Perfect Risk (Mason Creek #1) - C.A. Harms Page 0,69

me.

“Well there’s the handsome lawman now.” Sadie’s Gran popped something in her mouth and began chewing as she eyed me without pause.

“Mother,” Burt warned and grabbed a beer from the fridge before passing me one too. Sadie noticed the change in her father and when she looked at me all I did was offer her a wink. I hoped this was a shifting point between him and I.

“What?” Granny Char shrugged as if she said nothing out of the ordinary. For her, I am sure she hadn’t. She was a little popular with the older crowd of men in town, especially the single and widowed. Granny Char was a woman who still looked very good for her age, she used it to her advantage. And the woman was a big flirt. “He is handsome and he is a lawman.”

Burt shook his head and paused behind his wife to lean over where she sat in a chair and kissed the top of her head.

Sadie came closer, her hand lightly brushing against mine. I understood, she want ed to touch me as much as I wanted her too, but we’d already been caught once. I’d make up for it later when I got her home.

As Burt stepped out of the room I moved toward his wife and knelt down next to her. Cybill Michaels was a sweet woman, she has always been. The last time I’d saw her she was crying in pain and being loaded into an ambulance. “How you feeling?”

She placed her hand over mine and smiled. Getting better every day hun, thank you.” She looked in the direction of where her husband disappeared to. “Don’t let him get to you, he’s just a stubborn man.”

“I understand.” And I did, completely. “Your daughter is amazing, and as her father he should protect her. But I’m not going anywhere, one day he’ll see that and he’ll let me in.”

“You’ve grown into a good man Wyatt, your father would be so proud.”

I heard Gran’s laughter and I looked back over my shoulder to see her looking down toward my ass.

“Oh, my goodness, Gran.” Sadie covered her face and Tate turned her back to us, her body shaking with laughter.

“What?”

“Will you please control yourself.” Sadie was obviously embarrassed.

“Honey,” Char walked to her granddaughter and placed her hand on her back. “It’s all part of having a good looking man by your side. Women will look, they will stare and if they’re like me they will make comment about his fine ass so you better get used to it.” A groan escaped Sadie and it made me chuckle.

“Wyatt.” I spun back around to face Cybill. “I think you should go in the family room with Beau, I can’t guarantee your safety if you stay here in the kitchen with Char. She’d been known to get a little handsy and I’m not sure Sadie can handle it if she grabs your behind and gives it a little squeeze.

I chuckled and patted the hand she had rested on my forearm.

As I stood I heard a please moan and didn’t even take the opportunity to look back in the direction it came from. I could almost imagine the older woman zoned in on my ass and moving in fast. I may have walked a little faster than I should have.

Sadie warned me, but honestly I thought she was overreacting, next time I won’t question her concerns.

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Sadie

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There may be some competition for our local florist when it comes to her lawman. Seems a certain mature native has been eyeing his manly qualities without shame.

I literally laugh at the newest headline in today’s edition of the MC Scoop. Tate was ridiculous and loved throwing out those catchy headlines. She’d have half the town believing that there was a cougar after Wyatt.

Laying the article back down on the table when my name was announced from behind the counter at Java Jitters I grabbed my coffee. Offering Jessie a little wave while she busied herself behind the counter, I stepped outside and pulled my coat tighter around me.

My tiny little car was already covered with the snow that was falling and I’d even left it running while I went inside. I refused to believe that Wyatt was right when he said I needed a more Montana suitable vehicle. My tiny car was just fine.

I climbed inside turning my wipers on to clear my windshield and after a few minutes pulled out onto the road, starting for home. The