Resisting the Rancher by Kadie Scott

Author:Kadie Scott [Scott, Kadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Christmas
ISBN: 9781949068412
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rusty picked at the roast on her plate as she did her best to present a happily newly married façade to Will’s family gathered around the dinner table. The food was delicious, but she had bigger things on her mind. Like the bed in their room. One they’d shortly be sharing.

The rest of the day, Will had kept his touching and romance for when they had an audience. Otherwise, he treated her like one of the guys. Part of her relaxed at that, knowing he wasn’t getting ideas from their situation. The other contrary half of her was getting her own ideas, and arguing with the logical side about how casual she and Will should keep things.

The man stirred feelings inside her no other man had set off before. When he touched her, she warmed up, wanting to lean into him. And, every so often, she’d catch a look in his eyes that would remind her of the kisses they’d shared. Not the ones for show, but the ones in her room.

How were they going to make it months sharing a room and not end up making use of that room for more than sleeping?

“Aren’t you hungry, sweetie?” Evaline interrupted Rusty’s thoughts.

Rats. She’d been caught fantasizing about the woman’s son.

She glanced up to find all the Hills watching her. She sent them what she hoped was a convincing smile. “I’m never all that hungry after a long trip, but this roast is fantastic.”

Did the excuse sound as flimsy to them as it did to her?

“Holly’s the same way,” Evaline said.

Apparently not.

“Maybe it’s a girl thing, Mom,” Jennings piped up. “Carter never did get into anything that required a lot of travel, but all of us boys did rodeo.”

“Some still do,” Will said.

“Yeah. Like me,” Autry agreed.

Will lifted a single eyebrow. “When’s the last rodeo you did?”

“The La Colina Sheriff’s Posse this summer,” Autry tossed back.

Jennings paused in serving up more mashed potatoes and snorted. “The only thing I saw you doing was Tara Hammond under the bleachers.”

“Jennings Hill,” Evaline gasped.

“What?” Jennings said around a bite. “I wasn’t the one doing Tara Hammond under the bleachers.”

“I wasn’t doing her,” Autry mumbled. “We were only making out, Mom. I swear.”

Rusty had to bite back a smile as the twenty-six-year-old grown cowboy tried to explain his sex life to his mother in an acceptable manner.

“I don’t want to hear about you doing anything under the bleachers with a woman, even if it’s just making out,” Evaline said, her tone sharper than Rusty’d heard all day. Even Rusty would cower under her sharp eye.

“Yes, Mama,” Autry murmured. He turned a bit red.

John Hill didn’t say a word, but his stern presence at the head of the table as he watched the interaction between mother and son clearly said he’d back up his wife if asked.

Rusty waited for him to come down hard on Autry, but he said nothing. And, after a moment, all of them went back to eating and talking like nothing out of the ordinary had just happened.

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