“I don’t know how much you’ll love me when I tell you what I did.”
“Why is that?” Tommy asked.
“You’re both lawmen and what I did was illegal and pretty bad.”
Vic swallowed hard.
“Did you kill someone?”
She smiled. “Hell no, but I wanted to. If I had more guts, I would have done just that.”
Vic raised his eyebrows at her.
She shyly lowered her head. “Sorry, that was the anger speaking. I actually stole a calf.”
He squinted his eyes at her. “I don’t get it.”
“It was the prize-winning bull’s calf. A future major breadwinner for the tycoon.”
“You didn’t?” Tommy asked and she nodded.
For some strange reason, Vic felt proud of her. It wasn’t murder and the asshole was a thief anyway.
“So what did you do with the calf?” Tommy asked.
“I sold it to the tycoon’s competitor.”
“No?”
“Yes, and then I took the money and paid off Devlon’s debt and took off with the rest of the money. Hence, leading me to a bus, a few years on another ranch, and eventually I met Susanna and the girls.”
“Holy shit.”
“Did the tycoon ever figure it out?” Tommy asked.
“I don’t know and I don’t care. It saved my life.”
“This tycoon got a name?” Vic asked and Elise nibbled her bottom lip.
“It doesn’t matter, Vic. He can’t hurt me now and it’s all in the past. I just needed to tell you both, so you understand my fears.”
Tommy hugged her and Vic cupped her face between his hands and stared down into her beautiful, blue eyes. “Baby, you are an amazing woman and your secret is safe with us. You did what you needed to do and the past is the past. You’re amazing.” Vic kissed her.
When he released her lips, she smiled up at him.
“You two are amazing. Just do me a favor and protect your face next time someone tries to slug you,” she teased.
“Hey, my little cattle thief, how about I brand you so everyone knows that you belong to Tommy and I?”
Tommy caressed her ass cheek and Vic cupped her breast.
“Does it involve those handcuffs of yours?”
Vic saw the sparkle of mischief in her eyes. Immediately his cock grew hard and he wanted nothing more than to be deep inside of her.
“I think a spanking may be in order, too, besides binding you to our bed.”
“Oh God,” she whispered as he continued to massage her breast. Tommy was doing something to her ass as he stood close behind her.