Once Tempted by Laura Moore

Author:Laura Moore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780345536983
Publisher: Ballantine
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

I think we’ll have to. It had taken every ounce of Ward’s self-control not to jump Tess the moment she’d uttered those words. Of course he’d have to have dragged her outside first. No way would he have touched her in that room.

He was a healthy male; he’d instantly envisioned Tess and him reenacting every sexual position so graphically imprinted on the walls of the guest room. He’d come up with a dozen more ways to pleasure Tess as well, but nothing on earth would induce him to try a single one in a room marked with others’ leavings.

The effort cost him. He wasn’t sure how he got through the next several hours, but he must not have blundered too badly. He couldn’t recall anyone looking at him cross-eyed … though, truth be told, his eyesight had gone kind of hazy. Sexual anticipation blurred his vision.

To clear his head and make the hands of the clock move forward to the hour when he could legitimately find Tess and drag her off somewhere private, he took Rio out to check on the cattle in the far pasture, glad it was a Monday and that Mitch and Rick would be leading the trail rides for the few guests staying at the ranch. He wasn’t in the mood for chitchat and was pretty sure he’d bite the head off anyone who interrupted him imagining Tess naked and underneath him.

It was Quinn who reminded him that this was the day Tess was cooking her Italian dinner. Since he’d ridden Rio hard and then had to take extra time cooling the gelding down, he’d been sure he had to suffer only an hour or so more before getting Tess to himself. The realization that he’d have to share her with a room full of foodies over dinner made him growl low in his throat. He didn’t want to eat food, damn it. He wanted to taste Tess.

Quinn was used to his surlier moods, so she just lifted a brow. “Gee, I kind of thought you’d be looking forward to Tess’s special dinner. Since you went to the trouble of buying her those truly kick-ass boots I assumed you’d grown markedly more intelligent about the opposite sex.”

Ward merely shot her his most withering look and lifted his saddle off Rio’s back. The gelding’s coat was still damp so he snapped a lead rope onto Rio’s halter and began walking him down the gravel road.

Annoyingly, Quinn fell into step beside him. Though his sister wasn’t as tall as he was, she had pretty long legs, so she didn’t have to work too hard to match his stride.

“I wish I could come to dinner just for the entertainment value of watching you two try not to look at each other. It’s hysterical.”

“Don’t you have somewhere else to be right now?”

“Nope. Not until tonight. I’m taking over for Reid so he can enjoy the tastings he’s scheduled at the vineyards. I’ve got barn duty. Pete told me Bianca’s giving signs she’s ready to foal.

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