Miner's Wife [Wives Tales 01] - Lara Santiago by Unknown

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Language: eng
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Chapter Eight

"Why are you so stubborn and bull headed? You aren't giving me a fair shot!” Hannah railed when Brutal dared suggest they concede defeat at the cross section after only a few hours.

"I told you this was a waste of time in the first place. I gave you four hours. Now, I need to go down to where there is actually some ore to mine,” Brutal retorted.

Last night, he'd been willing to give her a day or two, but the more time they spent not finding anything here, the more antsy he became to get back to his regular site.

"But—"

"No, we're done.” Brutal dropped his pick ax and turned his back on her. He had merely stopped to let her see for herself that the crosscut cave was a monumental waste of time. Only Hannah wasn't convinced. In fact, she saw possibilities everywhere. She yammered non-stop for the first hour about the cross section having the perfect conditions for a large deposit of Thorium-Z.

"What would it take to convince you to mine here for three days?"

"Three days! Nothing short of a gun to my head will convince me. Now, let's get going. I can still get twelve hours down at the other site.” He took a step towards the mouth of the cross section.

"Brutal, please,” Hannah said in a small, anguished voice.

Something in that tormented tone stopped him dead. She was serious. Hannah wanted to do a full excavation of the cross section. It would take a minimum of three days to fully explore it. Five days would be more realistic if he believed, as she did, that it contained a big deposit ... and yet, he didn't.

Brutal turned back to face her. “Would you be willing to sign on for an additional year with me?” He didn't know what possessed him to ask her for an additional year at that particular moment. Probably because he figured she'd never go for it, and he could stop this argument before it got ugly. Or because the lusty little brain below his belt had piped up.

"What?"

Her eyes widened as he spoke, “You heard me, Hannah."

"You want me to sign on for an extra year of sexual bondage to you in exchange for three days in this cave?” Her tone had turned incredulous, but he could tell she was considering it. Surely she'd never agree to his demand, he thought skeptically.

"I can be reasonable. Shall we say a week? Seven days to fully explore this cross section.” Brutal moved closer. “And in return, you sign on for an extra year with me of ... sexual bondage. What do you say?"

"I ... I...” she stammered as he stepped into her personal space, towering over her in the dim light of the cave.

"Have I finally rendered you speechless?” he mocked.

"No, but—"

"Put your money where your mouth is, Hannah. Do you believe this cross section is the mother lode or not?"

"Yes, but—"

"We can go to town right now and draw up the papers and be excavating where you stand as early as tomorrow morning,” he purred.

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