My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 21

“I’m glad.”

Caleb loved the sound of Audrey’s voice. It was soft and husky. And it did crazy things to his already hard cock. At this rate, he was going to have to take another shower. A cold one this time.

He cleared his throat and shifted his weight from one foot to the other. “Are you tired? Do you want to rest?”

“I’m fine.”

“I don’t want you to think you have to stay up. You were awake a long time.”

“So were you.”

Caleb shrugged. “I’ve had many years of such nights. It doesn’t bother me.”

“I can see that.” She grinned and looked up at him through her lashes. “I’m a bit envious.”

He laughed. “Don’t be. If I closed my eyes right now, I could be asleep in a second, but then I’d throw off my entire schedule. It’s better if I stay up until it’s time to go to bed. But that’s me. You don’t have to do the same.”

“You sound like you want to get me into bed.”

Caleb stilled. His arousal twitched, eager to be buried deep inside her. How in the hell would he get through the night? As it was, he had to keep distance between them. Now, with her statement, he didn’t know whether to laugh, run from the house, or launch himself over the island and drag her into his arms.

Neither said a word as they stared at each other. So many things to say went through Caleb’s head. But none of the words made it past his lips.

The shrill sound of a cell phone ringing broke the silence—and their stand-off.

“That’s me,” Audrey said.

Caleb leaned his hands on the quartz countertop and dropped his chin to his chest. “What the fuck?” he asked himself.

Normally, he was suave and so smooth, Jace and Cooper often called him “Butter” as a joke. It was like he could no longer find north.

As soon as he heard Audrey approaching, he straightened. “Everything all right?”

“Yes,” she said with surprise in her voice. “Can you believe it?”

“I can.”

She set her cell on the island and sat on a stool. “I can’t.”

He frowned at her, realizing that there was more to her thought. “But?”

“These people,” she said, waving her hands, “whoever they are. They went to extremes to poison the horses, wreck my equipment, and then set fire to the dead horse just so I wouldn’t be able to find the cure.”

Caleb leaned back against the counter behind him and crossed his arms over his chest. “You don’t think they’re finished.”

“Not by a long shot. Do you?”

“No.”

She drew in a deep breath before she released it. “It’s why none of you wanted me home alone.”

“Yeah.”

She pressed her lips together as her gaze moved to the quartz for a moment. “Do you think they’ll try to poison more horses?”

Caleb crossed one ankle over the other. “There’s a distinct possibility. That’s why Jace and Cooper are staying at the auction house on guard with the police without showing themselves.”

“But I have the antidote now. It’d be stupid for them to poison any more animals.

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