“Huh?”was all I could manage when I whipped my gaze to hers.
“I was just asking you, what’s going to happen with that moose?”
“Oh.The moose.”I sighed.“She’s healed up, but because somebody tried to raise her, she’s not very accustomed to the wild, so we’re going to work on reintroducing her.There’s an area on the Kenai Peninsula where they monitor the moose.We’re thinking of seeing if they’ll support us with this transition.”
“Do peoplekeepmoose?”Elsa asked.
“They shouldn’t.”I shook my head.“But sometimes they do.She was young enough when she got brought in that we’re hoping we can gradually let her loose in the wild.But she’s too comfortable with people, which is a problem.”
“Dolly’s looking good,” Tommy chimed in, referring to his favorite goat.
“She’s always looking good.”I chuckled.
“I was thinking we could get the goats sweaters to wear,” he added.
“Oh, my God.Are you going to do one of those goat sweater things?”Cole said, waggling his brows.
“Why not?I think they’re cute,” Tommy replied.
“You could do a goat yoga class in the summer.People pay for that kind of thing,” Grady offered.
Asher groaned.“No,” was all he said.
“Whyno?”Grady asked.“Tommy said the goats would be appealing to customers.”
Cole shook his head as he leaned back in his chair.“Nope.Not our vibe here.”
“Well, a lot of people think hiking in the woods to spend the night outside in the winter without heat is dumb,” Tommy pointed out.
“Is that what you think?”Jude asked with a grin.
“I don’t think it’s dumb, it’s just not something I want to do.I like being warm.I don’t want to worry about dying from hypothermia,” Tommy said practically.
A chuckle rustled in Jude’s throat.He squeezed my thigh again, catching me off guard, and I almost jumped from the electricity of his touch.Thiswas going to be the problem with us being public.
By the time we left and Jude started driving me home, I was burning up for him.Travis was sound asleep in the back.He’d been running loose outside all through dinner after I fed him.
“How about you drive faster?”I suggested.
Jude glanced over.“Are you in a hurry?”he drawled.
“Yes!”I burst out.“You’ve been teasing me all night.”
“You’re fun to tease, and I love that I can tease you.”
As if to emphasize his point, he reached across the seat and slid his palm over my thigh.Once again, his fingers teased along that seam of my jeans, but this time he brought his palm all the way up and cupped between my thighs.I wasn’t even thinking when I opened them slightly and bit my lip to keep from whimpering.
“Oh, fuck me, Kendall,” he rasped.
“Two can play this game,” I teased as I reached over and placed my palm over the ridge of his arousal.His length pulsed under my touch, and I felt a surge of power.
I giggled when he swatted my hand away.In doing so, he had to move his hand from where he was teasing me, so it served two purposes.
“Now, will you hurry it up?”
“Absolutely,” he said flatly.
ChapterThirty-Four
