9781631051289TemptedbytheCowboySullivan (13 page)

“Whatever, Sheila.
It doesn’t matter.”

Sheila grabbed her purse before she opened the front door.
“Yes, it does. He’s mine.”

Peyton shook her head and rolled her eyes as Sheila shut
the door behind her. “Wow.”

“Yeah, wow,” Mandy said
,
taking another sip from the bottle Sheila left on the
coffee
table.

“How about you get a glass?”

“I’m
redneckin
’ it tonight.”

“Not in my house.” Peyton grabbed a wine glass from the
rack in the dining room and handed it to Mandy. “If you’re going to drink here,
you drink from a glass.”

“Sheila wasn’t.”

“I’m not
sure what her deal was,
but I’m glad that’s over with. It was getting crazy.”

“You know you shouldn’t have taken her man.”

Peyton mopped up the wine from the table with the towel
she’d retrieved from the kitchen. “Don’t you fucking start or you can leave
t
oo.
”

“I’m just
sayin
…”

“Well knock it off! I didn’t steal her man. Jason wasn’t
dating her when we started seeing each other, so I didn’t take him away from
her.”

“So you are dating?”

“Fuck if I know what this is. We slept together a couple of
times. He wa
nted to have me come over for dinner
tonight at his place, but we already had plans for our girl’s night.”

“I’d call that a date,” Paige said, chomping on some chips
sitting on the coffee table.

“I suppose, but it hasn’t happened yet.”

“I’ve never heard of
him dating
anyone for more than a month or so,” Mandy added, eating a couple of chips
herself.

“It doesn’t matter. I’m playing this out for whatever it’s
worth. I’m not looking for a husband and he’s not looking for a wife so we’re
on the same page there.
”

“Good for you. I don’t think he’d make good husband
material from what I know of him,” Mandy said. “But I don’t know him that well
either.”

“I don’t think any of the Young brothers were looking for
wives when they hooked up with their respective mates. I
know I wasn’t looking for a husband and babies when we got together. It
just happened.”

Peyton poured herself more wine, emptying the first bottle
of many she’d purchased for tonight. Maybe it was a night to get drunk. She
might. It had been a while since
she’d allowed
herself to let loose and hang out with the girls. Of course, this night hadn’t
started very well with Sheila and her drama.

“If it happens, it happens. I’m not looking for it is all
I’m saying.”

“So what are we having for dinner?”

“Pizza so
unds really good to me,
right now,” Paige replied.
“With
ranch dressing.”

“
Eeewwww
!”
The other two said in
unison as they all laughed together.

An hour later found them watching Magic Mike on television
with three pizza boxes between them. Paige had her ch
eese
with ranch dressing, satisfying her pregnancy cravings, as Peyton and Mandy had
their own concoction of whatever they wanted on their pizzas. No ranch dressing
here. The movie had lost interest for Peyton after the first few minutes. Yes,
Channing Tat
um is hot, but Jason was homegrown cowboy
built without the gym to supplement his muscles. Although, she had seen a
weight set sitting in the corner of his bedroom so he apparently did some
working out.

She wasn’t sure why he held such fascination for her,
but he did from the first moment she’d laid eyes on him at
The Dusty Boot. The drawl of his words, the way he filled out his T-shirt or
western shirt, the size of his arms, the trimness of his waist, the long legs
in those boot-cut Wranglers, and oh, his
butt was to
die for.

“Peyton?”

“Sorry, yeah?”

“Mandy asked you a question. You seemed lost in thought.
Aren’t you enjoying the movie?” Paige asked, biting into the last piece of
pizza on her plate.

“Oh, it’s great.”

“What was the last thing Channing Tatum
said?”

“Uh…”

“You don’t even know, do you?”

She blushed as she set her plate on the table. “No.”

“It’s bad when he can’t even hold your attention.” Mandy
grabbed another slice. “What were you thinking about or should I ask who?”

“Jason.”

“Well duh,” Paige
answered. “I
could tell the by the look in your eyes. The faraway gaze gave it away. Nina
says I get the same look when I’m thinking about Jacob too.”

“Well you should. You’re in love with him.”

“Are you admitting you’re in love with Jason?”

“No.
In lust,
yes.”

Mandy scooted closer to the table, crossing her legs under
her as she focused on Peyton. “What is he like?”

“You want me to give you details?”

“Hell yeah, baby. Spill it!”

Could she really give them details of making love, no,
having sex with Jason?
Maybe.
What was it about
women wanting to know what it’s like between two people?
“Details?”

“I’m living vicariously through the two of you. I haven’t
been with a guy in six months,” Mandy shared.

“Six months?”

“Yep and even then, it wasn’t great. He was p
retty quick and not much into foreplay.”

“That sucks,” Peyton said.

“Exactly, now spill. I want to know what it’s like with
those Young boys. Maybe I’ll hook up with one just to see.”

“There are
a
couple
who aren’t tied down yet.” Peyton laughed. “Maybe you
could hook up with one of them.”

“Maybe I just might. You never know.” Mandy blushed. “I
could do with finding me a good man who knows what the hell he’s doing in the
sack. I’m tired of this shit with
these losers.” She
pushed against Peyton’s shoulder. “So tell me.”

“Well, he definitely knows how to eat a girl out.”

“Seriously?
I’ve
mever
had a guy do that to
me before.”

“You’re missing out then. I love when a guy goes down on
me. His mouth down there
licking, sucking, and when
he shoves those fingers inside you, holy shit!”

“Yeah?”

Peyton noticed Paige blushing from her seat across the
room. “Right, Paige?”

“Yes,” she whispered, covering her cheeks. “I can’t talk
about this stuff.”

“And?”
Mandy asked.
“Do you come?”

“Oh yeah, several times if he’s into doing it right.”

“Shit, really? Hell, I’m lucky to come once with a guy.”

Peyton sat back against the rear of her chair. “You’ve been
dating the wrong guys, then. You need to find one who is into what mak
es you tick.”

“Wow.” Mandy’s sigh of the word made Peyton smile.

It sure was wow with Jason.

“What about when he actually sticks his cock in there?”

“It’s like being filled up to the brim.” Peyton shifted on
the chair as she remembered the feeling. She’d
been
horny before, but all this talk wasn’t making it any better.

“What’s the best position?”

“Against the wall.”

“Holy shit!
Against the wall?”

“Uh yeah.
He gets so deep, it’s
like amazing.”

“What about your G spot? Have you ever had him hit that?”
Mandy
shook her head. “I think
it’s
hogwash myself. I’m
not sure it even exists.”

“Oh it does.” Peyton knew it was there. Jason has it hit
several times during their raunchy
sexcapades
, but when her back had
been against the wall…oh yeah, he’d hit it big time.

“Yeah?”

“Definitely.
Trust me, it’s there.
You just have to have the right angle of penetration.”

“Okay, now I want to sleep with Jason,” Mandy said with a
laugh.

“Not
happenin
’, girlfriend.”

“I was kidding, Peyton, but maybe one of his brothers.” She
gla
nced at Paige. “Is Jacob good too?”

“He is with me.” Paige blushed again. “I mean we are good
together, yes, but I don’t know if he’d been that way with anyone else. It
helps we are in love.” She pointed at Peyton. “Not that you can’t have good sex
without
being in love. You know?”

“I don’t think you have to be in love to have great sex,
but it helps if the guy gives a shit about your pleasure. If he’s all about
himself, you aren’t going to get much out of it. Believe
me,
I’ve been with some losers too.”

“How do they compare with Jason?”

“They don’t. Not even close.”

“You know. I think he’s totally in love with you,” Paige
said.

“Why do you say that?” Peyton asked, taken aback by Paige’s
revelation. Surely it wasn’t true.

“Because I’ve never
seen him in th
is good of a mood.
The last couple of
days he’s been whistling while he works, smiling a lot more and everything.”

“It doesn’t mean he’s in love with me. We’ve had a
discussion, him and
I
, and neither of us is
looking for anything other than a good time.”

“Then why are you dating him?”

“To see.”

“See what?”

Peyton wasn’t sure how to answer Paige’s question. What was
she looking for in the relationship with Jason? Surely she wasn’t looking for
love, right?

Well maybe.

“I don’t know, really.”

“I think you’re
half in love with
him already.”

“I can’t be, Paige. I’ve only been seeing him for like a
week.”

“But you’ve known him for several months. You’ve seen him
at the bar, how he interacts with his parents and his brothers, how he takes
care of others around him
and the hot sex is just a
bonus.” Paige nodded. “Yep, you’re in love with him, all right.”

“I am not.”

“Are you having trouble keeping your mind on things other
than him?”

“Sometimes.”

“You think about him all the time?”

“Sometimes.”

“You can’t wait to
see him
again?”

“Sometimes.”
Peyton shook her head.
“I’m not in love with him.”

Paige shrugged and sipped her soda.
“If you say so.”

They let the movie continue to run as Peyton thought about
the conversation. Yeah, she thought about him
a lot
. Yeah, she w
anted to be with him
night and day. She wanted to find out more about him, his dislikes, his
interests, what made him tick, but she wasn’t in love with him, right? People
didn’t fall in love with someone in a week?