Capturing Our Lady's Heart [Commando Cowboys and Renegade Texans Unite 1] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Polyromance) Read Online Free Page A

fireplace at one end.
    To the left were two full-length windows. The walls had been painted a very pale silvery blue. He liked the brightness it created.
    As he walked through, he realized they had captured his personality. His study walls were a golden-brown wood and on the floor was a brilliant red-and-gold rug. Apparently some of his furnishings had arrived.
    Lann took the stairs two at a time. At the end of the hall was his massive master’s suite. He had a king-sized bedroom set coming and chairs to go in front of the smaller corner fireplace. In here the colors went from light to a darker green.
    The master bath had a jetted tub and a shower big enough for three with four jets set around the tiled enclosure.
    It was time to check the bunkhouse and get his men settled. He heard the trucks arriving to bring them here. He’d check the rest of the house another day. What he’d seen pleased him.
    His men stood in the open area between the house and the bunkhouse, down the hill. “What do you think?” he asked his foreman, Josh Wybert.
    “I like the lay of the land. It’s going to be a good beginning. I see you got the bunkhouse fixed up for us.”
    “Yes. Take the men down and get settled. Tomorrow, the cattle will be arriving, and you’ll all be busy.”
    “Are you going to build a firehouse like they have at the other ranch?” Trent Noble, one of the two firemen who’d come with him, asked.
    “You can’t see it from here. That rolling hill is in the way.” Lann pointed west. “I’ve had a small place built. It can grow with us. But it also has quarters upstairs with a kitchen and all. You two can start bunking there tonight. We’ve had water pipes put in to cover the places where they’re most needed. And I’ve ordered a truck that carries water.
    “Great.” Trent beamed and looked across at the other fireman, Broderick Raleigh.
    “Take one of the trucks and go find it.” Lann watched as they hurried off and were soon driving west.
    “You got more done than I expected,” Josh said.
    “I’ve been in touch with the contractor. And money does put a move on things. I’m heading back to Bern’s. I’ll be there if you need me. My furniture should be here in the next day or two.”
    “We’ll be fine. See you tomorrow.”
    “I’ll be late getting here. I have a nine-o’clock appointment, but I’ll drive this way as soon as it’s over.” Lann waved, got in the truck Bern had loaned him, and drove off.
    Tomorrow, he’d make an offer for the Meades ranch. He wondered what reaction he’d get from the brother and sister. His body heated at the thought of seeing Bliss again.
     
    * * * *
     
    Bliss got the children all off to school. Buddy and Mark rode the school bus, and a neighbor, whose son was in Clara’s prekindergarten class, picked up Clara.
    She started upstairs to dress and decided to eat her breakfast of cereal and toast first and drink a cup of coffee. Alan would be out working on the ranch by now. It was almost nine o’clock. Bliss preferred to face her brother after she’d been to town and taken care of her business.
    It didn’t take long to eat. She rinsed her bowl and cup and put them in the dishwasher. Buying it had taken some of her money. Alan thought having conveniences were a waste of his.
    “You aren’t dressed yet?” Alan’s voice startled her.
    “What are you doing coming in from your ranch work so early?”
    “I have an appointment. I’d prefer you go upstairs until you’re presentable.”
    “I fully intend to. I hope you don’t mind if I had some breakfast.”
    He frowned when she turned to face him. “Put makeup on your cheek. I didn’t mean to hit you, and I’d rather no one thinks I’m beating you up.”
    “But you did hit me. I won’t allow that to happen again.”
    “You slapped me earlier.”
    “I was wrong, but you called me a bitch and in front of the children. Plus, I didn’t bruise you.”
    Alan started to say something and a knock on the