Captivating Cole: A Reverse Harem Wild West Romance (Big Sky Boys Book 1) by Cheri Chaise

Author:Cheri Chaise [Chaise, Cheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Woman on the Chaise Publications
Published: 2019-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Cole

The barn reverberated with the constant bleats from the sheep as shearing continued into the third day. The ranch hands we kept on this time of year kept the flow of the flock moving from one end of the barn to the next, while my brothers and I made quick work of removing the thick winter wool fleece.

Everyone but Bret. He had a more important job to do right now to ensure Stella suffered no permanent harm from my neglect. I shuddered to think what might’ve happened to her if we’d spent one more day on that hot and dusty trail.

But he was right. Bret was always right when it came to calling me out on my behavior – no matter how much it irritated me when he did so. My focus was always on doing what was best for the ranch. Drive the cattle to market faster. Hire more hands to harvest the fields quicker. Rotate the flocks more often.

Every decision I made was to make things more efficient so the ranch remained productive. To make our lives that much better. Was it my fault my brothers failed to see that all my decisions, all my work, was for them?

Sky had understood. It wasn’t until Stella arrived that I realized how much our first wife had softened my hard edges – and how losing her had brought those edges back sharper than ever. I just wished I’d figured it out on my own instead of having my brother point it out to me.

I straightened up to stretch my back after finishing the last sheep of the day. The newly shorn critter trotted off with the rest, ten pounds lighter and with a new spring in its step from the cooler air caressing its bare skin.

I could sure use something comforting to cool the rivulets streaming down my bare chest and back. Shearing was stinky, sweaty work, but the measurable evidence of our efforts never failed to brighten the end of a long day.

Bret sauntered in from the house and handed me a canteen of cold spring water. I gulped greedily while he piled the fleece I’d just cut with the others in the empty milking stall so the hands could finish skirting it tomorrow.

He wiped his hands on his trousers then pinned me with his deep, brown eyes. “I think she’s ready.”

I swiped the back of my hand across my mouth before glancing around to make sure we were alone. Mostly. “Already?”

He nodded then picked up the blade I’d dropped on the ground without any further response.

My eyes narrowed. “You sure you’re not pushing too hard just because you want to bury your cock in her?”

“Like you don’t?”

I left that one alone. “She’s only been home five days…and bedfast most of it.” My stomach clenched all over again because I was the one at fault for that. “We need to go slow. Give her more time to get used to us…used to you most of all.”

He turned away with a deep breath and hiked his booted foot onto the stall slats.

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