Dirty Christmas
And the woman who’d starred in every one of his private, feverish dreams for the past year.
She stepped inside, the heels of her expensive boots clicking decisively on the worn concrete. The scent of her perfume, something dark and expensive, like night-blooming jasmine and cigar smoke, cut through the smell of hay and livestock. It was a fragrance that didn’t belong here, just like she didn’t. It was a declaration.
“I’m sorry, Ms. Conty,” Jack murmured, his voice rough from disuse. His heart was a frantic drum against his ribs. “The heifers… they’re all fed.”