Once Upon a Rescue by Kait Nolan

Author:Kait Nolan [Nolan, Kait]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kait Nolan

Revved up with arousal, Brooke barely noticed the cold. She hadn’t quite decided how far this was going to go, but definitely further. She wanted to get her hands on him, wanted his hands on her. Wanted more kissing. Definitely more kissing. She’d forgotten how much she loved kissing, and Hayden was particularly good at it.

Inside, assorted canines offered greetings. She went stall to stall, checking on the group. There’d been no fights, no fussing. The lot of them mostly just seemed happy to be out of the worst of the cold. And then she reached the vet stall. Greta was in active labor.

The priority shift was instant. Brooke slipped inside, moving slowly lest the dog decide to snap. But Greta had bigger things on her mind. Brooke was still kneeling in the straw, checking Greta over when Hayden came back.

“She doing okay?”

“Her labor’s starting. She’s doing fine, so far.” Brooke rose to her feet and joined him at the door to the stall.

His eyes searched her face. “You worried?”

“No. Just…cautious. Mostly dogs don’t need our help, but there’s that whole fact that we can’t get to any if she does.”

“I heard somebody around here was a vet tech and actually knows stuff.”

She shot him a look at the bland tone. “Ha ha. Yeah, I can handle minor stuff. But whatever happens is going to happen, so I’ll leave her to it.”

“You should get out of those wet clothes.” There was nothing salacious in his tone as he offered up a pile of towels and clothes.

With a rueful smile, she took the pile. “Not the context where I was hoping to hear those words.”

A flash of heat crossed his face. “Not right now isn’t the same as never.”

It fascinated her how he could bank the desire and shift priorities so quickly. Always putting others first. She liked that about him. It set him apart from the long string of duds that had inspired the man diet in the first place and made Hayden, by her estimation, the perfect guy to break it with.

“No, I suppose not.” She took the pile. “We should work on a collective potty break for the pack before we bother putting on dry clothes.”

“Fair point. If there’s more snow coming, now’s as good a time as any to do it.”

“Is there more snow coming?”

“No idea. Would you mind if there was?”

“I can’t think of anybody I’d rather be snowbound with.”

“Back atcha, Blondie.”

It took almost half an hour to let everybody out. Without a proper fenced yard, they couldn’t risk letting anybody but Tim off leash. All the dogs wanted to sniff, several wanted to play, and Mulligan freaked out about the snow, which was up to his belly. By the time everybody was settled again, she was feeling the cold all the way in her bones and looking forward to chili and dry clothes.

Settling the dogs with chew bones, Brooke disappeared into the tack room to change. He’d brought her some of his own clothes—a henley and flannel shirt, some sweatpants.

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