Texas Wild Read Free

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brother-in-law to two of her cousins, he often joined those trips.
    “So you haven’t been able to find out anything about her?” she
asked.
    “No, not yet, but I did discover something interesting.”
    Megan lifted a brow. “What?”
    “It’s recorded that she gave birth to a child. We can’t say
whether the baby was male or female, but it was a live birth.”
    Megan couldn’t stop the flow of excitement that seeped into her
veins. If Clarice had given birth, that could mean more Westmoreland cousins out
there somewhere. Anyone living in Denver knew how important family was to the
Westmorelands.
    “That could be big. Really major,” she said, thinking. “Have
you mentioned it to anyone else?”
    He shook his head, smiling. “No, you’re the one who hired me,
so anything I discover I bring to you first.”
    She nodded. “Don’t say anything just yet. I don’t want to get
anyone’s hopes up. You can say you’re going to Texas on a lead, but nothing else
for now.”
    Presently, there were fifteen Denver Westmorelands. Twelve
males and three females. Megan’s parents, as well as her aunt and uncle, had
been killed in a plane crash years ago, leaving Dillon and her oldest brother,
Ramsey, in charge. It hadn’t been easy, but now all of the Westmorelands were
self-supporting individuals. All of them had graduated from college except for
the two youngest—Bane and Bailey. Bane was in the U.S. Navy, and Bailey, who’d
fought the idea of any education past high school, was now in college with less
than a year to go to get her degree.
    There had never been any doubt in Megan’s mind that she would
go to college to become an anesthesiologist. She loved her job. She had known
this was the career she wanted ever since she’d had her tonsils removed at six
and had met the nice man who put her to sleep. He had come by to check on her
after the surgery. He’d visited with her, ate ice cream with her and told her
all about his job. At the time, she couldn’t even pronounce it, but she’d known
that was her calling.
    Yet everyone needed a break from their job every once in a
while, and she was getting burned out. Budget cuts required doing more with
less, and she’d known for a while that it was time she went somewhere to chill.
Bailey had left that morning for Charlotte to visit their cousin Quade, his wife
Cheyenne and their triplets. Megan had been tempted to go with her, since she
had a lot of vacation time that she rarely used. She also thought about going to
Montana, where other Westmorelands lived. One nice thing about having a large
family so spread out was that you always had somewhere to go.
    Suddenly, a thought popped into Megan’s head, and she glanced
over at Rico again to find him staring at her. Their gazes held for a moment
longer than necessary before she broke eye contact and looked down at the
calendar on her desk while releasing a slow breath. For some reason she had a
feeling he was on the verge of finding out something major. She wanted to be
there when he did. More than anything she wanted to be present when he found out
about Clarice’s child. If she was in Denver while he was in Texas, she would go
nuts waiting for him to contact her with any information he discovered. Once
she’d gotten her thoughts and plans together, she glanced back up at him.
    “You’re leaving for Texas in two days, right?”
    He lifted a brow. “Yes. That’s my plan.”
    Megan leaned back in her chair. “I’ve just made a decision
about something.”
    “About what?”
    Megan smiled. “I’ve decided to go with you.”
    * * *
    Rico figured there were a lot of things in life he
didn’t know. But the one thing he did know was that there was no way Megan
Westmoreland was going anywhere with him. Being alone with her in this office
was bad enough. The thought of them sitting together on a plane or in a car was
too close for comfort. It was arousing him just thinking about it.
    He was attracted to her