Her handsome fiancé pulled her to his chest and hugged her tightly. "I love you darlin'...I just want you to be careful, mama said--"
She put her fingers over his lips then said, "Don't say it...I have the audio version of The Book of Pregnancy written by Curly Rhodes embedded in my brain."
He sucked her fingers into his mouth and ran his tongue over the tips. Jenny gasped as heat gathered between her thighs. She pulled her hand back and said, "Stop being bad, or I'm gonna tell your mama," she threatened with an evil smile.
"She said that's off limits too?" Chase asked quickly, and his face turned bright red. She'd almost swear there were beads of sweat on his forehead.
Jenny snorted then told him with a wink, "As if that's gonna stop you, Monkey Boy."
He growled then covered her lips with his and kissed her until her toes curled. The kiss went on until the jury room door opened again, and Joel walked out.
Jenny looked his way, but Chase didn't let her go. Joel had on a suit, which looked funny on him now. She thought he'd burned them all, when he made the decision to become a rancher. The cowboy hat and boots he'd taken to wearing lately were gone, and his black hair was slicked back on his head, but the smile he'd been missing when she met him was there now.
"Ya'll need the key to my hotel room?" he asked in that slow sexy drawl of his.
"I've got it covered," Chase said grumpily.
"I'll bet you do...that damned house ya'll bought is big enough for ten kids."
"According to Chase, we might fill it," Jenny told him. "But he'll have to take care of them while I'm at school," she said with a wink for her soon to be brother-in-law.
"If you need a break, you know where to find me," he said and winked back. "I have horses," he teased knowing that was a weakness for her.
"Stop flirting with my wife," Chase grumped and his arms tightened around her.
"She's not your wife yet, brother...I still have time," Joel told him.
"Your time expired the day I met her, brother...I saw my angel, and that was all she wrote," Chase said smiling down at her.
"Aww, you say the sweetest things, baby..." Jenny told him then tiptoed and gave him a gentle kiss.
Joel made gagging sounds and Papa Jack chuckled, then Joel told them, "I'm not getting married again, I'm going to try out the thirty-one flavors, and pick out my favorites."
"Never say never baby brother, that'll get you in a heap of trouble," Chase warned.
"Never," Joel repeated and Jenny saw the hurt flash in his blue eyes.
Her heart tweaked in her chest. She hoped his failed marriage didn't cause him to close himself off from considering it again if the right woman came along. He was too good a man, had too much going for him to let that happen.
Jenny had almost done that, and she knew it wasn't the way to live. Home was where the heart is, and hers was with Chase.
She put a hand on Chase's arm and said, "Let's go home, baby.
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