Page 27 of Beauty and the Bayou

Okay, maybe that was just him.

Also, maybe he’d been without sex for too long.

“I assume you guys will come back and haul the extra away at no cost?”Sawyer asked the guy.

He had no reason to think they’d do that.Why the hell would they?But it caused the guy to look up from Juliet’s cleavage into Sawyer’s face.So that Sawyer could give him ahands-offlook.

The guy caught the meaning of his look, but he didn’t seem to buy that Sawyer had a claim here.He smirked.“I’ll do whatever Juliet wants me to do with my wood.”

No.He hadn’t said that.Looking straight at Sawyer like that?It wasn’t very fucking subtle, that was for sure.It also wasn’t all that clever.

“Oh, I’ll definitely let you know if I need anything smaller,” Juliet said, handing the pen back to the guy.

“Smaller?”the guy repeated.

“Well,smalleris the only reason I can think that I’d need to call you,” Juliet said.

Sawyer studied Juliet’s face.Did she realize what the guy was implying?

“Oh, honey, we’ve got bigger, too,” the guy said.“A lot bigger.As big as you can handle.”

Juliet lifted a brow and Sawyer felt satisfaction expand his chest.Oh yeah, she knew what the guy was insinuating.

“I really think we havebigcovered,” she said.She cast a look at Sawyer, then back to the guy.“I mean, it could be too much, honestly.But I’ll need to give it a try before I know for sure.”Yeah, there was no question whatshewas inferring, either.

Holy hell, he liked her.

Yeah, you’ll need to give it a try, Sawyer thought.No worries.It will be exactly how much you need.

He wasn’t even shocked by the thoughts.He hadn’t had any like them in months, but he welcomed them.This was normal.When a hot girl talked about big wood, especially with a little gleam in her eyes, it wasnormalto think dirty thoughts.This was good.Maybe faking being okay for his family wasn’t going to be that difficult.Maybe it wouldn’t all be fake.

Sawyer didn’t even bother to cover his grin as he met the other man’s stare.

“Yeah, okay, well, whatever.”The guy tore the top page off his clipboard and handed it over to Juliet.“You have my number.”

She handed it to Sawyer.“Sawyer will give you a call if we have any problems.”

The guy finally gave a resigned sigh.“You Sawyer?”he asked.

“Yep.”Sawyer tucked the number into his front pocket.

“Great.”

Yeah, Sawyer thought so, too.

The guy headed up the incline toward the trucks, and Juliet turned and started toward the pile of wood.

That was it?No more flirting?No more wood innuendo?How about some direct comments about the size of the wood around here?

Sawyer grinned.Totally normal thoughts.

Before he could start that conversation, however, Chase came ambling down the hill, a cookie in hand, and Juliet gave him a smile.Sawyer watched the siblings for a moment.Juliet looked so affectionate when she looked at Chase.Clearly she was exasperated with him, but it was also obvious that she loved him.

Damn, he knew that mix of feelings well.Very, very well.

Sawyer went to join them.

“Do you have work gloves?”she asked Chase as he stopped in front of her.

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