Spitfire by Mari Carr

Author:Mari Carr
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

Chapter Three

Rem looked out the window of his father’s— Shit, his office, and watched Liv work with a new mare in the paddock. He’d been home a month and the realities of what it meant to run a working ranch were just now sinking in. He would never have been able to make it through the day without Liv’s guidance and he grinned as he thought about the irony of it all. His father had worked him and Jeb as hard as full-grown ranch hands when they’d been younger, pounding every bit of ranching wisdom he could spout into their heads. Liv, the tagalong, had been the only one to listen, to learn. She loved this ranch, their home.

He grinned as he remembered her lovely face this morning as she lay in his bed, her hair tousled around her on the pillow. He loved to watch her sleep.

He’d moved her into his room the day after he’d taken her virginity in the barn.

Shaking his head, he still couldn’t get over the fact that she’d never taken a lover. She was amazing and he fought back the ache in his chest that told him he didn’t deserve her.

Gazing outside, he watched Liv slowly mount the horse. She’d spent days preparing to break it, getting it used to her and the saddle so she could ride the mare.

He stood and walked to the window, forcing back his worry as the horse pranced nervously. He could see her patting the horse and speaking to it. She was a natural equestrian and sometimes he teased her about her ability to get along better with horses than people.

He shook himself for his anxiety and returned to the desk, trying to force himself to concentrate on the paperwork that had piled up since his father’s death. While Liv was a born rancher, she clearly preferred the outdoors to working inside. He worked his 31

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way through the mountain of invoices and bills while trying to decipher his father’s system of bookkeeping.

He glanced over to check on Liv’s progress just as the horse reared up. She was managing to keep her seat, just barely, but that was all Rem saw as he ran through the house toward the stable. As he approached the fence, he could see Liv leading the horse back to its stall. She smiled when she saw him standing there.

“Taking a break?” she asked.

“I saw the horse rear up. Are you all right?”

She nodded. “Damn bee stung her. How’s that for bad luck? Of all days. Going to try again tomorrow. She’s completely spooked now.”

“You didn’t fall off?” he asked, aware that his tone was terse. His body was tense from the fear that she could have been hurt.

“Fall off?” she asked, her voice filled with fake affront. “Just who the fuck do you think you’re talking to, cowboy?” She laughed as one of the ranch hands took the horse from her and she walked over to place a quick kiss on his cheek.

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