Cowboy Christmas (A Henley Christmas Novella) (Down Under Cowboy series) Read Online Free Page A

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    Jackson is crouched down cuddling Olive.  Her little arms are stretched as wide as they can go and her face is shoved into his chest.
    “Hey, baby,” I say, walking up to them.
    “Hey, Ace,” he smiles warmly.  Standing, he picks Olive up and cradles her on his hip.  His other arm goes wide, gesturing for me to walk in.  I wrap my arms around his waist and kiss his neck.
    “Missed you,” I murmur.
    “Missed you, too darlin’.”  He kisses my forehead and then chuckles as Olive swats him away.
    “No,” she snaps.
    “Oh, but this is my mummy,” Jackson teases.
    “No, my mummy,” Olive retorts.
    I go up on my toes and smack a loud kiss on Jackson’s cheek.
    “My daddy,” I grin at her.
    Her eyes go wide and then they narrow in anger.  “NO!” She shouts.  “ My daddy.”  She grabs Jackson’s cheeks and tries to pull him closer to her.  “My daddy,” she chants and lays wet kisses over his face.
    “Aww,” I pout, feigning hurt, but really, it warms my heart.
    Still carrying Olive, Jackson walks in and tosses his bag of dirty clothes in the laundry.
    “Want some lunch?” I ask.
    “Yeah, darlin’, that would be good.”
    I set about preparing us some lunch as Olive keeps her father entertained.
    “How was the muster?”
    “Good.  Bloody hot, though.”
    “I bet it was.  Hey, Olive, did you tell daddy you saw Santa yesterday?”
    She begins giving Jackson an exciting recap of visiting Santa yesterday, and I serve lunch.
    It’s nice to have him home, even if he was gone for only one night.

Chapter 4
    Jackson
    It’s Saturday and we’re getting ready to go over to Jeremy and Ava’s to set up their lights.  I walk outside with Olive on my hip.  Edie’s coming, she’s just fixing her hair – I messed it up when she came in wearing a sarong with a bikini underneath.  Luckily, Olive had still be asleep and I’d been able to fuck her on the washing machine.  My dick twitches at the memory and I shake my head.  I just can’t seem to get enough of my woman.
    “Ooo, bitey,” Olive says, pointing to the path.
    “Where, darlin’?  There’s no bitey’s there.”  I look around, but I can’t see anything except for a stain on the concrete. 
    Maybe she saw an ant .
    “Bitey, daddy,” she says, this time more firmly.  Her lips pout out in seriousness and her finger points to the stain.
    “Oh, that’s not a bitey, darlin’.  That’s just dirt.”
    “Oh, I forgot to tell you,” Edie says as she locks the front door.  “Olive and I got a King Brown yesterday.”  She proceeds to tell me how she mutilated the snake with shovel and hoe.
    I shake my head.  “That’s my girl,” I grin, pulling her in to me and kissing her swiftly.  I touch my tongue to her lips, causing her to sigh.
    “My daddy!” Olive grabs my face and pulls me away from Edie.  We both laugh.  “Tiss,” Olive demands, before puckering her lips.  I kiss her and hug her tight.  “Daddy loves his baby girl,” I murmur.  “Let’s go to Uncle Jez’s house.”
    “Yay! Oscar.” 
    ~*~
    Six hours later and we’ve finished decorating the outside of Jeremy and Ava’s place.  The girls have been inside putting up the tree. 
    “At least it’s a bit cooler today, bro,” Jeremy says as we walk inside.
    “Yeah, it’s a nice change from the last few days.”  I look up at the sky.  The sun is not far off from setting, but it’s still got bite to it.  The air is muggy though and as I look at the storm clouds rolling in, I know we’re going to be in for one hell of a storm in a few hours.  “Those clouds look like they’ve got some rain in them.”
    “Hope so.  It’s been that humid today, I’d be surprised if it doesn’t rain.”
    Jeremy walks straight through to the kitchen and grabs us a beer each from the fridge.  He tosses it to me and I walk over to where Edie is sitting.  She’s separating the lights for the tree.  Ava’s on the ground, ass in the air, trying