Page 90 of Wrangled Up

He locked her to him and rather than pivot in a tight circle like some guys, he maneuvered her through the bodies with skill.

She rested her head on his shoulder and breathed his clean scent, happier than she’d ever been in her life.

“Fair’s this weekend. Is Boom Boom all ready?”

Well, damn, she’d been happy a moment ago.

She nodded jerkily, trying not to stiffen at his question. He didn’t have any clue about the deal she’d struck with Darcy—or their fight in the drugstore. That one surprised her. In a town as small as Reedy, someone was sure to witness the fight and tattle.

But no, Tucker hadn’t mentioned a word to her.

He opened his mouth to say something else. Frightened that it was more about the fair and the heartbreaking idea that she wouldn’t be showing Boom Boom, Claire went on tiptoe and kissed him.

The instant their lips brushed, she forgot all about it too. He tightened his hold on her, drawing her pussy against the hard steel of his erection. She rubbed wantonly, twining tongues until she thought she’d combust.

Someone touched her shoulder. She opened her eyes as Christian tapped on Tucker’s. “I’m cuttin’ in before you end up making her come.”

Tucker’s chest rumbled with laughter. “As if you won’t.” But he relinquished her to Christian’s arms, and they swayed.

Close and slow, his thighs rubbing hers in a way that maddened her. Crazy that only a few months ago, they’d started out in love with the same man. Now they shared him, and her heart equally belonged to them.

“You look beautiful tonight,” he crooned in her ear.

She shivered. “You look pretty fine yourself, cowboy.”

A shit-eating grin spread across his handsome face. “Cowboy, eh?”

She eyed him with a smile. “Isn’t that what you’ve been playing at for months, up there on that ranch with me and Tucker?”

He dipped his head as if shy but pleased. “Yes’m. I guess I am.”

“Real cowboys eat eggs and brains.”

His grin broadened until his eyes creased at the corners. “Then I’m a real cowboy.”

She giggled at the memory of the look on his face when that bite of brains had hit his tongue. He’d been more than disgusted, but he’d chewed and swallowed just to make Letty happy.

They all wanted to make Letty happy. Briefly, she thought of her father. He’d called once in the time since his visit to the ranch, but Claire had been out and hadn’t spoken with him.I’ll call him soon. Tomorrow.

Christian held her gaze until she felt warmth radiate throughout her body. When he swooped in to claim her lips, she tilted her head and accepted him wholeheartedly. Dark need coursed in her veins. Much more of this and she wouldn’t make it to the parking lot before she was begging them to touch her, to give her release.

He probed her tongue with his then pulled away reluctantly as the song ended. His grip on her fingers indicated he planned to lead her back to Tucker, but after publicly displaying her want of both men, she thought it best to cool down.

“I’m just going to the ladies’ room.”

He nodded and gave her a heart-trilling smile. With a new lightness in her step to addto the slippery sway of her hips, she made her way to the back of The Hellion and the restrooms.

As usual, a short line of both men and women lined the hall. She plastered herself against the rough wooden wall and waited.

The line moved slowly. She didn’t dare make eye contact, though, because the moment she did—bam!

“You work at the diner,” a guy said.

Fuck. Didn’t even require the eye contact this time. Okay, what are you going to tell me that I don’t wanna hear?

She shot him a thin-lipped smile. “Yes, I do.”

“And you’re staying up at the Langley Ranch, right?”

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