Page 3 of Top Secret Cowboy


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Jace saw it coming like a tornado across a plain.

Judd lowered his head and rushed Jaren. They flew backward and hit the coolers. Ice and bottled water went flying as they sprawled in the grass, bodies locked in a siege.

“Oh, shit!” Jace jumped in and grabbed Jaren’s shirt. He twisted from his grip, so Jace made a grab for Judd next.

Shouts erupted from the group as the pair wrestled on the ground for the win. But they were all close in size, and since puberty hit the youngest, none of the brothers had an advantage.

Jace leaped in again, the cusses flying from his mouth sounded too damn close to his momma’s. If his other two brothers weren’t still in Georgia, they’d never let him livethatdown.

“Enough!” Ross barked at the two going at it.

Suddenly, ice cubes and melted ice water splashed over them, Jace included.

The brawlers rolled apart, and Jace jolted to his feet to see Madeline holding an empty cooler. She set it down on the grass and, with all the calm of Momma Abel, walked away.

Ross jerked his head at Jace. “I’ve got an assignment, and since you have the fewest bruises, you get the honors.”

Jace was still aware of his brothers getting to their feet, righting their cowboy hats and dusting grass off their clothes. “An assignment?”

“You’re going to San Francisco.”

Jace groaned. “I’m not a city guy, Ross. Isn’t there someone better suited?”

“You’re part of this team, so you go where I tell you.”

The city was filled with people who had more money than sense, and from what he heard, arrogance and superiority complexes accounted for at least three quarters of the population.

A hand came down on Jace’s shoulder. He looked up at Silas, who was grinning. “Take the assignment. You get all the sun while we deal with mud season on the ranch.”

He turned his attention back to Ross. “What’s the assignment?”

He might be able to shoot and brawl like the best of them, but his wheelhouse was rooted in technology.

“A company with a security leak, not quite our normal job but it’s right up your alley. They believe some important information was stolen—but they can’t pinpoint what. That’s what you’ll be finding out.”

He nodded. “I’ll go.”

“Good. I’ll get a hotel booked for you.”

“I won’t need a hotel. I won’t be there long enough. I’ll get in, find the leak and get out. I’ll be on the red-eye back to Montana same day.”

Ross snorted. “Maybe you can use some of that ice Madeline dumped on you to un-swell your big ego, Jace.”

They all laughed. Ross scooped a cube off the ground and tossed it at him. When he lunged forward to catch it in his mouth, he heard a loudriiip.

Dammit. It seemed his Wranglerswerea little on the tight side.

* * * * *

The flared cuff of Bronte’s red retro blouse with little white polka dots trailed across the document as she signed her name with a flourish.Bronte Burns.Over the years, she’d written her name countless times but never was itthisimportant.

She was sealing a deal. In ink. In front of her lawyer and a witness.

She glanced up at her personal assistant, who whisked the paper away and added it to the stack Bronte just signed for her company. Seeing that letterhead instilled her with so much pride. She never thought she’d be running her own tech company.

And she definitely never believed she’d be protecting her assets from her partner. At one time, her friend. But Angelica had stomped all over their friendship with her betrayal.

Bronte’s lawyer offered a smile and tapped the end of the pen on the tabletop to close it. “See? I told you that would be quick and painless. I’ll get these papers filed in all the right places.” He pushed back the executive chair and stood. “I won’t take up more of your time, Miss Burns. I’ll be in touch if I need anything more from you.”

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