The Lies Uncovered Trilogy (Books 4, 5, and 6 of The Dancing Moon Ranch Series) Read Online Free PDF Page A

well I guezzz they do... but not that way. But that guy at the party did. He pulled my top down... and he looked... and I juzzz laughed. And then you came and ruined things."
    "You're drunk and you're disgusting," Rick said, "so just be quiet."
    "Juzz be quiet," Sophie mimicked, then cuddled against Rick and put her hand on his thigh.
    Rick said nothing, but having Sophie draped against him for the first time in his life, and with her palm on his thigh and her knuckles against his crotch was definitely having an effect on him, although it wasn't the scene that had played over in his mind throughout the years. Never in his fantasies could he have imagined Sophie drunk and throwing herself at him. Throwing herself at any man, he corrected. He was no different from the rest.
    Once back at the ranch, Rick said to Adam, "Drop us off at the cabin on the end. There's no one there until late tomorrow morning and this needs to be dealt with tonight."
    Following Rick's instructions, Adam eased past a string of log cabins and pulled to a halt. Rick hopped out and caught Sophie up in his arms as she tumbled out the truck. He kneed the door closed and carried Sophie into the cabin, kicking the door shut. After dumping her on the bed, he went in the bathroom and turned on the light, then returned to the darkened room and said, "Either go take a shower on your own or I'll strip off your clothes and throw you in to sober you up, but after that we're going to talk."
    Sophie sat up in bed and splayed out her arms. "Okay then…" she said, "you can strippet… strippeded… umm… do what you said."
    Rick eyed her with uncertainty. "I'm not kidding Soph." 
    Sophie let out a deep, throaty laugh. "I'm… not kidding… either," she said in a sluggish voice. "You dragged me from… something I was liking… and now I'm not liking it… and you owe me." She raised her arms high for him to strip off her shirt.
    "Fine, have it your way." Grabbing her shirt, Rick tugged it over her head and tossed it on the floor then dragged off her jersey capris that came off with her underpants in one tug. Pulling her upright he dragged her, stumbling and laughing her low, throaty laugh, into the bathroom, shoved her into the shower and turned on the cold water. She let out a cry as the blast hit her and followed with a string of expletives Rick didn't know were in her vocabulary.
    Shutting the bathroom door with force, Rick went to sit on the bed and try to figure out what to do next. This whole episode with Sophie was so unexpected he was at a loss how to deal with it. He was also uncertain about his feelings now. Until Sophie arrived this time he'd had things laid out for the summer, gradually changing a lifelong relationship from platonic to love, and ultimately talking marriage.
    Sophie stayed so long in the shower, Rick was tempted to go in and see if she was okay. Then the water shut off and he could hear her moving around… maybe stumbling around, he couldn't tell. After a few minutes she opened the door and emerged, wearing one towel in a turban around her head, and another wrapped around her body and tucked down in front to hold it in place. From the look on her face he didn't know whether she was furious with him for carrying her away from the party, for stripping her and throwing her into the shower, or maybe angry with herself for the woman she was at the moment.
    Whatever was going on inside her, she aimed it all at him in a voice that was still a little sluggish, but was also filled with venom. "Who the hell… do you think you are… dragging me… away from a party?"
    "Maybe a friend who gives a damn," Rick said. "You were drunk and hanging all over a guy you didn't even know and acting like the woman you accuse your mother of being."
    "Step-mother," Sophie corrected, then continued in slow, measured beats. "I take that back. She's my father's wife. And I want to go… to your mother's house. I'm comfortable there… and she's easy to talk to. And