Muscle for Hire by Couper Lexxie

Author:Couper, Lexxie [Couper, Lexxie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2013-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Saving Chris from a horny kangaroo was probably the most surreal thing Aslin had ever done. Thank God, the media had departed by the time the marsupial decided the man scratching its fur was its type, locked its front legs around his hips and began to mount him.

Aslin had never seen so many frantic, embarrassed zoo staff run so quickly to save the shocked American actor. Nor had he heard Rowan laugh with such unabashed mirth. She stood to the side of the enclosure, arms wrapped around her belly, tears streaming down her cheeks as Chris yelped in surprise. The kangaroo keepers battled the determined animal and the zoo manager barked horrified commands.

It wasn’t until the kangaroo levered back onto its thick, powerful tail in an attempt to reposition Chris, that Aslin realized the staff weren’t having much luck controlling the situation.

In three strides, he crossed the lush grass, elbowed his way between the roo’s chest and the actor and—with a shove he knew wasn’t gentle—dislodged the rather unfortunate embrace.

“Holy shit.” Chris stumbled sideways, his face an incredulous grin. “That’s taking my animal magnetism to a whole different level.”

From the sidelines, Rowan’s laughter grew louder.

“I’m so sorry, Mr. Huntley.” The zoo manager wrung his hands together, disbelief turning the apology to a strangled squeak. “I don’t understand—”

Chris laughed, holding up a hand to the mortified man. “Nah, it’s okay. I’m good.”

“That’s what the kangaroo was thinking as well,” Rowan called.

Aslin turned and gave her a look, fighting his own laugh. The roo keepers were standing beside Rowan, holding the animal by a leash as she and Tilly petted its muscled back. Whatever had aroused its interest in Chris had seemingly passed and the animal was now happy to munch on the grass under its paws without any interest in the humans around it.

Ten minutes later, with Tilly clutching an almost life-size kangaroo soft toy—a gift from the zoo to Chris—they made their way to the harbour jetty and climbed aboard the luxurious motor yacht arranged by the studio.

“Well—” the actor smirked, lounging on the cockpit’s leather bench seat, “—that was one for the books. Thank God your paparazzi friend wasn’t there to capture it all, Rowan, or my reputation would be in serious danger.”

Beside Aslin, Rowan snorted. “You know, squirt, there’s a part of me that kinda wishes that had happened.”

Chris grinned. “Ah, shut up, sis. Or I’ll tell everyone on set what happened yesterday.”

Tilly lifted her face from the side of the plush kangaroo. “What happened yesterday?”

Rowan glared at her brother. “Nothing.”

Aslin forced his grin to stay away. He couldn’t however, stop his groin stirring. Even the thoroughly embarrassing arrival of Chris at his trailer and Rowan’s subsequent backward tumble through the door couldn’t taint the memory of making love to her for the first time. It was too potent. That they’d spent the night together only added to the powerful response in his body.

They’d travelled back to Aslin’s hotel room after filming finished for the day, hung

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