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The momenthe shut the door, Harrison picked up the cold lamp on the table by the bed and threw it across the room. The glass shattered, lamp oil slicking down the wall.
Calvin and Harvey both jumped to their feet, eyes wide.
“What’s wrong, boss?”
Harrison clenched his jaw, looking at them both before shaking his head. “There’s been a change of plans.”
“What kind of change?” Calvin asked.
Looking at Harvey, Harrison said, “Arrange for an early departure. I want to be rid of this town by the time the moon is at its peak.”
Both men started for the door but stopped when he said, “And find out all you can about a man by the name of Aaron Hilam.”
“Any particular reason?”
“Because I said so!”
Both men flinched, nodded their heads, and left without another word. Harrison inhaled a deep breath, letting it out slowly as the meeting with Aaron Hilam played through his head again. That cocky little bastard had the nerve to bemoan his lost future? What about his future? That girl was going to make him rich. She’d make his theater the most sought after destination in the city and it had taken less than ten minutes for all his plans to crumble to dust.
He pulled the papers from his coat pocket, unfolded them and read over every line, the words,Morgan Avery, Marshal of Willow Creek, Montanacatching his attention. It wasn’t enough for that bastard to have his promissory note witnessed—no, he had to have it witnessed by a lawman.
He clenched his jaw. Aaron Hilam would pay for sticking his nose into business that wasn’t his own. He’d make him pay in ways he’d never dreamed possible. No one defied him. Certainly not some backwoods, cowboy without two nickels to rubtogether. He was Harrison McBride and what he wanted, he got, and at the moment, he wanted Aaron Hilam’s head on a pike.
SeeingAaron on the other side of the door filled Betsey with so much relief she nearly sagged right where she stood.
“What’s wrong?”
She smiled and shook her head. “Nothing. I keep waiting for Harrison to show up again.”
Aaron stepped inside and pushed the door closed. “Harrison McBride is no longer a problem.”
“What do you mean?”
“I met with him an hour ago. The contract is probably nothing but ash by now.”
She wanted to dance with joy to be free of Harrison but the price it took was still too much. Aaron didn’t look fazed by what he’d done but she knew he held things in until he wasn’t able to hold it all and exploded with rage. Would that rage be directed at her when it finally showed itself? “I’m sorry, Aaron. You didn’t have to do—“ He cut off her words with a kiss that stole her breath, his fingers climbing into her hair. He pulled back enough to ask, “Where’s Ben?” before forcing his tongue back into her mouth. Betsey moaned, her knees going weak as his hold on her tightened. She managed to say, “working late,” between kisses, gasping when Aaron palmed one breast and squeezed.
“Good. I’d like to finish what we started the other night. I want you.”
The words caressed her flesh and left goosebumps in their wake. Aaron reached for the button on the front of her dress, unhooking them one at a time until the material gaped open. His eyes were locked on her own as he grabbed the silk string holding her shift together and pulled, the fabric parting enough ittook nothing more than a small tug for him to bare both her breasts.
He stared down at her, a sound coming from the back of his throat before he reached up and palmed them both. “Please tell me they’ll always stay this big.”
She chuckled. “I’m sure once my milk has dried up they’ll shrink a bit but I imagine they’ll always be bigger than they were.”
“The world is full of small miracles.” He bent his head, kissing one nipple, then the other before squeezing them together and rubbing his face between them. “I could spend the rest of the night holding them just like this.”
“That might get a little awkward when Samuel is ready to nurse.”
He looked up. “He’s asleep?” At her nod, he said, “How long?”
“He was put to bed ten minutes before you got here.”
A wicked glint filled his eyes before he looked back down at her breasts. He rubbed both thumbs over her nipples and instantly, they were leaking. “That might not be such a good idea.”
Aaron wiped the dribbles away. “Me touching your breasts or all the other things I want to do to you?”
“Touching my breasts.”
