Page 84 of Buck Wild Orc Cowboy
We finished the meal. Holly and I cleared the plates while Max and Hail stepped outside to start working on the barn. Through the window, I could see Mishka standing in the pasture highlighted by the morning sun, her ears perked forward as the two of them approached.
“Let me go brush my teeth, and I’ll be ready to go,” Holly said as she set the last plate in the drying rack.
She untied her apron and hung it on the peg by the door, returning to look out the window again. “He’s so happy. I’venever seen him like this.” Turning to me, she gave me a hug. “Thank you.”
“I haven’t done anything.”
She looked up at me. “You have and you know it. The paint on that barn hadn’t even started chipping. But I appreciate having Hail here as much as Max loves having your brother spend time with him.”
“It’s good for Hail too.”
“Then everyone wins.” Stepping away, she started down the hall.
When she was ready, we left the house and walked over to the gate, where Zist was already waiting. It didn’t take long to reach town, and we were soon hard at work in the bakery’s kitchen.
We worked in sync like always, but now there were extra touches. A brush of her hip against mine. Her hand sliding along my back before she reached past me for flour. Humming together as we kneaded dough. We moved around each other like a pair who’d been sharing space forever, and maybe in some strange way, we had. Many believed the fates nudged together those who’d been waiting to find each other.
The scent of baking croissants and bread filled the air, and I watched her brush egg wash over pastries, creating our version of art. She’d pulled her hair up, but stray wisps curled around her face. Every time she licked sugar off her finger, my cock twitched, and I nearly dropped what I was holding.
At one point, I couldn’t take it anymore.
I wrapped my arms around her from behind, pulling her against me. “You’re making this very difficult.”
She laughed and tilted her head to kiss my chest. “What is it this time? The way I sashay my butt when I use the rolling pin or the way I lick my fingers?” She did it again, this time in an exaggerated way that reminded me of when she’d run her tongue up the base of my cock.
My damn coorails started humming.
“Everything.” I turned her in my arms and curled forward to kiss her, savoring the taste of sugar on her lips.
“Good grief,” someone called out from nearby.
We broke apart, though I kept an arm around Holly’s waist as we turned. Grannie Lil stood in the doorway with her cane pointed our way like a sword, and her gray hair oddly in a braid swinging down her back. From what I remembered, Grannie Lil’s hair only came to her shoulders.
She must’ve noticed me staring. “Extensions. Like them?”
I nodded, having no idea what she was talking about but knowing better than to say I didn’t like anything if she brought it up.
“I swear, you two are going to draw a crowd with all that kissing,” she grumbled, though her eyes sparkled.
“Morning, Grannie.” Holly’s blush made her whole face glow.
Grannie Lil stepped further into the kitchen, her cane tapping across the floor. “When did this happen?”
“Oh, you mean the pastries?” Holly asked.
Grannie pretended to scowl. She flicked her cane through the air again, and I ducked to avoid being hit, backing away fast, taking Holly with me. “You two kissing. I assume you’re a pair now?”
Her eyes wide, Holly nodded, and my heart burst right there. Wewerea pair now, weren’t we?
“It’s okay to kiss a little here and there,” Holly said.
“I won’t deny that.” Her grin rose. “But now I’ll have to delete both of you from the matchmaking app Inla and I have been working on.”
Holly arched her brows. “You’re still making that?”
“With all these lonely orcs around? My work will never end.”
“I thought it was for older people? Widows and widowers.”
