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Barrett shrugged "Mom probably told her to do it"

"Pretty hot out here today"

"She’s tough She can handle it Besides, she loves rumbles about it If you ask her if she’d rather do dishes or mow the lawn, she’ll take ht?"

"Yeah I think that has to do with growing up with four older brothers We were always fighting over running the tractor and Mia often got the short end of the stick As soon as she was tall enough to sit on the tractor, Dad let her start ot stuck doing dishes"

Nathan laughed "Sucks for you"

"For sure"

The door opened and Harmony stuck her head out "Babe, I need you"

Barrett looked over at hiroom duties"

"Later, Barrett"

Barrett disappeared inside, and Nathan finished his glass of water and set it on the table by the back door He thought about finding the guys to see what they were up to, but for so toward the front yard

Mia had mowed most of the front area and looked to be about ready to finish up He circled around back, grabbed his glass and took it inside

Lydia was in the kitchen, along with Diane They were heads together creating so and barely noticed hi with a second one He slid out the door without anyone asking him questions Once he was out the door, he realized he was acting all stealthy for no reason at all

Everyone was busy and no one was paying attention to hi the tractor toward the barn He followed her in there

She shut off the tractor and turned to hilass of water "Thought you lass in a couple of ss, kind of like he had with his first glass She took off her ball cap and her hair was stuck to her head Sweat glistened all over her ar to her breasts in a way that was s considered

"You’re all wet"

"No shit It’s hot out here I need a cool shower This is one of those days I want to go whine at ed hi to surround ainst the tractor "Hoeed pulling?"

"It’sup football just so I can pull weeds every day for the rest of hed "I want to be at the press conference when you announce your retirement before the season starts"

"No one will miss me My dad will coaht about all this while you eed pulling, huh?"

"It’s good to have a long-range plan in ave her a half smile "That’s why you like me"

"No, I only tolerate you"

He looked around the barn It was filled with farm equipment, from mowers and tractors to accessories for those Then there were hoes and rakes and hoses He also noticed there was storage up above accessible with a ladder

"What’s up there?" he asked

"An old-style hayloft"

"Oh, like the kinds you see in old ainst a wood column in the barn "Come on, Mia Haven’t you ever watched old movies, where the couple climb into the barn hayloft and make out?"

She looked up at the loft, then back at Nathan "Apparently not And there’s no hay up there Though we have storage and horse blankets"

"Sexy Let’s go up there and hed "I don’t think so Horse blankets aren’t coet even more sweaty"