The Christmas Challenge by Sinclair Jayne

Author:Sinclair Jayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2016-10-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Tucker was quiet on the ride back. Curled up in the seat of his Jeep. He let her be. Instead watched the moon low on the horizon sail another inch higher in the dark sky. He was starting to know the highway. Get comfortable. Not have to slow down so early for the turn off. He didn’t know what to do or what to say to Tucker to make it better. And he wanted to make her feel better. He wanted to make himself feel better.

Laird drove all the way to the horse arena instead of stopping in the usual ranch parking places. He stopped the Jeep. Turned off the lights. Fiddled with his key chain. Did she want to be alone? Did she want company? She didn’t move, and he wondered if she’d fallen asleep, drained after her emotional outburst.

He got out of the Jeep and, as she didn’t follow, he went around and opened her door. Her green eyes swam with tears.

“Sorry,” she said.

“What for?”

“For ruining the night. For making you leave early when you were having fun, for making a scene when I’d promised not to.”

He leaned into the car and rested his forehead against hers.

“First, you never have to apologize to me about your feelings; and second that was a weak scene so it doesn’t even count.”

“I just got so mad,” Tucker allowed him to pull her out of the Jeep. She stood in front of him, looking a little sheepish. “Tanner gets just as bottled up as Daddy does. I hope Luke is prepared for that.”

“That’s their deal, not yours,” Laird said. “And it’s okay to admit you’re hurt, Tucker. Tanner’s been shutting you out the entire two weeks I’ve been here. And now you are both losing your home. Not just a house, but your ranch. Your way of life. Your security and history.”

“I was counting on you to try to make me feel better, not rub it in,” Tucker said ruefully.

Despite all the dark emotions swirling around inside him tonight, Laird laughed. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against his body. Of course he reacted to her nearness immediately. Hopefully she couldn’t tell with her coat on and his coat on. Tucker sighed and nestled closer.

He tilted her chin up so he could see her.

“Before we go inside,” he said softly. “I need to do this.”

He lowered his mouth and kissed her plump, parted lips. Immediately the kiss went from sweet to desperate, as he lost himself in her soft, welcoming warmth and rising passion.

“Laird,” she whispered, and he took that as an invitation to plunder her mouth, tongues meshing, teasing. His hands swooped under her jacket so he could better explore her curves and meld her to his body.

And now there was no hiding his erection, and he really didn’t want to. He was tired of pretending. Pretending to her that he thought of her as a friend when she was becoming so much more. Pretending to her sister that they were lovers when they weren’t.

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