Chapter One
Adam looked aroundat what appeared to be chaos, but it was, in fact, an amazingly productive day.He squinted his eyes against the sunlight as he checked the time of day.The sun would be set in the next hour, and he and his men had worked long and hard, so it was time to call it for the day.He swung his gaze back toward the commotion in the paddock with his ranch hands and caught sight of his wife through a cloud of dust as she made her way toward the chicken coop.
“Hey, sweetheart, come here,” Adam yelled as he leaned over the top rung of the fence.He watched as his wife turned and made her way toward him.They’d been married four years, and every time she looked at him, it felt like getting kicked in the chest.But in a good way.Her bright blue eyes would focus on him, and every thought he had at that moment disappeared.
Adam’s smile grew, and his eyes darkened the closer she got.The subtle sway of her hips, the flush of need she always got around him, and the way her body gravitated to him always made him feel ten feet tall.
“Hi,” Hailey said as she put the basket she’d been carrying on the ground, then climbed a few slats of the fence, closing the gap between the vast difference in height between the two.
“Hi, baby.I know I’m dirty as hell, but I need a kiss,” Adam murmured.
Hailey smiled, grasped the fence, and leaned forward and up on her tiptoes to press her lips against his.He immediately took control of the kiss, spearing his fingers through her hair to cup the back of her head.He knew she didn’t mind his dominance.In fact, she craved it as much as he craved dominating her, in and out of bed.
She’d known what he was when they met, but instead of scaring her, she gravitated towards him.He had known from the beginning she was the submissive he’d been looking for.
When he finally released her, she gasped for breath, and her grip on the fence tightened, so she didn’t fall.She slowly opened her eyes when she heard him chuckle.
“Jesus, baby.You could make me come with just a kiss,” he murmured against her cheek before pressing his nose into the curve of her neck and inhaled.“Shit, I can’t get enough of you.”
Hailey stroked her fingers down his cheek.“I hope you never do.”
“Oh, I can guarantee it.”He leaned back enough to see her eyes.“I want you to go to our bedroom, get naked, and wait for me on the bed.”
Hailey instantly nodded, which always pleased him.There was no thought of disobeying him at that moment, and she knew it.
She paused on the ground and lifted the basket.
Adam reached for it.“Hand me that.I’ll get Conner to gather the eggs.”
He watched as she turned and walked toward the house with his gaze on her back and ass all the way, making his already uncomfortable jeans impossible.
Adam tore his eyes from her.Damn, she grew more beautiful every day.He reached down and adjusted himself before turning back to his men and the calves they had just finished tagging.
“Conner, could you collect the eggs for me and put them on the back porch?”
Conner pulled off his dirty gloves as he walked toward him.“You got it, boss.”
“The rest of you head to the chow barn and make it an early night.You deserve it after all the hard work you’ve done for me today.”Adam grinned as a cheer went up with several cowboy hats.He turned his gaze back to Conner.“You go too after the eggs.I don’t want to see you cleaning anything tonight.”
Conner grinned.“Sounds good to me.My bones are feeling the work we did today.”
Adam shook his head and grunted in disgust.“Jesus, you sound like a sixty-year-old man.You’re only thirty-eight.”
“Well, I damn well feel sixty after today.”
Adam chuckled and struck his gloves against his thigh.“We did a hell of a job.I’ll definitely be giving bonuses this week.We got done in one day what should have taken three.”
“I realized that.I think it’s the way you organized it.It was still chaotic.”Conner chuckled.“But an organized chaos.”
Adam slapped his gloves against Conner's shoulder.“Go, you look about ready to hit the dirt.”
“You look like you ate the dirt,” Conner said and grinned.
Adam chuckled.“I’m headed in now to shower.I’ll see you all tomorrow.”
Conner moved away, yelling instructions to the other hands.
Adam let the screen door slam shut behind him.He sat on the bench they had on the back porch and pulled off his dusty old boots.He stood, cringing as the muscles in his back tightened.Shit,hefelt like he was sixty at that moment, but he’d never tell Conner that.He knew he’d never hear the end of it.