to worry about. He didn’t need his name added to the list.

Clearing his throat, Lantry said, “Walk me through what happened.”

Lynlee faced him. Sitting Indian-style, she picked at firm grass blades and began with, “Blaine and I had a rough day.” 76

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“I heard. You don’t have to tell me about that.”

“I don’t mind. The McCains don’t have secrets. If they do, this one will surely come out anyway, if it hasn’t already been discussed over at the shooting range.”

Lantry snickered. “Wouldn’t you like to be one of those bullets in a plastic case over there?”

“I’d probably be a target,” she teased.

When the laughter subsided, he cupped her face and said,

“Never.”

Another uncomfortable silence passed, and he released her. “Tell me what happened before I get in trouble here.” Lynlee nervously tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. “Blaine’s phone was dead, so he asked to borrow mine. He said he needed to talk to someone at the Wheeler feedlots. While he was on the phone, Rhett was texting…a lot. When Blaine disconnected the call, he read the text from Rhett. It was pretty personal.”

“Really?” Lantry asked, definitely probing.

“Rhett asked for text sex.”

Lantry snorted at that.

“Yeah, I know. Well, you’d have to understand the relationship Rhett and I have.”

“Relationship?” Lantry asked, feeling a twinge of jealousy and pissed at himself for feeling envy in the first place.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know about us. We have a history. I’m sure you’ve heard all about it.”

“A short one,” Lantry reminded her. “It’s about to get shorter, too.”

“Is that so?”

“Oh, come on now, Lynlee, I mean, look at the past you have with the McCains. We were family before you married Blaine. There’s nothing I don’t know about you.”

“You keep telling yourself that, Lantry McCain,” she whispered, patting his hand until he jerked away. He was afraid of her touch, of Bridled and Saddled

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how her fingers raking across his made him feel as if a sudden surge of electricity zipped straight through his balls.

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