brides for brothers 05 - cowboy come home by christenberry judy

Author:christenberry, judy [christenberry, judy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-08T05:00:00+00:00

GRIFFIN STOOD in the twins’ room, looking down at the pair napping in their beds. He was certainly growing fond of Richard and Russell. They were great boys.

All the Randall children were wonderful. He’d never realized how rejuvenating a child’s perspective could be. However, with all of them sick, life wasn’t going to be quite so amazing the next few days.

At least Toby was still going strong.

Griffin hadn’t caught the chicken pox, either. And he had no intention of doing so. He couldn’t leave Camille on her own. She was an amazing woman. She never complained or expected to be waited on. He couldn’t imagine any woman he’d ever known volunteering to take care of six kids.

He turned and headed back downstairs. He’d start lunch while she settled the others.

Putting some leftovers on top of the stove to heat, he was surprised to be interrupted by a knock on the back door. Turning, he discovered Butch, one of the cowboys on the ranch, waiting.

“Butch, is something wrong?” he asked as he held the door open for him.

“Nope. But I heard about the chicken pox. I thought I should check on y’all. Everything all right?”

“We’re fine.”

“Camille doing all right?” Butch asked.

Oh, yeah. This was the guy who intended to ask her out. Griffin tried to pretend the tightening of his nerves was for some other reason, but he knew it was really jealousy. “Yeah, she’s fine. She’s busy with the kids, though.”

“I bet. I thought I’d offer my help this afternoon. We’re kind of caught up with the chores.”

“No I—”

“Butch!” Camille entered the kitchen. “Nice to see you. Is everything all right?” she asked as she came into the kitchen.

“Well, now, I reckon it’s a lot better since you came into the room,” the cowboy assured her, a broad smile on his handsome face. “I was just offering to help out this afternoon.”

Griffin met her questioning stare with no expression. If she wanted this cowboy lothario running around the house all day, he wasn’t going to say anything. Ha!

“That’s really sweet of you, and if we had any well ones, I’d send them out with you because they’d have such a good time.”

“What about Toby? I’ve got a couple of chores this afternoon he might enjoy. I’m going to ride out to check on a mama cow and her new baby. Should I wait till he gets home from school and take him with me?”

“Oh, Butch, that’s so thoughtful of you. I know he’s missed going out with Jake. Do you mind?”

Griff ground his teeth. He could’ve taken Toby out, if he hadn’t been busy with the babies.

“I don’t mind at all. And if you think of anything else I can do for you, you just let me know, Camille.”

To Griff’s horror, she stepped forward and kissed the cowboy on his cheek as she said thank-you.

Butch looked pleased as he left the house. And Griffin couldn’t blame him.

“What do you think you’re doing?” he demanded as soon as he was sure Butch was out of hearing range.

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