The dog stopped for a moment, turned around, but then ran again just as Slater was closing in.
Slater couldn’t keep his balance and face-planted into the mud. Mina continued watching as he tried to stand, only to lose traction again and go right back down with another wet, messy splat.
And just like that, the rain tapered off before stopping altogether mere seconds later. The blowing, blinding storm had just moved on through, disappearing as quickly as it had come.
Sir Dogsworth trotted up and licked Mina’s face before moving onto Jackson and Slater.
“Oh boy,” Mina said with a laugh.
The men remained silent for a moment before laughing, too. Slater used his index finger to rake the brown, sticky mask off his face before saying, “Well, we best wash this off.”
Mina couldn’t help but giggle.
Now that, she thought, sounded like a lot of fun.
CHAPTERFIFTEEN
Standing in the grass in the backyard, Mina looked up onto the back deck where Sir Dogsworth was laying down, watching them through sleepy eyes.
“You’re the reason we’re in this mess,” she called up. “Silly boy.”
He didn’t seem to care.
She just chuckled.
“Poor thing was terrified,” she noted as Slater finished hooking up the water hose.
“He sure was,” he said, then warned, “This water might be a little cold.”
“I got the soap and towels and all that,” Jackson called as he came out of the back door holding a bucket and some supplies. He’d stripped down to his boxer-briefs before going into the house, and Mina was quite impressed by the exquisite sight before her.
His tall, muscular frame was packed with hard muscles. There were also more than a few scars.
But what really had her attention was that long, wide bulge in his gray underwear.
Wow.
It was so long, in fact, it appeared as if the tip was about to poke through the bottom hem of his left thigh at any moment.
Shit!
“You going to just hose down in your underwear or are you taking ‘em off?” Slater asked.
“You’re one to talk,” Jackson said. “You’re still in your clothes.”
“Well, I’m just waiting to see how we’re going to do this, being as how we are in the presence of a lady and all.”
Mina giggled. She wasn’t overly modest, and something about the two cowboys boosted her confidence. So, she just threw caution to the wind and announced, “I’m going to strip naked as a jaybird and give myself a thorough washing because I have mud in places I should never have mud.”
“Now, darlin’,” Slater said, “I like your plan. I think I’ll join you.”
Her breath caught in her throat as she watched Slater peel his black t-shirt off, revealing jagged shoulders and a protruding chest. Unable to help herself, she actually licked her lips as her eyes fell to those washboard abs.
And when he tugged those jeans and underwear down at the same time to reveal a veiny cock that appeared every bit as long as Jackson’s, she nearly passed out.
When she was able to tear her eyes away and look at Jackson, she realized he was completely naked now, too.
“Well,” he said with a grin, “we’re waiting.”