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“Why should we do that?” Horse asks.

“Because none of you would ever discuss size again. Your egos would be crushed for life,” Ivy replies calmly before making both me and Horse jump in surprise when she suddenly shouts, “Pigeon!” and lets loose the loudest whistle known to man.

Pigeon instantly lifts his head and smiles widely at his wife. Pushing Reeves off of him, he stands, walks to his wife, and drops a kiss on her mouth.

“You have to take him out, Reeves. I bet on you,” Horse whines.

“No winner. No bet,” I state and tuck my wallet back into my hip pocket.

Gee chooses this time to scurry past Reeves, who’s still sitting on the floor and rush to Ivy’s legs. Bending, Ivy gives him a full-body rub and smiles at his squeals of delight.

“What are you doing in town?” Pigeon asks.

“Making a feed store run. Thought you might like to help your wife out and go with. After, I’ll even let you buy me dinner somewhere,” Ivy answers with an impish grin.

“I would love to have dinner with my wife. We’ll drop Gee off at the clubhouse first. You have a big order to pick up?” Pigeon questions.

“Yep, I do.”

“The guys can follow us and help then,” Pigeon states while looking pointedly around the room.

“I don’t even like those shitheads. Why do I have to load feed for them?” Horse asks in his best imitation of Axel’s whine.

“Because Ivy feeds you every time you go to the ranch,” I say.

“You don’t have to help, Horse. In fact, none of you do. This isn’t my first time going to the feed store. I got this. Finish work, and I’ll meet you somewhere for dinner,” Ivy says with a smile before aiming soft eyes at Pigeon.

What I wouldn’t give to have a good woman look at me like Ivy always looks at Pigeon. Like he hung the moon and did it just for her pleasure. It would make me a little nauseous if I wasn’t so jealous of it.

“Horse can take Gee to the clubhouse, and the rest of us will follow you to the feedstore,” says Trigger from the doorway.

Turning to face him, I grin. His entire body screams pissed off, and his eyes are shooting death rays at Horse. Horse notices and takes a small step backward.

“I was just—” Horse starts to say before Trigger interrupts with a raised hand.

“Yeah. Just joking, I know. Exactly what I’ll be doing when I kick your ass in the ring tonight. See you there, asshat,” Trigger states before stalking back out of the room.

“Oh, geez. I’m sorry, Horse. I didn’t mean to cause you a problem. I’ll talk to him,” Ivy says before rushing out the door.

“My money’s on Trigger. Good luck, Horse. Maybe a third of my work problems will end tonight,” I say with a laugh and follow Ivy.

Tossing the last bag of feed into the trailer, I wipe the sweat off my face with my sleeve. I take the bottle of water from Ivy and down most of it, then toss a sweaty arm over her shoulders and drop a kiss on the top of her head. Grinning up at me, she gives my waist a squeeze.

“You guys didn’t have to do this,” she says softly.

“Better than going to the gym and listening to Axel cry about all his pregnancy issues,” I reply and watch her smile wide.

“Arm off my wife. Thank you,” Pigeon says as he gives me a push away from Ivy.

“You come to town for feed, you call a couple of us,” Trigger orders but does so in his polite voice.

“Guys, thank you, but—” Ivy starts, but Cash interrupts.

Trigger had sent out a text, and a few club members arrived to help, Cash being the first.

“I get that you can do this, Ivy. I do, and I admire the hell out of your work ethic. The thing is, though, you don’t have to do it alone anymore. Leave the trailer loaded when you get home because Livi, Liam, and I are coming out tomorrow. Pigeon and I can unload it while you give Liam a horseback ride. He’s been screaming for Aunt Ivy all week.”

“Sounds good,” Ivy agrees.

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