off limits too, but everywhere else was free range of them.
Gavin made his way around the room to get a better look at the group standing at the bar. Travis was chatting with a redhead wearing a black shirt with “Bride” in big letters written across her chest. Ruby was flirting with one of the guys that had come in with Travis and the hand holder that had his hands all over Audree. Well, his hands weren’t all over Audree, but they were certainly on her and she was doing nothing to remove them. But if that hand on her hip moved any closer to her ass Gavin would be removing that hand and the man attached to it very quickly. Mr. Hands moved closer to Audree and whispered something in her ear. Gavin watched as she threw her head back and laughed. God, she was beautiful when she laughed.
Another girl came up to Gavin, ran her hand across his chest, and flashed a wide smile at him from her red lipsticked lips. Gavin had never been much into the overly made up faces on women. He was a farm kid and liked a more natural look on his women. Audree never really wore make-up that he knew of, maybe some eyeliner and lip gloss, but other than that, she was just a natural beauty. He started to remove the woman’s hand, but noticed Mr. Hands was pulling Audree to the dance floor. And thankfully, Audree was pulling Ruby with her.
He moved around to get a better view of the dance floor and was relieved to see Audree and Ruby dancing with each other instead of the two guys dancing next to them.
“It is nice to see Audree let loose a little.” Travis stepped up behind Gavin and handed him a fresh bottle of beer. “We’ve tried to get her to go out with us, but she is always the designated driver and never really gets to let her hair down.” He smiled at the tension he saw in his brother’s jaw while he watched Scotty pull Audree close to his body. “Nothing stopping you from cutting in, man.” He tipped his bottle toward the dance floor.
“Who’s the guy? He’s not from around here.” Gavin gritted his teeth as Mr. Hands started to grind his body against Audree.
“Couple of friends from school.” He shrugged. “What? I keep in touch with some of the guys from the Fraternity.” He saw Gavin roll his eyes. He knew that Gavin hadn’t approved of his college life, too much partying and grades that allowed him to graduate by the skin of his teeth. Travis didn’t care; he hadn’t wanted to go to college anyway, but his father made him, saying that he needed a degree to make something of himself. This might explain why Travis got a job working with Audree’s father doing carpentry work. “Scotty and Harry are coming to work the ranch with me for a bit. Uncle Lou,” Audree’s uncle who owned a part of the family’s land on the far side of the property, “is talking about expanding and Scotty might help design and build some new equipment.” Travis almost choked on his beer as he laughed at Gavin’s reaction to Audree now grinding her ass against the front of Scotty’s pants. “Down, boy.”
“Fuck you, Trav.”
“Harry is the one all over Ruby.” Travis pointed to Ruby dancing behind Audree. “They are trying to get their foot in the door…”
“I really don’t care.” Gavin glared at his brother.
“Sure you do. They will probably be here all summer, just working the farm. A farm that Audree drops her daughter off at couple of days a week, so Eva can spend time with her cousins while Audree has people at the ranch.” He laughed when Gavin glared at him and then back at the dance floor. “Kid is a born cattle woman.”
“Just like her mother,” Gavin mumbled.
“Yup.” He tapped his brother’s shoulder. “I’m going to find myself a cowgirl to dance with.” He laughed and walked behind Gavin.
“Don’t you have a fiancé?”
“She didn’t show up again,” he shrugged his shoulders. “She told me to have a goodtime, but not too good a time. So I can dance; just can’t touch or take
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