Carnal Compromise by Robin L. Rotham Read Free Book Online

or crops by working overtired. Farming was dangerous enough already without taking stupid chances.
    And he wasn’t even using that as an excuse to get busy with AJ. Worker safety was always priority one for him, and he’d made it a firing offense to remain working in the field after ten o’clock. No ifs, ands or buts.
    He headed over toward the last wagon and waved at AJ, who was plainly visible in the bright lamplight when he pulled up alongside. Unloading seemed to take forever, though it wasn’t even a full minute before the tank was empty. When he was done, he tapped his wrist in an exaggerated motion and she nodded, then waited for him to pull ahead of her.
    Joe and the other teams were already at Bixler’s, locking everything down for the night. When Seth and Tim headed for their truck, Brent called out for them to hold up.
    “I wanted to say thanks,” he said as he walked up, sticking out a hand to Seth. “It’s good to know you guys are looking out for each other, and for AJ in particular. Women can have a hard time fitting in on the crews sometimes, and I really appreciate you standing up to protect her.”
    After a short hesitation, Seth took his hand, looking both pleased and concerned. “So everything’s okay with her now? You guys have worked out whatever it was?”
    “We have, and she’s fine. You can ask her yourself. Here she comes.”
    “I’m fine,” AJ said, having been close enough to hear him. “Better than fine. Thanks for having my back.”
    Seth watched her carefully for a moment and then shrugged. “No problem, AJ.”
     
     
    The ride back to the camper was tense. All she wanted to do was grab one of them by the collar and stick her face inside the neck of his jacket, drink in the warm, metallic scent of skin and lick the dried perspiration of the day off. She could probably have an orgasm just from that. It had been so long since she’d tasted any part of a man, she almost cried thinking about it.
    They all sat stiffly in their seats, not saying a word until Brent asked, “Anyone want a bite to eat? The Shanty’s still open.”
    AJ and Joe answered simultaneously. “No.”
    He grinned. “Guess that’s settled.”
    Thank God the other guys had stopped in town for supper. Having witnesses as they walked together into the camper would have been excruciating. Seth and Tim had been sending her speculative looks all day, and AJ felt as if her face were a neon sign that said Three-way at our place tonight!
    Inside the camper, Brent gave Joe a shove. “Go take a shower while I get things warmed up.”
    Then he swung AJ around. Humid heat gushed from the neck of his jacket as he crushed her against him and kissed her. The musky, wind-sharpened scent of him swamped her brain while his stubbly cheeks and peppermint tongue played havoc with her nerve endings. She moaned desperately, tearing at his zipper.
    “Hey, take it easy,” he said as he stepped back and pulled off the jacket. “We’ve got all night.”
    “I can’t,” she said desperately, stripping out of her own down vest. “Now. Do it now. We can take it easy later.”
    “You think I’m getting in the shower now, you can think again,” Joe declared, whipping his flannel overshirt off over his head without unbuttoning it.
    Together the two men undressed her, and her arms tangled with theirs more than once in her efforts to get some clothes off them. In short order, she was naked while they were both still almost fully clothed, and suddenly she closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around her body. How had she gotten here, with not just one but both of these gorgeous men? Her mind knew the mechanics of it, remembered exactly how it had happened, and yet it just didn’t quite all fit together in her head. She wasn’t the stuff of men’s wet dreams.
    But they were sure as hell the stuff of hers. Whenever she reread Amanda Garrity’s Carnal Deliverance , Brent and Joe replaced the two sexy male characters in her mind, and