Chapter 3 #3
He was cut off as Kitt raged at him, all control on his temper gone.
“I don’t give a fuck who you are! You aren’t gonna put my herd in danger for any reason.
Our contract was very clear. You aren’t to mess with the integrity of this pond for any reason.
Period!” Kitt bellowed as he stalked toward both Austin and Mike with just the current barbed wire fence separating the three of them.
Kitt’s hand moved in Austin’s face, a finger pointing directly at him.
Kitt stated very clearly in both word and action as to what would happen to this piece of land and how he planned to back it up.
Austin held up a hand to his men who were paid to protect him.
“You know, your dad got me in some serious trouble when he found me and Wanda-Sue Atkinson parked somewhere back here smoking pot and having se…fun. If I remember correctly, it was probably right here at this pond. She brought me out here, and I didn’t know where we were until your dad showed up.
You sound just like him. I appreciate that memory,” Austin said, looking down for a minute with a small smile spreading on his face.
Unlike everyone else around, he wasn’t intimidated by Kitt’s outburst at all.
His wet dream in a pair of Wranglers had his dick rigid, almost dripping with anticipation. Austin needed to defuse the situation.
“He told my dad about it, but honestly, I still think I was more scared of your dad than mine. I knew my dad wouldn’t physically kill me, but your dad…
yeah, I wasn’t quite so sure about him,” Austin said, still smiling with his real grin, not the fake one he usually plastered on his face.
He hadn’t thought about that memory in years and years.
He’d been fifteen to Wanda’s eighteen, and she’d taught him well…
well enough for him to know he didn’t like girls at all.
“You know what? I’m real fuckin’ glad for your trip down memory lane, but your men have me good and pissed off.
This barbed wire fence is the only thing I’m allowin’ over this water and I’m only allowin’ it because I live right there.
I can monitor it and fix it before anything bad happens to any of our animals.
” Kitt stepped up closer to Mike and Austin, hooking his thumb toward the log cabin while he spoke.
The barbed wire had to be cutting into his jeans, but Kitt didn’t even seem to notice it.
Once he was done speaking, Kitt turned back to glare at Austin’s security men.
Austin got the distinct impression Kitt was ready to throw down with them all right now.
End all discussion and duke it out. The idea of this sexy ass man going to blows to protect his animals turned Austin on like nothing ever had before.
“There’s no problem with that. We can work within those guidelines,” Austin said easily. He lifted his hand as Sam, his head security guard, started to speak. “I think we need to get together though. Go over things. See what we can work out. I have a high-end security system designed to keep—”
“To keep my cows from crossin’ this pond? It’s about fifteen feet deep and an acre wide. The barbed wire’s enough,” Kitt said as if Austin was stupid, but his focus returned to Austin. Exactly where Austin wanted it to be.
“As I was saying, it’s designed to keep trespassers off my land, and as a result, off yours too.” Austin didn’t take his eyes off Kitt as he spoke.
“I’ve never had a problem with that this far back,” Kitt shot back. The look on his face was clear; he thought Austin was a first-rate nut job.
“You haven’t lived next door to me before now, have you?
They’re just here trying to keep us both private.
For now, no one knows I’m here. If that changes, they need to be ready.
Why don’t you come over, tonight, tomorrow or whenever, and we can talk through it all.
See what we can do to keep anyone off your land. What do you say?”
“There has never been a problem with anyone gettin' back here. We butt up against Hunt’s twenty thousand acres and the National Forest after that. I can’t see where it’s a problem or why it needs any further discussion.
If you weren’t set with the terms, you shouldn’t have signed the damn contract.
” Kitt refused to back down, his anger clearly fueled him.
“Really, Kitt, Austin’s on the up-and-up. Come listen to what he has to say. He’s extending the olive branch, man, and just told you the barbed wire was enough,” Mike said.
Kitt turned his heated gaze to Mike, and then cocked his head to the security men who looked disgruntled as hell.
Lastly, he looked back at his own men who stood a little farther back behind him.
One of them nodded at him, and Kitt looked as if he visibly forced himself to calm.
Then, he did something no one had ever done to Austin before: he turned around, not saying another word, and walked away. Kitt just dismissed him.
Austin’s eyes were riveted to the Wranglers.
He watched Kitt’s ass swing with each step he took as he let the moment settle inside him.
He appreciated being treated normal, he liked to not always be the center of attention, but dismissed?
He wasn’t so sure about that one. Kitt’s men followed him.
They all made their way to the log cabin sitting a few hundred feet away.
“He’s a good guy, I promise. It’s been a while since I’ve seen him like this. Really not since college, but he came over and helped me set up your barn. He’s also the insemination specialist I told you about.” Mike was clearly trying to sell Austin on Kitt’s finer points.
Austin’s gaze stayed glued to Kitt’s ass until he stepped onto the porch.
He let everything go and focused on his choice of underwear.
The brand was more pronounced as he walked up each step.
Austin realized his heart was pounding and his dick jerked, begging him to go after Kitt.
It had been a while since he’d had sex and he desperately wanted some of that hot, angry cowboy, to work him over in all the right ways.
“It’s fine, I get it. He’s protecting what’s his.
Can’t blame him for that. I’ll give it a day or two and try to talk to him again.
Mike, if he’ll listen to you, please ask him not to tell anyone that I’m here.
It’s in the contract we signed. I just want to make sure he remembers the clause.
” Austin didn’t wait for Mike’s reply. He turned back to his four-wheeler and rode back to the barn.
His mind stayed on Kitt the entire way back.