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They’d carried her to the arden tub, she’d practically dozed off as their hands roamed over her and their bodies surrounded her She’d been loved hard, pampered well, and all she needed then was sleep

After her figging experience, Lucy decided behaving herself was imperative Luke cradled her body and carried her back to bed He stretched out beside her and nuzzled her cheek “Rest, baby”

Barely coherent, she’d fallen asleep in his arines The faint rele all over

“Rex? Luke?”

Luke stepped out of the bathroo on?”

“Billy’s car arrived,” he replied “He’s co Rex is ready to send hiirl?”

Finding a pair of deni to locate so two residences wasn’t working well She needed to reside one place or the other

She uests in the first place T

hen again, she thought, taking a stihty fine reasons to stay put

“Billy is high et all worked up They would leave for Nashville later that afternoon, and she didn’t have time to lie around in bed all day

“You’re not telling ured out for ourselves”

“But…” she continued, “he’s always in the money”

“Well if that’s the case, then you’d better talk to Rex He can’t wait to rip up his contract He can’t believe you’ve put up with hi as you have”

“He can’t do that!” she screeched, ru an old red T-shirt The he below her crotch, but it didn’t matter She would have time to worry about fashion matters after Billy left for Middle Tennessee “Rex can’t start firing our drivers”

“Technically, he can,” Luke corrected her, rubbing his chin “You gave hiht now, he wants Billy out of here”