bar they could be found riding their horses. They were bronze-skinned from their time outdoors in the sun and their hair was a medium blond. Their emerald green gazes had a way of looking straight through a person and their sexy lopsided grins got them out of more predicaments than she cared to count. It certainly was hard to find something not to like about them.
Levi touched below her eyes. “I saw you crying once a few years back. You were sitting on your father’s porch. I think you were nineteen or so at the time. Always bothered me. I wanted to go to you and make whatever upset you better but…”
She tipped her face into his palm. “I saw you that day. You were driving past in your truck.”
He nodded. “Nearly stopped.”
Lyle snorted. “What he means to say is that he did stop just up the street from your father’s place. He then walked around from the side and stood in the bushes to make sure you were all right.”
She lifted her brows. “Really?”
Levi blushed and the sight made her smile more. “Uh, yeah. Something like that.”
Lyle leaned over her head, staring down at her. “Told you he’s had feelings for you for years too.”
“He does not,” she protested.
Levi pinched her chin between his thumb and forefinger. “Whoa there, sweetness. Don’t you go putting words in my mouth and assuming you know the truth of the matter. You’re unforgettable. A man doesn’t look at you and just walk away and think nothing of it. You linger in a man’s mind.”
“And I lingered in your mind?” she asked.
He took hold of her hand and dragged it over his chest, stopping above his heart. “Among other places.”
Lyle bent and slapped her ass cheek playfully. She yelped. “He’s saying he loves you.”
“Stop it, Lyle,” said Sally. She didn’t like to be teased. “He does not love me.”
“I do so,” corrected Levi.
Her mouth snapped shut.
The Ackerman boys laughed.
“Say it again,” Lyle said. “I want to see if she faints.”
Sally paled.
Levi kissed her quickly. “I think its best I let that confession percolate with her, else she might very well pass clean out.”
Chapter Four
Sally’s long blond hair slipped through Levi’s fingers. It was as silky as he’d thought it would be. He took a deep breath. Flowers and citrus. The smell of Sally. Everything about her drove him wild with lust. Beneath her shy exterior lurked a bit of fire and he liked it. He liked how she always seemed so innocent yet sinful all at once. Both brothers had noticed her straight away when she’d first come to Macon Valley and both had spent years forming an idea in their heads of what it would be like to have her—yet until recently neither had made a move on her. Truth was, Levi was pissed he hadn’t stepped up first. Between he and Lyle, Levi was always considered the dare devil, the risk taker, yet in this instance Lyle had usurped him.
It made no sense—his reluctance to go for what he’d wanted.
Sally.
Women weren’t a challenge to him. Not really. They fawned all over him. He normally bedded at least two different women a week. All of them were hot little numbers. None of them mattered, though. The only one who remained on his mind endlessly was Sally and he’d only just gotten to sample her.
One taste isn’t enough , he thought.
He chanced a look at his brother, who nodded before easing his legs out from under Sally’s head. She reached for Lyle but he shook his head. “Levi wants some alone-time with you, darlin’.”
“But,” protested Sally.
Levi moved over her and put his knee between her legs. He stared down at her. Fuck, she was beautiful all spread out on the pool table, her skin pink-stained from her orgasm—just like Lyle had described.
He dipped his head and kissed her, quieting any possible protests. She wiggled beneath him, thrusting her sex up and at him. With a grin, he eased his hand between her legs . Slick with juice, she was ready for him. It