Page 2 of Broken Rules

He laughed, making her shiver.“It’s easy.Put your left foot on the lower board.”

Becca did as he said.His tone softened, becoming almost intimate.“Now stand up and throw your right leg over the top.”

“Isn’t there another way?”Her throat tightened as she looked around for a gate.

“This is much more fun.”He moved closer to the fence.His woodsy scent mixed with pure masculine heat.“I’ll help you.”

Swallowing at his nearness, she pulled herself up and threw her leg over.She squealed when his hands closed around her waist, and her fingers dug into his shoulders as he lifted her over the fence.

“There.Wasn’t that better than walking around?”He set her on her feet, amusement in his voice.

She tilted her head back and gazed into his twinkling blue eyes.When he chuckled, her body went on high alert.

She knew that laugh!Tyler Carson.The bad boy of Jackson High and her college lover.

Her knees weakened and her heart pounded.

Oh my God.This was the last thing she expected.Although they’d parted on good terms, she hadn’t seen Tyler in years… and he still looked good.She kept her gaze on his face.Was he as surprised to see her as she was to see him?She couldn’t tell.

Becca caught herself before she checked her hair.Tyler had seen her tousled after making love to her for half the night.And while that was years ago, she didn’t think she’d changed that much.

I wonder if he’s still single.Tension coiled in her gut.That didn’t matter because she wasn’t here to start a new relationship.She didn’t need the heartbreak.But the memory of his touch called out to her, and she wanted to answer that call.How would she survive a week with him around if her body was already out of control with just a look and a touch?

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Tyler Carson couldn’t prevent the grin spreading across his face.He was aware new guests were arriving at Quick Silver Ranch today but seeing Becca was a surprise.

A pleasant one.He had just lifted the woman he should have never let go over the fence and back into his life.

He hadn’t seen her since he left San Francisco for Humboldt State.Several inches shorter than his own six-foot three frame, Becca still packed a punch to his libido.When he lifted her over the fence, she weighed next to nothing.The average newborn filly weighed more than she did.

It wasn’t as if he hadn’t been alerted to her presence when she walked into the paddock.Leaves and branches had crunched under her shoes.He’d been surprised since most guests didn’t venture out to the stables to go for a ride, at least not until the second or third day of their stay.

He was still holding her waist when he caught the scent of jasmine and his cock hardened.The reaction caught him off guard, and he knew he needed to let her go before he did something foolish.

Like carry her into the stable, throw her into a freshly bedded stall, and thrust himself deep into her pussy.

He remembered how good that felt, even after all this time.

Behave.

Then it smacked him like taking a hoof to the groin: Becca was a guest, and that meant she was off limits.Besides, this was a ranch for couples—no one came solo.

Fighting his instincts, he released her and stepped back.“It’s been a long time, Becca.”

Too long.

“Good to see you again, Tyler.”She ran a hand over her hips, and he took note of the business suit, sans jacket, she was wearing.

“Youdoremember me.”That pleased him in ways he couldn’t name.He sauntered to Rose as if he didn’t have a care in the world, even though he wanted to remove the hairpins holding Becca’s light brown hair and watch it tumble around her shoulders.His lips tingled with anticipation of tasting her rosy-red mouth.

No, don’t think like that.Off limits, remember?There were rules he had to obey.

“How could I forget the bad boy of Jackson High, the captain and quarterback of the championship San Francisco State football team?”

Not to mention we were lovers.Everything else she said was true, but she left out their college romance.

Then again, since the ranch was for couples,I wonder if her guy even knows about me?Maybe she doesn’t want him to know.

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