Corralled by Lorelei James

Author:Lorelei James [James, Lorelei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780451230133
Google: NiHiKl199bwC
Amazon: 0451230132
Publisher: NAL Trade
Published: 2010-08-02T23:00:00+00:00

Kyle snickered.

Lainie peeked around Hank’s shoulder. “Don’t know why you’re laughing, Kyle, because you’re not sleeping in here either.”

“What? Where the hell are we supposed to sleep?”

“Not my problem.”

Hank was so stunned by the turn of events that when Lainie put her hands on his chest and shoved him, he stumbled back.

Then she slammed the door in his face.

Unbelievable.

He lifted his hand to knock, when Kyle spoke. “Let her be.”

“Now, why would I do that?”

“Because she asked you to.” Kyle stood and stretched. “She’ll probably cool down by morning.”

“And if she’s still pissed off?”

“I guess we’ll deal with it then. Looks like you ’n’ me are bunk mates.”

“Fuckin’ awesome.”

“Sucks worse for me, Hank. I thought I’d be snuggled up to soft, sweet- smelling curves and instead I’m stuck with you.”

“Ain’t no snuggling between us, hoss. You touch me and I’m decking you.”

“Same goes,” Kyle shot back.

Hank flashed his teeth. “But at least you showered and don’t smell like the ass end of a bull.”

“Ditto, buddy.”

They undressed, Kyle down to nothing but skin. Even as a teen, Kyle had slept naked as a jaybird. After the threesomes with Lainie, it seemed prissy for Hank to ask him to put on a goddamn pair of underwear.

In the upper bunk Hank was wide- awake.

Kyle sighed. “I can hear them damn gears spinning. Whatcha thinking about so hard?”

“The EBS. If my tryout goes good, how it’d leave Abe running the ranch, mostly by himself. Especially if Celia is off running barrels.”

Kyle was quiet. Too quiet.

“What?”

“You’re a damn good bullfighter, Hank. I ain’t just sayin’ that.

But don’t give up what you’ve got to chase something that maybe ain’t worth it in the long run.”

“You don’t think bein’ in the EBS is worth it?”

“Maybe. I know if I had what you already do, I wouldn’t be chasin’ this rodeo life so damn hard.”

He’d always known Kyle wanted a place of his own in Wyoming, around their hometown and their buddies. The only way Kyle could ever scrounge up the kind of money required to put a down payment on a ranch was to keep riding bulls. So Hank already had the dream Kyle was working toward.

“Just . . . be careful. You can get sucked— or suckered— into doin’ things with the EBS you wouldn’t do otherwise. It’s easy to overlook some of the behind- the- scenes stuff when the big paychecks are rolling in.”

“Would you go back? If you switched to the EBS second- tier events and hit the top sixty again?” Hank asked.

“I don’t know. Ask me when I’ve been in the CRA for more than a couple events.”

Silence.

“So what’re we gonna do about Lainie?”

“I say we wake her up with an apology she’ll never forget.”

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