Ruining the Rancher (Masterson County Book 3) by Calle J. Brookes

Author:Calle J. Brookes [Brookes, Calle J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lost River Lit Publishing, L.L.C.
Published: 2017-10-25T18:30:00+00:00

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Levi held her until the sun peeked through the window and he heard his brother’s footsteps. Nate stuck his head in the room, then snorted when he saw Levi wrapped around the sleeping woman. “You’re just as pathetic as the other two.”

“No. I’m just as brilliant as the other two. You’re the one who can’t get two brain cells together to see what—who—is right in front of your face.” Levi didn’t want to take his hands off of her, but like it or not, he had work to do. And his girl was out; he could feel her light breath brushing against his neck. He hadn’t meant to slide into the bed with her, but it had just happened. He wouldn’t regret it. “If you were as smart as Mama always claimed, you’d have already gotten Perci to look beyond your ugly face. Instead you just snip at the poor girl all the time.”

Levi slipped from the bed, then tucked the blanket tight around Pan. She hummed in her sleep and snuggled back down into the spot he’d just left. It wasn’t a very big bed; he definitely hadn’t slept. No, he just laid there and held her.

“I’ll handle Persephone as I see fit.”

“Why do you call her that? No one else does.”

“Oh? Rather like Pandora Claire there?” Nate asked, his usual morning grumble out in full force. He stepped further into the room. “I came by to check on her—and get your sorry ass. Did you forget that Tyler was bringing back that guy from Texas with him today to see the bulls in the north barn?”

“Hell no, I didn’t forget. It’s just...” He looked back at where Pan still slept, oblivious to the two men in the room with her. “Hell, Nate, I just...hell. What’s a guy supposed to do?”

“What is it about Tylers that makes the three of you act like total fools? Did you really come in here and climb in bed with our housekeeper?”

“It wasn’t like that. Well...mostly. We...I just checked on her, she was awake and we started talking. She just fell back asleep an hour ago. And I stayed.” He didn’t know why he felt so awkward. He’d certainly had women in his bed before—sometimes in the same house as his brothers. They knew he was no saint where the opposite sex was involved. Because it was her—that’s why it mattered. He would never want anyone thinking less of her. “I’m not going to do anything to hurt her, Nate. I’m not a dog.”

“No. But she’s one of the damned Tylers. You can’t pull your usual stuff with Phoebe and Pip’s younger sister.”

“I’m not pulling anything. At least nothing Joel and Matt haven’t already pulled.”

“Shit. You’re that serious about her?”

“Yes.” With every breath he took he was growing more and more serious about that woman. “Why doesn’t anyone believe me about that?”

“Because you’ve never been serious before?” Nate just shook his head and half-snarled. Levi was used to it. His brother was Constant Cranky the First.

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