Page 41 of Tom's Chance
“I think I will. I hope you don’t mind that I invited Lorissa here today because I was going to show her how I filled the orders for Riceman Stallions.”
“How long can you stick around today?”
“Unless I get an emergency call, I’m free all day. Why?”
“I try to keep a tally on my computer, but we need to do a physical inventory of the specimens. Don’t quote me, but we might be running low on some.” She held up her stump and shook her head. “Not on the old ones, but on the ones where we have the stallions here, in house.”
“Okay, I’ll take an inventory after I sent out the samples.”
“Good, and you know to get me the updated list?”
“Yes.”
“Good again.” She turned to Lorissa and nodded. “I’m not saying what I’m about to say as being a bitch, or controlling. As it stands, the only person allowed into the lab right now is Tom. I don’t even go in there. I’m not saying it would happen, but I feel the less people in there, the better. If Tom wants you there, that’s on him. Again, I don’t have a problem with it, just please, follow his instructions. You’re talking about a lot of money I could potentially lose if something happens.”
“I totally understand,” Lorissa said with a nod ofher head. “I will listen to Tom and follow his instructions. If I feel I can’t handle it, I won’t even enter the lab.”
“Thank you.” She then turned to Tom. “Let me know when you need to enter.” She left and the two of them headed toward the office in the barn.
On the way, Tom explained, “Erin and I are the only ones with keys. It’s like trying to get into Fort Knox. Not only do we have to turn our keys at the same time, but we are given limited time to scan our prints.”
“Wow, that’s a lot of security.”
“It is,” Reid spoke for the first time. “Have you seen the website?”
“I have, and I also noted the prices of just one sample. I’m impressed by the security Erin has in place.”
“That was my idea,” Tom said. “It took some convincing for Erin to go along with it, but when we had a break-in years ago and lost a couple of samples, she agreed to it. Luckily, the people didn’t get anything and were arrested. It was also a lucky break that the samples we lost were from the stallions that were to remain here on the ranch.”
Lorissa didn’t know what to say, so she stayed silent and followed them into the office. Reid immediately handed Tom the file folder he held and explained which mare was supposed to arrive atwhich time. By the time he was done explaining everything, the first mare had arrived.
Tom looked at Lorissa with a grin. “You ready to go to the sex barn?”
“Excuse me?”
Tom laughed. “That’s what Reid called it after observing his first time. It was a busy time then, we had mares coming in, and collecting samples from other stallions when the mares weren’t here. Erin had all the men work there when they first arrived, to get them the feel of some of what we do. I don’t know whether it was because they were former SEALs or if it was their personalities, but they dubbed the barn we use for the mares and collections as the sex barn.”
Lorissa withheld her comments until she saw the setup and agreed on how everything was run. For the first mare, she stood behind the glass to observe how they operated, and by the time the second mare arrived and was put in place, she stood at its head calming her with soothing words. It turned out that this would be this mare’s first time being mounted. It made Lorissa happy that the rancher had picked a stallion that produced great horseflesh, it wasn’t overly large that the mare wouldn’t be able to birth it.
By two o’clock that afternoon, all the mares were gone, Reid cleaned up the barn, and since Duane had brought sandwiches for everyone, the only thing left to do was grab the paperwork for the mail ordersfrom Tom’s desk. They arrived at the lab to find Erin waiting there for them. The keys were inserted, turned, and fingerprints taken. It all happened in under two minutes, as soon as the door clicked, and a green light came on, Erin dismissed herself and Tom opened the door.
Lorissa walked into an area that held gowns, booties for their feet, boxes of gloves, and hair nets. She looked at him with a grin. “I know it was horses, but you’ll have to give me a second or two. Watching all that activity got my motor running. I’m going to have to go home and take a cold shower.” She had laughed and joked the entire time, not looking at Tom, but when she did, she saw something in his eyes that had her juices flowing. She launched herself at him, and sighed against his lips when he wrapped his arms around her and devoured her.
Minutes later, she raised her head. “We need to stop.”
“I know,” he agreed, but kissed her again. The next thing she realized, she was lying on the floor and had her shirt off, her jeans were undone, and his hands were all over her. She also noted that her hands were on his bare chest, and his jeans were undone. She stared up at him, and whispered. “Do you have protection?”
“I do.”
“Get it,” she said as she gently pushed him to the side, sat up, removed only one boot, then took herpants off that leg, and pushed them down to the ankle of the other leg. She lay back down and stared at him as he shoved his jeans and boxers to his thighs, donned the condom, and settled between her legs.
While moving her hair from her face, he kissed her forehead and stared into her eyes. “This isn’t how I envisioned our first time together.”
“Me either, but for now, it’s this or extreme frustration.”
“I’ll settle for this,” he said, and slowly entered her. He didn’t stop until he reached as far as he could, and he paused to catch his breath. “You’re so tight.”
“Thank you, I think, it’s been a few years.” She reached up and put her hand on the side of his face. “I don’t believe in talking about past lovers, because it’s in the past, but you are my second lover.”
