Bucked (The Invincibles 6)

“Got a minute?” Irish asked when Buck opened the door.

“What for?”

“I need to talk to you.”

Buck let out an audible sigh. “I’m getting sick of this shit. Whatever you have to say, you can do it in front of Stella.”

“What’s going on here?” asked Decker, who stood on the porch behind Irish.

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Buck

I was beginning to think that if I wanted a minute alone with Stella, I was going to have to take her to one of the more remote cabins higher up on the ranch.

“Hey, everybody,” I heard my sister say from behind Deck.

“What are you doing here, Flynn?” I asked.

She eased her way past Deck and Irish. “Holt asked if anyone would mind if Ben Rice and a couple guys from his band came over tonight.”

“It would be better if Holt went there instead.”

“But—”

The look I gave my sister shut her up. The last thing we needed before Decker’s security system was set up was a bunch of extra people on the ranch.

Deck and Irish came inside. Both men pulled out laptops and sat down at the table.

“We’re in the middle of something, Flynn.”

She turned on her heel and stomped toward the door.

“I’ll go with you,” I heard Stella say from behind me.

“You need to stay here.”

“I’m just going back to the house, Buck,” said Flynn.

“I said Stella needs to stay here.”

“Buck, I—”

I was getting pretty damn close to telling everyone else to leave us alone, tossing Stella over my shoulder, and tying her to the damn bed until I could finish the conversation we needed to have yet kept getting interrupted from. Instead, I took her hand in mine and pulled her into the bedroom with me. I closed the door behind us and locked it.

“What the hell, Buck?”

I got right in her face. “Dammit, Stella, you are my responsibility to protect. You won’t be going as far as the cabin next door without me with you.”

“You’re overreacting,” she mumbled.

“No. I’m not,” I whispered, resting my forehead against hers. I couldn’t resist, not for another minute. “Do you know how long I’ve wanted to do this?” I grasped the back of her neck and kissed her.

As if it was made of molten lava, her body melted against mine as my tongue wound around hers. I gripped her ass, pulled her against me, and lifted her up. “Put your legs around my waist, darlin’.”

“Buck…”

“Shh. Just let me kiss you, Stella.”