Menage by Molly Ann Wishlade

Author:Molly Ann Wishlade [Wishlade, Molly Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474006415
Publisher: Carina
Published: 2014-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Grace carried the full basket of eggs over to the cabin. The hens were good little layers. Matt and Blake had been at the farm for just over a month and they’d taken a large box of eggs into Deadwood yesterday to sell. There wasn’t a lot of money in eggs but it was something. And everything helped.

When the men had left to go into town, she’d had to force herself to appear cheery and nonchalant but inside she’d been in turmoil. What if they didn’t return? What if they paid a visit to some whores? The image made her chest ache and a knot of jealousy tighten in her stomach.

But it could be worse. What if they came back drunk and angry? Like Jack.

She’d moped about all afternoon and early evening. Hearing their horses and the mule they’d taken to carry the produce had sent her rushing into the yard like a foolish young girl. But they had seemed just as pleased to see her as she was to see them. Blake had even brought her some red ribbons for her hair, telling her that they would match her pretty lips.

She had blushed at his words but been secretly thrilled. And overjoyed that they had returned. If they had not come back, she did not know how she would have managed. They had fallen into such an easy daily routine. Up before dawn, they shared breakfast then the men dealt with the larger animals and any repairs that were needed, while Grace collected the eggs and saw to the cleaning out of the hens.

If it was fine, they’d wrap up warm and share some bread and goat’s cheese about midday before finishing off chores through the afternoon. Grace prepared an evening meal while the cowboys washed up then they sat around and ate together sharing stories as they had that first night.

And neither Blake nor Matt had changed from when they arrived. They were still kind, sincere and polite. Still gorgeous and delightful. Still arousing Grace more and more each day as she got to know them even better.

They had become a part of the farm. A part of her life. A part she feared losing.

Done with their chores for the day, the men had retreated to the barn. They were making one hell of a racket in there and she wondered what they were up to. They had brought a few bundles back from town with them and stowed them immediately in the barn. Grace had wanted to ask about them but had been reluctant to pry.

Matt and Blake were rather happy with themselves all evening, as if sharing a secret. She had been a bit hurt at being left out but tried to reassure herself that it was probably nothing to concern herself with.

Perhaps they had seen a woman they admired in Deadwood. Maybe visited the Gem saloon…lain with a whore.

Though it should not have bothered her, it did.

It made her blood heat up and her stomach clench.

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