“I love you, bitch,” I said, hitting her in the shoulder.
“I love you, too. Let’s get home and show our guys what we got today!”
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
JEFF
With Ari’s birthday tomorrow and the wedding in four weeks, my head was spinning in every direction.
Ari had been flying high the last two months, which was a relief. I knew things were definitely getting better when she’d gotten back up on Rose. Our ride yesterday morning had been amazing. We’d made a small pit stop to make love under her favorite oak tree.
I smiled when I thought about how fucking sexy that girl was. I had to shake my head when I thought back to a couple of months ago when she and Ellie both came home with tattoos and piercings. With the way Gunner had looked at my sister when she’d showed him the tattoo, that fucker had been lucky as hell that he was married to her. I could practically read his damn min. Bastard.
I heard a truck coming down the driveway before I even saw it. Scott was coming today to pick up the horses he’d left for breeding. I still didn’t like this guy. He flirted way too much with Ari for my liking.
Scott pulled up next to my truck and got out with that stupid-ass grin on his face. Walking up to him, I smiled and reached out to shake his hand.
“How’s it going, Scott?” I said in the nicest way I could. I couldn’t help but notice him looking around for what I was pretty sure was Ari.
“Hey, bud, how’s it going? How’d those horses do?”
“Good. We left them out in the back pasture for about a week. ”
Scott was looking over toward the barn.
Fucker. Okay, let’s just make this short and sweet.
“So, let’s get your boys loaded up in your trailer. ”
Scott looked back over at me and nodded. “Sure, let’s do it. ”
“They’re in the barn. ” I turned around and led the way.
***
After we got Scott’s two studs loaded up, we were about to shake hands when he broke down.
“So, where’s Ari today? Is she feeling better?”
I just smiled at him. “She’s doing wonderful. She and my sister are in Austin today, looking for a wedding dress. ” Chew on that, prick.
“A wedding dress, huh? Y’all getting married soon?”
“Four weeks. ”
Scott smiled and shook his head. “Well, I don’t have to tell you that you’re one lucky son of a bitch, I’m sure. ”
“No. No, you don’t. ”
He stuck his hand out to shake mine. From the look on his face, I might have gripped his hand a little bit too hard, but at this point, I couldn’t have cared less.
Ari was due back at any minute and all I wanted to do was get him the hell out of here.
I watched as he drove off, and then made my way back into the barn. I set my iPod on the docking station and turned on my song while I started to clean out the stalls. There was nothing like a little Kid Rock’s “Cowboy” to get me going.
I started to think about Ari’s birthday tomorrow. I smiled as I thought about marrying the girl of my dreams. I was going to do everything in my power to make sure she was happy for the rest of our lives. It was hard to believe a year ago I’d almost lost her to Jason.
Just then, I felt something hit my back. I turned around to see the love of my life leaning up against a stall. I walked over and turned off the music.