For Love's Sake Only by Matthews Lena

Author:Matthews, Lena [Matthews, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Western, Multicultural & Interracial, Westerns
Amazon: B00HAZ5YU4
Goodreads: 7512084
Publisher: Loose-Id
Published: 2005-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“I’m leaving today, and I mean it, Ty,” Charlotte warned, wagging her butter-coated toast at him.

“Sure you are,” he teased. Grabbing her hand, he brought the toast to his mouth and took a bite. “That’s what you said two days ago.”

“I know, but I really mean it this time.” Like she’d meant it the other dozen times she’d said it over the last week. “I really have to get back to the office. If Nathan wasn’t so far gone himself, he’d have fired me days ago.”

Now that Nathan was relocating to Santa Estrella, Charlotte’s excuse for not going home was becoming weaker and weaker, as was her desire to return. Somewhere along the line, she had lost her taste for the hustle and bustle of city life and was fast becoming a convert to ranch life. She loved it there almost as much as she was beginning to love Ty.

“If he fires you, I’ll hire you.”

“You couldn’t afford me, cowboy.”

Ty waggled his brows teasingly. “I’m sure we could work out a payment plan.” Spurs & Mistletoe: For Love’s Sake Only

49

Giggling, Charlotte bet they could. Ty was a very, very naughty boy, and fast becoming the best mistake she’d ever made. “How much longer are you planning to hold me hostage, cowboy?”

Snorting, Ty eyed Charlotte over his coffee cup. “I loosened the cuffs this morning, didn’t I?”

“Shut up.” Zinging the remaining piece of toast at him, Charlotte bopped Ty in the head. Blushing she glanced quickly over his shoulder to see if Ida had heard anything, but if she did, the housekeeper was keeping it to herself.

“You liked it, you know you did.”

She had, but she would never admit it to him. Ty was too cocky by far. “I have no idea what you’re referring to.”

“Liar.”

“Pest,” Charlotte replied, sticking her tongue out at him.

“I can think of better things for you to do with your tongue.” His gaze was on her mouth, his stare intense and sensual.

“I bet you could.” A simple look, a single phrase, and she was becoming aroused.

“Don’t make me separate you two,” Ida threatened, as she gathered up her purse from the mudroom. “I’m off to the store. Do you need anything that isn’t on the list?” Ty looked at Charlotte and mouthed, condoms and lube, causing her to break out in another fit of laughter. They were fast running out of both, much to her embarrassment and amusement, just one more reason why Charlotte was finding it harder and harder to go home.

Sure there were reasons to go home, like her family, friends, and job, but there were even more tempting reasons here. Reasons that ensured she was smiling nonstop and coming up with every reason under the sun to stay a day or two longer.

50 Lena Matthews

“I should be back in about two hours.” Stopping by Charlotte’s chair, Ida asked with a smile, “Will you be here when I get back?”

“No.” Charlotte really needed to get going.

But before the word had left her mouth, Ty interjected with, “Yes.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.