Unbridled and Unbranded by Elle Saint James Read Free Book Online

busy,” Callie said. Her voice wavered a bit. Rafe hoped like hell he’d had something to do with that.
    A man stepped into the office behind the housekeeper. “Tell him yourself,” the vaguely familiar guy said.
    Callie went as stiff as a dead body planted in ice.
    “What the hell are you doing here, Kincaid?”

    * * * *

    After dinner the night before, Clay got home and promptly spent way too much time thinking about Drew Kincaid. What was he up to with regard to Callie? He’d kept his mouth shut during dinner with Bo and Rafe. He didn’t want to rile them up when he didn’t have any facts to back up his suspicions.
    Instead of heading to his house, he turned his vehicle towards his security building. Perhaps he’d do a bit of snooping around tonight. Just a neighborly effort to ensure Callie was safe from Kincaid. Or at least to assess what problems she might be having from him.
    Once ensconced in his security labyrinth at the DRMC property, Clay settled in at his computer and queried several databases for any and all information on Drew Kincaid, Calista Warren, and the two individual properties they owned. Then he dug deeper into more difficult to assess databases to get nonpublic information.
    He read though the resulting reports that were created and stopped on the very interesting stipulations in Callie’s grandmother’s will. He’d glanced at the information before, but took the time to read it in more detail this time. He then tucked the information away. He’d never reveal it. And he was certain Callie would appreciate no one knowing about it.
    The only other significant information he found had to do with some recent purchases by Kincaid’s ranch. Drew had spent quite a large amount of money on some equipment. He didn’t recognize the various component parts of what Kincaid had purchased. He also couldn’t fathom what they’d create once put together, but made a note to himself to do more research and find out.
    Clay didn’t trust Kincaid, however he was more concerned with his actions and not his ranch purchases. He understood that Callie didn’t like him. He’d known it from the first time they’d met when he bought the land for the Double Rider Men’s Club.
    Callie’s friendship alone made Drew Kincaid his sworn enemy.
    And if Kincaid ever did anything to make her upset, Clay vowed to make him pay for it.

    * * * *

    A combination of anger and fear warred in Callie’s mind the moment Drew Kincaid stepped into view inside her father’s old office. She couldn’t have been more stunned. To her knowledge he’d never even been on the property before. Not even when her father had been alive.
    Drew plastered a fake smile on his admittedly handsome face. “I’ve come to help you out, baby.”
    Behind her, she felt Rafe stiffen. He put a hand on her shoulder.
    “I’m not your baby, Drew.”
    “Well now, that’s only because you’ve never given me a chance, honey.” He flashed a thousand-watt grin. His smile annoyed her. The cost of his overly white teeth was likely more than she’d spent on clothing last year.
    “I’m not your honey, either. What do you want?” She was off-balance with him here. She wanted him gone and off of her land. Then she was going to throw herself into Rafe’s arms and fuck him because she was so grateful he was here.
    “Besides you, I want to merge our two pieces of land. But that’s for later on. Today, I’ve come to offer to help get your cows inseminated.”
    “Why would you do that?”
    “I just found out that one of my recent hires, Emmett, used to be your cow inseminator. I thought we could work out a deal.” Drew sent his gaze behind her. “Aren’t you going to introduce me to your friend?”
    “No. And I also don’t need help inseminating my herd. I’ve taken care of it. You can see yourself out, right, Drew?”
    Rafe slid his hand down her back with lazy calm. He then secured an arm around her waist in a totally brazen, possessive show