crossed her legs, willing the desire to abate, for now. "Not helping."
"Jackson..." Audrey's face flamed. "Charli needs to seduce Connor. Any suggestions on how to go about it?"
The Kiowa cowboy's eyes widened as he shifted his attention from Audrey to Charli. "You need to know how to seduce Connor?" He gaze switched back to Audrey and the skin around his eyes tightened. "Is this a trick question?"
Charli flung up her hands. "You see? Jackson thinks it's stupid. What am I supposed to do?"
Stepping backward, Jackson held up his hands in surrender. "I don't think it's stupid to seduce Connor. I just would think it was obvious how to go about it."
"Honey." Audrey circled an arm around Jackson, "if the how was so obvious, we wouldn't be asking."
Slipping an arm over Audrey's and Charli's shoulders, Jackson grinned. "Men are simple creatures. Don't make it hard." His hand slid downward on Audrey's back, cupping her ass. "Well, maybe a little hard. Those parts that are supposed to be, anyway."
With a wiggle, she shoved away his hand. "Give us a clue as to what you're talking about, please."
"Seriously?" Jackson stood wide-eyed. "The five-second sure-fire way to seduce a man is to get naked in front of him."
Charli raised her face to the ceiling. "I can't march up to his house naked. The seduction has to be more subtle than that."
Jackson's brow wrinkled. "Why do you want to seduce him?"
As she stared across Jackson's chest at Audrey, Charli's face burned. "Does he know?"
"No.” Audrey shook her head. “Do you want him to know?"
Charli's forehead scrunched. "Yeah, sure. Why not? I'm not getting any lately anyway."
"Are you two talking in code or something?" Jackson let go of the women and crossed his arms. "What part about 'men are simple' did you not understand?"
Audrey hooked his arm and led him to a stack of boxes, where she seated him. "It's like this..." She gathered a deep breath and launched. "Charli was thinkin' of leavin'."
Jackson's head jerked toward Charli. "The Ugly Stick or Temptation altogether?"
Charli moaned. "This will take too long."
Audrey shot a frown at Charli, and pressed a finger to Jackson's lips. "Don't interrupt until I finish, please. As I was saying, Charli was going to leave Temptation, on account of she was bored. Until a mystery man tempted her to skinny dip in Judge Stephen's pool."
Jackson grinned and his mouth opened, but before he could say anything, Audrey continued. "She took him up on the dare, skinny-dipped and did it with this man."
"Who is he?" Jackson slipped in the question while Audrey took a breath.
"She doesn't know. He wore a black cowboy hat pulled down low." Audrey waved a hand. "Anyway, the next night he pulled her over on the highway with a buddy of his and the three of them did it in the back of a pickup."
Jackson shifted on the boxes, leaning toward Audrey. "You're turning me on."
Audrey grinned. "I know, it does, doesn't it?"
"Audrey..." Charli waved her hands in her boss's face. "I need to get back to work sometime."
"So the next night she's meets her mystery man at the furniture store where he treats her to dinner and desert with two other guys."
"Charli and three men?" Jackson choked back a laugh, his eyes getting rounder. "Our sweet, staid, bartender Charli?"
Charli winced at the 'staid' part.
Audrey nodded. "It gets kinkier."
Jackson's brows dipped. "And I take it she still doesn't know who this mystery cowboy or any of his buddies are?" He shot a narrow-eyed glance at Charli.
"Nope." Audrey added her frown to Jackson's. "That has me worried too."
Maybe telling Jackson wasn’t such a good idea . Charli's face burned and her body heated.
Audrey continued, "The next day she had a date with Connor Mason."
"Ah..." Jackson raised a finger. "Is he the mystery cowboy?"
Charli shrugged. "I doubt it. He took me out on his ranch, we had a picnic and he never made a single move on me."
Jackson's brow wrinkled. "Did you get naked?"
"No."
The
"Jackson..." Audrey's face flamed. "Charli needs to seduce Connor. Any suggestions on how to go about it?"
The Kiowa cowboy's eyes widened as he shifted his attention from Audrey to Charli. "You need to know how to seduce Connor?" He gaze switched back to Audrey and the skin around his eyes tightened. "Is this a trick question?"
Charli flung up her hands. "You see? Jackson thinks it's stupid. What am I supposed to do?"
Stepping backward, Jackson held up his hands in surrender. "I don't think it's stupid to seduce Connor. I just would think it was obvious how to go about it."
"Honey." Audrey circled an arm around Jackson, "if the how was so obvious, we wouldn't be asking."
Slipping an arm over Audrey's and Charli's shoulders, Jackson grinned. "Men are simple creatures. Don't make it hard." His hand slid downward on Audrey's back, cupping her ass. "Well, maybe a little hard. Those parts that are supposed to be, anyway."
With a wiggle, she shoved away his hand. "Give us a clue as to what you're talking about, please."
"Seriously?" Jackson stood wide-eyed. "The five-second sure-fire way to seduce a man is to get naked in front of him."
Charli raised her face to the ceiling. "I can't march up to his house naked. The seduction has to be more subtle than that."
Jackson's brow wrinkled. "Why do you want to seduce him?"
As she stared across Jackson's chest at Audrey, Charli's face burned. "Does he know?"
"No.” Audrey shook her head. “Do you want him to know?"
Charli's forehead scrunched. "Yeah, sure. Why not? I'm not getting any lately anyway."
"Are you two talking in code or something?" Jackson let go of the women and crossed his arms. "What part about 'men are simple' did you not understand?"
Audrey hooked his arm and led him to a stack of boxes, where she seated him. "It's like this..." She gathered a deep breath and launched. "Charli was thinkin' of leavin'."
Jackson's head jerked toward Charli. "The Ugly Stick or Temptation altogether?"
Charli moaned. "This will take too long."
Audrey shot a frown at Charli, and pressed a finger to Jackson's lips. "Don't interrupt until I finish, please. As I was saying, Charli was going to leave Temptation, on account of she was bored. Until a mystery man tempted her to skinny dip in Judge Stephen's pool."
Jackson grinned and his mouth opened, but before he could say anything, Audrey continued. "She took him up on the dare, skinny-dipped and did it with this man."
"Who is he?" Jackson slipped in the question while Audrey took a breath.
"She doesn't know. He wore a black cowboy hat pulled down low." Audrey waved a hand. "Anyway, the next night he pulled her over on the highway with a buddy of his and the three of them did it in the back of a pickup."
Jackson shifted on the boxes, leaning toward Audrey. "You're turning me on."
Audrey grinned. "I know, it does, doesn't it?"
"Audrey..." Charli waved her hands in her boss's face. "I need to get back to work sometime."
"So the next night she's meets her mystery man at the furniture store where he treats her to dinner and desert with two other guys."
"Charli and three men?" Jackson choked back a laugh, his eyes getting rounder. "Our sweet, staid, bartender Charli?"
Charli winced at the 'staid' part.
Audrey nodded. "It gets kinkier."
Jackson's brows dipped. "And I take it she still doesn't know who this mystery cowboy or any of his buddies are?" He shot a narrow-eyed glance at Charli.
"Nope." Audrey added her frown to Jackson's. "That has me worried too."
Maybe telling Jackson wasn’t such a good idea . Charli's face burned and her body heated.
Audrey continued, "The next day she had a date with Connor Mason."
"Ah..." Jackson raised a finger. "Is he the mystery cowboy?"
Charli shrugged. "I doubt it. He took me out on his ranch, we had a picnic and he never made a single move on me."
Jackson's brow wrinkled. "Did you get naked?"
"No."
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