Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right [The Chisholms of Texas 3] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Lea Kinkade Page A

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    Knowing that she was comparing him to her father right now, that she was asking herself if she was getting involved with a man like her father had been, nearly brought him to his knees. Actions spoke louder than words. He vowed to himself to show her that allowing a man to dominate her in the bedroom, was not going to lead to any sort of abuse like she had suffered at the hands of her father. He didn’t want to be in charge of her all the time. He just wanted to be in charge of her pleasure when they made love. He hoped he could show her the difference.
    “Baby,” he started to apologize to her.
    “Don’t you dare call me that, Dillon Chisholm. Do you have the slightest idea what you did to my credibility out there just now?” she asked in an icy voice.
    “Abby, I’m sorry about how I handled things out there. It was completely unprofessional, and I know I handled it all wrong,” he said contritely.
    “Your being sorry doesn’t undo the damage you just did. You just treated me like your addlepated girlfriend, not a trusted coworker. Not as an equal. Hell, even as your girlfriend I’d be pissed off at the way you talked to me out there in front of half the Ranch. I can’t work here if that’s how you’re going to treat me. You don’t respect me as an equal, Dillon. Why did you even offer me the job if you had so little faith in my abilities?” she asked in an anguished voice.
    “Baby, I’m sorry. I do have faith in your abilities. I wouldn’t have hired you if I didn’t know you could do the job. It’s just that when I realized you were in Diablo’s stall, all I could think of was the number of men he’s hurt over the past couple of years. If he got out of hand in the close confines of his stall, he could have really hurt you. Maybe even kill you. I was thinking with my heart, not my head. I couldn’t stand it if he hurt you in any way,” he told her softly as he came up behind her and stood so close he could feel the heat of her body.
    “I know how to handle Diablo, Dillon. I’ve spent quite a bit of time with him over the past two years. He and I have an understanding. He doesn’t kick me and I don’t try to ride him. It’s worked well for us. The way you behaved when you took me out of his stall was much more dangerous than my staying there and giving him the last of his shots.”
    “I realize that now. I should never have acted that high-handed with you while you were doing your job. I do trust you. I trust your skills as a veterinarian. I never would have hired you otherwise. Levi told me you spent a lot of time with the horses during your internship. I knew you had a special affinity for the horses here, I just didn’t realize you were something of a horse whisperer. You never said anything, and I guess I never asked. I was trying too hard to avoid you so that I wouldn’t have to deal with an aching cock. I don’t think you realize how much being close to you affected me back then. Hell, even now with you all righteously pissed at me, my cock is hard.” He said as he gently pulled her back against his muscle-bound body so she would feel his hard shaft against her lower back.
    “Maybe we shouldn’t be seeing each other outside of work. I can’t afford to have you act like that again. As it is, the whole ranch is going to know how you acted today and a lot of people are going to assume you don’t trust me to do my job. It’s been bad enough these past two years having some of the men resent my presence here. You just made it a thousand times worse with your behavior out there today. It will get even worse when people find out we’re sleeping together,” she said in a tired voice as she pulled away from him so that they were face to face.
    “No, baby. That’s not the answer. Please. After having you these past weeks, I can’t go back to just being your coworker. Look, you knew I was an overbearing bastard when you accepted the job. You told me off when I needed it during