Going Wilde (The Brothers of Wilde, Nevada 1)

Phoenix grabbed him from behind. “Settle down, lil’ bro. Austin hasn’t met her. Besides, you know him.”

“Let him go, Phoenix. Let’s see if he can take me.” Austin glared at him. “You want to punch me, Jackson. Well, take your best shot, because that’s all you’ll get.”

Denver and Dallas pulled up in one of the mine’s trucks. They hopped out. “What the hell’s going on?” Dallas shouted.

“I’ll tell you exactly what’s going on.” Austin growled. “You guys fucked up by going back to Miss Greene’s room. And Jackson took the cake by spending the night with her. Phoenix tells me that none of you told her that you were part of the Wilde family. That right?”

“True.” Denver stepped between Jackson and Austin. “She’s quite the woman.”

Austin rolled his eyes. “Stars in your eyes, too.”

“You haven’t met her.” Jackson’s pulse backed down. “You don’t know.”

“Lil’ bro, I can see that you think you can woo her to take the leap into our family’s unusual marriage arrangement.”

“What?” Denver turned to Jackson. “You’re that gone on her?”

Jackson nodded. Not the way he wanted the discussion to go down, but he was glad it was out in the open now.

“Miss Greene is great and all, but she’s not from around here.” Dallas shook his head.

Phoenix added, loosening his hold on him, “From what I saw last night, she’s not very experienced, either.”

Austin stepped up, and put his hand on Jackson’s shoulder. “A fool’s dream.” Then he smiled. “Fine. But do your charming after she finishes her investigation of the mine. I’ve left a message for her at the hotel that I’ve set up a tour for her with one of the supervisors. I’ll see her the next day in my office. I just hope I can clean up the mess you all have created before the dads get back.”

“You will, big bro. You always do.” Jackson loved Austin. He’d always idolized him. Once he met Jessie, Austin would know that she was for all of them, just like he did.

Chapter Five

Jessica looked at the clock. He should’ve been back by now. Then she checked herself. Grinning, she realized that time and schedules might be quite different in Wilde than Manhattan and DC. Still, she needed to get to the mine. That was why she was here.

She hummed one of her favorite songs as she finished putting on the last of her makeup. She’d never felt so alive in her whole life. Jackson had been amazing, perfect even. When she thought about the cowboy who had given her the best birthday present ever, little tingles spread through her body. She even imagined him coming to visit her back east, showing him off to Michael and her other friends. God, that would be so great.

“Slow down, Jessica. You’re not a teenager. It was only one night,” she said aloud, looking at herself in the mirror for a final once-over, and smiled. For the first time, she felt beautiful. She prayed for many more nights with Jackson.

Jessica decided to go to the lobby and wait for her sexy cowboy. They could eat on the way to the mine. She grabbed her laptop, cell, and purse and left the room she would always remember as the place she had her first time with a man. And what a man!

She was disappointed when she got to the lobby and someone else was at the reception desk other than Maude.

“Miss Greene?” The guy was good-looking and quite tall. Six-six, at least. He wore a cowboy hat, T-shirt, jeans, and boots, Wilde’s usual attire for men, she was learning. He had a name badge that read Kyle.

“Yes.” She stepped up to the counter.

“I have a message from Austin Wilde for you.” He slid an envelope over to her with her name on it.

Damn. They know I’m here. “Thank you.”

She opened it up. It was on the Wilde Mine’s stationery.

Dear Ms. Greene,

I’m looking forward to meeting you. I wish I had been made aware of your arrival, as I would’ve been able to clear my calendar. Unfortunately, my schedule today is fully booked. I have arranged a tour for you with one of our supervisors.

I’ll be happy to meet with you tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. to discuss what we can provide that will aid in your investigation. As you know, Wilde Mine has been incident free for many years. I am certain you will find during your brief time here that we take the safety of our employees very seriously.

Looking forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,