Page 62 of The Rancher's Secret Relationship

Large strong hands clasped Elizabeth's waist the moment she entered the kitchen, and she could only giggle as Arden spun her around to face him.

"Don't get me wrong," he grumbled. "Blake's nice and all, but she does tend to monopolize you."

Elizabeth burst out laughing, but the sound was quickly muffled by Arden's mouth covering hers.

"I have ten minutes to ravish you," he murmured against his fiancée's lips.

"B-b-but—-"

Arden didn't give her a chance to argue. He had been waiting all morning, and now that the chief had Blake occupied...

Oh God.Elizabeth's eyes involuntarily drifted shut as she felt Arden's fingers squeezing her breasts just the way she liked it. And when his fingers moved to her nipples...oh God.All other thoughts disappeared as she looped her arms around Arden's neck and gave in to his demands.

Ten minutes,didn't he say they had?

Arden's lips trailed down the side of her neck as she felt him reach under her skirt.

Oh God, it was going to be ten really fantastic minutes.

AIDAN'S EARS WERE STILLringing with all of Blake's gushing and nagging when he walked inside his office and found it already occupied by a scowling carbon copy of him.

Thornton heard a groan behind him and turned in his seat to see his older twin standing by the doorway, a grimace on his face.

"Let me guess," Aidan said with a sigh. "You want to talk about Blake?"

Thornton's gaze narrowed. "She talked to you first?"

"She nearly talked my head off is what you meant, right?"

"What exactly did she say?" Thornton asked as Aidan slid into his seat behind the desk.

"How about you tell me first what you came here for?" his twin bargained.

Thornton snorted. "I think you already know."

"Just humor me—-"

"She knows I want her," Thornton said abruptly.

Aidan had a hard time keeping his face straight. "Ah, yes, she did tell me she had seen, er,hardevidence of that."

Thornton's answering wince was much more than Aidan could ever hope for, and he couldn't help grinning. "You want her that bad, Thorn?"

An incoherent growl, which the police chief simply took as another form of assent.

"Just wish she'd stop," Thornton forced himself to admit between clenched teeth.

"Stop what?"

"Trying her damnedest to seduce me."

Aidan gaped at his brother. "That's your problem? A nice, pretty girl is doing her best to get you into bed with her? Is that why you've come down to the police station for?" Aidan asked sarcastically. "You want to file a complaint against your shop assistant for having a crush on you?"

He saw his brother's jaw clamp shut at his quip, but that was it. Thornton only stared at him, and that was answer enough. Most people assumed his younger twin was a rather complex being to understand, but actually, it was the opposite. Being a man of few words, Thornton could be expected to always respond with a swift yes or no to any question. His two short but grueling years in service, on the other hand, made Thornton a man of honor, and one could reliably expect his brother to always speak the truth.

As such, Thornton refusing to answer a question only meant one thing.

"Why are you having such a hard time admitting to the fact that you want her?"

---