One Wild Texas Night by Sara Orwig

Author:Sara Orwig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-06-11T12:51:52+00:00

Eight

The box was stirring up memories of Claire’s ornery brothers and the things they had done. Jake couldn’t keep from experiencing a low-burning anger. She had been so absolutely certain her brothers and her dad wouldn’t stoop to taking that box from his family, but that’s just what they had done.

As she knelt to unlock the box, he watched her jeans pull tautly over her trim butt. Her long legs were folded under her and that thick red braid hung to her waist, once again making him wonder what she would look like if all that red hair was combed out.

Even in his anger, desire still burned hot and strong. He didn’t want to feel desire. This morning, dealing with that box, he didn’t want to be tied in knots wanting her, but he was. She had always been his enemy, her clan the cause of the feud. She was stubborn and with an annoying family of a rotten dad and two rotten brothers. The younger brother, Laird, wasn’t that bad. Even so, Claire still could melt Jake with a look or set him on fire with a touch.

He wanted her in his arms right now. He wanted to peel her out of those tight jeans that covered what might be the sexiest legs in Texas. Then he wanted to caress and shower kisses on them. He wanted them wrapped around him while he made love with her.

“Well, here goes,” she said, giving him one more fleeting glance.

He was so lost in thoughts of making love with her while she had her long, long legs wrapped around him that he had almost forgotten the metal box.

And then she opened the lid and let it fall back away from her with a clang while they looked at a box filled with papers. To his disappointment, he didn’t see any weapons of any sort. He didn’t see any money. Just a mess of papers. He stepped closer and leaned down to look at old bank statements, old tax returns, faded letters and lists of horses that had been bought and sold.

“Well, there,” she said, turning to look at him as she stood and placed her hands on her hips.

Annoyed, he took a step forward, reached down and scooped up an armload of papers. Beneath all the mess of papers, in the area he had uncovered, was a long Winchester rifle.

Claire stared down at the weapon. “Oh my word,” she exclaimed, her cheeks flushing suddenly. “Jake, I apologize. This must have belonged to your dad, and my brothers...they took it. My dad had to have known where they got it.”

It didn’t make sense. He should be angry, but he didn’t care about the box now or the old weapons. He had proved his point. Now he just wanted his arms around her, to pull her close and kiss her endlessly.

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