Tempting Playboy
Leo’s arm came around her waist, holding her tight against his broad frame.
"Together," he agreed.
It took them two hours of slow, deliberate work to reset the rig.
They didn't use brute tractor force. They set a heavy iron snatch block to the base of a mature white oak stump, re-threaded a heavy-duty tow strap through the pulley, and set two three-ton bottle jacks under the front edge of the granite slab.
Gia worked the jack handle in steady, rhythmic pumps while Leo set cedar rollers beneath the rising edge of the stone. Every time the granite lifted an inch, Leo drove a hard oak wedge into the gap, securing the height before Gia pumped the lever again.