Wright's Path: an MM age gap romance by MJ Booth

Author:MJ Booth [Booth, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2024-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

~ Xander ~

Wright was doing amazing for his first week officially working. Xander hadn’t been too sure about what he would be able to do, but he was pleasantly surprised at the work he did on the fields. He and Tracy fixed up the space of yard between the main house and guest house as a bird sanctuary of sorts. The bird bath that had been abandoned for years was scrubbed and filled with fresh water daily. He’d also hung a new bird feeder and he had plans next week to plant new flowers and build some bird houses. While Xander woke up each morning to help with the horses, Wright would get dressed and spend a half hour making sure everything was filled and then made them breakfast so by the time he finished with the horses, he had a hot plate ready for him before he went on to his other tasks for the day. It was a nice routine and Xander was finding himself looking forward to their easy mornings. He made sure to be the one to prepare breakfast the mornings he didn’t have to get up with the horses. His dad had done the same with his mom, insisting they were an equal partnership. Xander also didn’t want Wright to feel like he was expecting it like his dad had.

The one thing that Xander noticed, though, was how Wright avoided the barn as much as he could. He would walk around the barn and talk to the horses in the paddock, but he avoided the tack room altogether and kept a good distance from his older brother or any of the workers if they had a rope or something similar in their hands. He’d had his consultation on Wednesday and for now, the therapist decided that they would talk twice a week. Monday before noon and Friday evenings. He used Paxton’s laptop, but Xander wanted to go into the city and get him his own. He knew he didn’t like having to ask for things, as much as Xander loved when he finally spoke up about what he wanted or needed.

“Penny for your thoughts?” Patrick asked. Xander shook his head, focusing back on the task at hand. He was charting a few details for the cattle, making notes of which of their calves were growing well and which were on the smaller end. They still had a few months before they were weaned but it was looking to be a successful birthing season. “How are my babies?”

“Cute as ever,” Xander said with a smile. The babies were cute, but he knew they’d either be raised for meat or further breeding. He couldn’t afford to get attached to them. “But I was just thinking about going into the city this weekend. Maybe meet up with a few friends I haven’t seen in a while. I want to get Wright a laptop so he doesn’t have to keep bothering Pax for hers.”

“That’s a smart idea,” Patrick said.

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