Forever's Affection (Forever In Luck Series Book 3) Read Online Free

Topaz, tail thumping, tongue lolling.
    Stepping
closer, his dad put his hand up. Hopping off her horse, she removed her leather
work gloves and took his hand, shaking it. Well it was official, those were
chaps, and she was definitely wearing spurs. They made an interesting jingling
sound when she jumped down. That ought to be a crime, Kris thought to himself,
figuring he’d never get another wink of sleep for the visions that were sure to
be dancing through his head all night long.
    “Where
you hail from?” his dad asked politely.
    “Wyoming, just south of the Montana
border near Sheridan.”
    His
dad nodded. “What’s your business?”
    Her
tongue grazed the seam of her lips and she smiled a succulent smile. Answering
with a gleam in her eye, she said, “Horses.”
    “Seems
like it would be horses and cattle, the way you moved this bunch,” Nik interjected
with a flirty grin.
    Kris
was going to kick his ass.
    Widening
her stance and putting her hands in her back pockets, she looked Nik straight
in the eye, hers having lost their glimmer. She was having none of him. Oh boy,
Kris swallowed hard. She wasn’t like other women, nope, not at all. He could
tell in that instant, her mannerisms were more like a guy’s, and although she
wasn’t overweight by any means, she wasn’t dainty, or wispy, or thank God
giggly from the attention of a male. She was taller, bigger boned, solid, curvy
in all the right places, and flat out serious.
    “Yeah,
I’ve moved some cattle in my time,” she responded unimpressed.
    It
was clear from the vinegar in her tone, she didn’t
find Nik’s comment complimentary.
    Jake
started laughing and her eyes zeroed in on him. “In your
time? You’re not that old.”
    Looking
down to the ground, she put a hand to the brim of her cowboy hat and pushed it
back some, then looked solidly at Jake. Kris swallowed again, deciding she had
the most interesting eyes, a piercing stormy blue-gray, silver almost.
    “Well,
let’s just get straight to it, why don’t we? I know how this works, from a
small town myself. I’m twenty four. Was on a horse before I even knew how to
walk, been dealing with horses and cattle ever since. Lived on a ranch, raised
and taught most of what I know by ranch hands and professionals. I’m known
throughout Wyoming for my horsemanship. I’m single, never been married, and
have no plans to be. Ever,” she spat. “I’m here, staying at the Luck-E as a
favor, and my job and talent is in training horses. Which by the way, I’m
missing one, had some fence down myself. Wonder if we can look around, see if it made its way over here.”
    Straight and to the point, and wanting
nothing to do with men. Of course he’d want her, she revved his engine like no other. Kris felt like walking over and banging
his head on the side of the barn. What the hell, women threw themselves at him
all the time and he wasn’t interested but for one thing, and then there’s this one that wants nothing to do with men, and his mind says
too bad, you’re mine. Go figure. He heard his dad answer her.
    “For
sure, absolutely, take a look around, no problem.”
    With
that, she made a little yip and her dog happily jumped to attention. Then
giving a command, the dog took off like a bullet, running back down the way
they’d come.
    Looking
back to his dad, her disposition softened. “I’m in need of some hay and some
muscle. You know anyone who’d be willing to sell me some?”
    His
dad nodded. “We can probably help you out. How about you go look for your
horse, and then come back in about two hours. We’ll be done milking by then.
Let us feed you some breakfast, welcome you to the neighborhood, and thank you
for your help this morning. We’ll iron out the details at that time.”
    A
loud ruckus of barking started off in the distance and she smiled widely. That
was one nice smile, Kris thought. Whistling for her horse that had grazed away,
it instantly came trotting her direction. Watching