Page 165 of Sin With Me

“Not here,” I laughed as wespun.

“Let’s go home, then.” Eric set me down and I had one last look at the dusty house. “One sleepless night is enough.”

“Why sleepless?” I asked.

“Because knowing you were right in my bed last night, where I’d imagined caressing and kissing every curve of your body, was torture.”

A flash of heat slammed into me. Eric’s candid words were such a turn-on. The hormone meter inside my body spiked to themax.

“This doesn’t mean we’re jumping right in the sack, Cowboy.”

“We’ll see.” He grinned, pulling me by the hand back toward thecar.

“Wait, aren’t you forgetting something?” I asked, stopping him mid-step. “What about the lunch your mom is making?”

“Crap! I guess me getting inside you will have to waitthen.”

His words surprised me, and my mouth opened a fraction. There was something so arousing hearing him speak to me this way, knowing so well how much I affected him and what he wanted to do to me. When it was just the two of us, Eric was like a completely different man. Not the shy guy I’d pictured him as, but a gorgeously built hunk who swept me off my feet each time he spoke and moved.

As Eric led me back toward the house, I wondered about this beautiful place.

“Why do you think Huntz wants your parents’ farm so badly?” I asked just before he opened thedoor.

“Can you keep a secret?”

My eyes flew wideopen.

“Cowboy, I’m all about secrets.”

“All right. I have a feeling he thinks there could be crude oil underneath thefarm.”

“That’s impossible. I checked the geological surveys.”

“Have you checked the ones for my ranch?”

“No. Are you saying there’s oil underneath your ranch?”

“Lots of it. I don’t know how the word had leaked to Huntz of our family’s wealth, but it had to. There’s no other reason he’d want it. Except he got the wrong property.”

“Some of that actually makes sense. He could have been after the oil originally, but now that there’s no way he’d get the property, there has to be more. We should tell your parents. ”

“We can’t.”

“Eric, secrets can destroy families. Trust me, I know. And it takes a hell of a lot to put the pieces back together. You should tellthem.”

Eric shifted uncomfortably. If I was to bet, I’d say that something wasoff.

“I think they’ll have more peace if I find Huntz first and end his pursuit. Once that’s done, we’ll tell them. I’ll be able to withdraw the crude openly, and give my parents the retirement they deserve. I don’t want them working any longer.”

“It seems like it’s something they enjoy doing.”

“It is, but at least their financial worries would be eased.”

Eric was right, financial freedom could definitely reduce stress.

I wasn’t sure why I didn’t tell Eric about finding out that Huntz had visited Ogden, but my instinct told me it wasn’t the right time. Panic wouldn’t help me find the bastard, and neither would Eric running around asking questions and following me everywhere. I had to be subtle. The element of surprise was the only weapon I had at this time. Maybe my brothers were right. If Huntz would be coming back to this town, perhaps I should have brought reinforcements.

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