Monroe, Marla - The Ranchers Take a Wife [Men of Space Station One #1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Marla Monroe

Author:Marla Monroe [Monroe, Marla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
Published: 2011-11-23T14:31:53+00:00

Chapter Eight

Cam stomped off his boots at the back door right behind Phillip. He was bone tired but happy. They’d managed to get everything harvested before the rain and snow started. They would hitch the buggies up to the trailers and pull them to town the next day. Their part for the community would be over with for a few months. Relief pooled around him like puddles of water.

As soon as he slipped out of his boots and shed his coat, Cam headed for the shower. Phillip normally showered in one of the other bathrooms while he showered in the master bath. That way they would both be down and ready for supper at the same time.

It wasn’t until they were back downstairs that either of them noticed that Lacy wasn’t in the kitchen to greet them. Something smelled great, but she wasn’t there. Cam began to get worried. Where could she be?

“Phillip?”

“I don’t know. Let’s check the garden.”

They both walked outside the back again and began calling Lacy’s name.

“I’m coming. I was just trying to be sure I got everything before you plow it under.” Lacy appeared from between the rows of pole beans now brown and dry.

“Damn, woman. You had us worried,” Cam said in a growl.

“You okay?” Phillip asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Sorry I worried you. I honestly didn’t expect you back till dusk. Did you get everything harvested?”

“Yep, it’s all in the trailers and ready for transport tomorrow. You will enjoy a trip to town,” Phillip told her.

“I have a grocery list a mile long.” She laughed.

They walked inside, and Lacy immediately began washing up. Cam watched her as she set aside the last of the vegetables she’d picked from the garden and began serving them. He couldn’t get his heart to stop racing. The thought that something might have happened to her had scared him. She was always right there when they came home.

He looked outside and sighed. She was right, though. It wasn’t dusk yet, and they had finished early. More than likely she was always out in the garden at this time of the late afternoon. He had jumped to conclusions like he always did around her. Why?

He avoided her eyes as she loaded his plate down with food. He couldn’t look in them without feeling guilty for snapping at her. He should apologize, but the words wouldn’t come. He always felt awkward around her now. It had been so long since he’d last touched her sexually. He almost couldn’t remember how good she tasted. No doubt she thought he didn’t want her anymore when the opposite was true. He wanted her with a vengeance, but truth be told, he had been too tired to do much of anything over the last few weeks except fall in bed and sleep.

Maybe he would remedy that tonight. He looked up at the same time she did. She smiled at him. He tried to smile back but froze. Instead, he picked up his empty plate and took it to the sink.

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