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taming Kate sure was going to be fun.
    “Well, Mr. Madden, we happen to have an urgent need for a
foreman,” Jolie said, yanking his ponderings from where they’d wandered. “A
very urgent need.”
    He addressed Kate when he answered, grinning wickedly as he
said, “I’m your man.”
    “Let me be the judge of that,” Kate sputtered. Her eyes
widened again as if daring him to disagree.
    He got under her skin, Jake decided. Not the usual reaction
of a lady in his company but he’d change her opinion quick enough as soon as he
got her alone, maybe in the barn. An image of stripping her down then licking
her entire body came to mind. He’d have her on the ground, begging for more.
Funny how quick he wanted to be the one in charge. Maybe they could take turns.
    Hell, what was wrong with him? Jake ascribed to the notion
that a woman was a civilizing influence on a man but this woman—she did the
exact opposite. His blood ran hot in her presence.
    “Maybe I should take up my employment with your pa,” he
said. Better to deal with a man upfront, learn the scope of his parameters—and
how much of a fight he might put up with Jake being around his daughters.
Taming a woman was a heck of a challenge; convincing her old man would be
another.
    Her coal-black eyes glared daggers.
    Shit! What did I say?
    “Our pa is dead and he left me in charge. Anything you need
to be taking up will be with me, Mr. Madden.”
    Jake raised his hands and backed off. “I’m mighty sorry. I
had no idea.” He shook his head. Those boys at the Purdy ranch could’ve told
him Crowley had passed.
    Misgivings started about this scheme being such a good idea.
He hadn’t counted on Crowley being deceased. It wasn’t in him to take advantage
of a woman. All he’d wanted was to show this lovely lady some of the Jake
Madden charm. Like bending her over, sliding inside her hot, wet sheath and
hearing her beg for more.
    Something else troubled him. Something he hadn’t counted on.
Kate was proving to be an altogether extreme temptation, which worked in his
favor, making his job so much easier, but it was obvious these two women were
in trouble. They were trying to run a ranch by their lonesome. By the reaction
of the townsfolk, he judged they were doing a poor job of it. How was he going
to concentrate on winning the bet if he was worrying about these ladies and
their affairs?
    Jolie touched her sister’s sleeve. “What do you think, Kate?
Do you think we should hire him?”
    Kate dismissed him with a scowl and a thinning of her
pouting lips. He felt as if he was being assessed like a side of beef—and found
wanting. The woman surely was fickle. One minute checking him out with interest
and the next flicking him off like a piece of lint on her shirt.
    “Are you experienced?” she asked.
    “Yes ma’am.” He grinned, hoping to ease her out of her
disgruntled mood. “Experienced in a great many things.”
    Her lashes fluttered. Ah , Jake decided. She’d
understood his meaning
    “Would you care to be more specific?” she asked, recovering
her orneriness with lightning speed.
    His mouth nearly fell open at the spark that flared in her eyes.
For a brief second, he believed she was asking about the ways in which he could
pleasure a woman. Of course that was a ridiculous notion. He gulped, trying his
best not to stare at her britches, which sat tight across her hips. “Spent the
spring rounding up calves for the Box T,” he replied.
    “That’s Silas Purdy’s spread,” Jolie said. Two perfect
dimples showed at the corners of her mouth and her eyes lit up.
    “That’s right. I rode segundo to his foreman. Reckon
I can step into a foreman’s shoes easily enough.” He tucked his thumbs into his
pockets.
    “Purdy’s spread?” Kate snapped.
    “If you need references,” he said, “I’m sure Purdy will
oblige.”
    Anger colored her cheeks once more. The woman was a
windstorm when it came to emotions and each damn one blew over her,