Play Me (Barnes Brothers Book 2) by Alison Kent

Author:Alison Kent [Kent, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction, cowboy romance, holiday romance, doctor romance, texas romance, sexy romance, steamy romance, sexy men, veterinarian romance, small town romance, alpha males, alpha hero, blue collar romance, hot and sexy, ranch romance, southern romance, hot romance, Romance
Publisher: Rocks and Ink
Published: 2017-06-14T23:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

THE CLOUDY END OF NOVEMBER rolled into December’s chilly days. Sophie continued to see Tyler on a regular basis but only at the job site. He said nothing of their conversation that last night at the cabin, so she said nothing, either. Both tacitly agreed a working relationship was no place to hash out anything personal. And so their private moments remained buried.

They talked of the everyday instead. Of the way Tyler’s eyes lit up with pleasure as the construction progressed. Like a kid with a Tinkertoy, Sophie teased him, before demanding to know why anyone would need the number of electrical outlets he had scattered around the surgery and examining rooms.

He razzed her in return, asking if she planned to file a grievance, going on to explain the requirements of the specialized equipment he’d ordered to reduce his patients’ time in the hospital so he could be back in the field where he was needed.

She asked about the progress on his house. He asked about her search for her father. When she told him that Cowboy was due for a rabies booster, he escorted them both to the clinic and on the way told her of Harley and Gardner’s new daughter, Dani.

Except when he stopped by after hours, Sophie didn’t take a lot of time to visit. After all, he was paying her salary. She owed him a full working day. But even with minutes stolen here and there, their friendship couldn’t help but blossom.

The roots of their relationship—the forced isolation, the heated kisses, the game of Scrabble—made for an intimately strong foundation. Like any formed in the midst of a disaster, she ruefully thought.

Whether their disaster was truly natural, or man-made as Sam had suggested, she felt stronger for the experience. She’d come face to face with the wolf and held fast to her convictions, suffering only a minor lapse of weakness—one tiny wish that her life had been different, so she could be different.

But she was who she was and the moment had passed.

At least she thought it had passed until Tyler started dropping by the cabin bearing gifts, leaving them on the porch for her to find in the evening after work.

The first was a box of empty shotgun shells and a carton of rock salt. The note attached said, “Better safe than sorry.” The second was a basket of ruby red grapefruit and oranges from the Rio Grande Valley. That note said, “Cholesterol is a bad thing.” The third time he left a deck of cards. He also left a note that said, “To help you kill the long lonely nights.”

She could’ve killed him for that one.

She had a lot to keep her busy at night. Just because she spent four evenings marking the cards and learning to cheat at solitaire didn’t mean she had no better way to spend her time.

By the time the building was finished, she’d reached the point of fidgeting on Rico’s truck seat during the ride home. Of burning with impatience to see if Tyler had been by.

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