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Don’t say it.
Cord appeared to be awaiting her complaint. When she remained mum, he said, “I’d expected this sassy mouth to throw out a few more buts, and I’m slightly disappointed I only ended up with two.”
“Two what?”
“You’ll see.”
“Not with this blindfold on I won’t.”
The man laughed.
Laughed. Damn him.
He stepped back and set her on the floor. “C’mon.”
AJ expected he’d take her upstairs to their bedroom, but given the scent of wood smoke, they were in the living room. “You lit a fire?”
“Figured since you were gonna be nekkid for the foreseeable future you might like some extra warmth, but I won’t stoke it again if you say the word.”
“I like it—not that I can see the crackling flames—I just thought—”
Cord’s mouth came down on hers. He lifted his lips long enough to murmur, “No thinkin’ tonight. Now strip outta them jeans. Ditch that black thong too.”
Her fingers paused over the zipper. “How’d you know the color of my—”
“If you think I don’t pay attention when you’re half-dressed in our bedroom, then it’s my responsibility to remind you that I do.”
Defiantly, AJ raised her chin. “I don’t want to be just another damn responsibility you have to see too, Cord.”
Framing her face in his hands, he gentled his tone. “Sorry, darlin’, I misspoke. I meant to say I notice everything about you, every day, even when you think I don’t.”
“Oh. Well, okay then.”
A quick kiss, then he said, “Jeans off. Now.”
Ten seconds later, she said, “There. I’m bare-assed in my living room. You happy?”
“Yep, but that sass is gonna get you in trouble.”
“Bring it. I can handle it.”
He sighed. “And to think I’d started feelin’ guilty about this first part because you were bein’ pretty sweet.”
“This first part?” she repeated.
“Worried?”
“Nope,” she lied.
“Good.” He gripped her shoulders. “Take two steps back. Now sit.”
Her behind met cold wood. Curved cold wood. She wiggled and the thing squeaked. “Wait. Is this my new saddle stand?”
“Yep.”
“You brought my saddle standinsidethe house?”
“I can’t do this in the barn, baby doll; you’d freeze your tits off. And with what we paid for this damn thing, it oughta have multiple uses.”
