Woman on Top [McQueen Was My Valley 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Online Free PDF Page B

fluttery when around Julian Longtree, the constant companion of Xandra and her new husband Nathan. Brooke didn’t know why Xandra didn’t share the wealth and let Cass date Julian. Xandra and Nathan were obviously protective of the sexy half-Navajo game warden.
    Cass continued, “This man, Brooke. He looks like a goddamned luscious living statue.”
    All right, I’ll look up. Oh, holy shit. Cass is right. He’s a god. This man surely must have been nearly six and a half feet tall. It was obvious he was highly muscled even though he wore a brown Wildlife Resources jacket, like the one Julian wore. His duty belt chock-full of manly implements aroused Brooke even further, as did the star-like badge pinned over his front jacket pocket. His three-day-old beard made him look even more rugged, if such a thing was possible. The beard was so manly it didn’t even begin to cover up what looked like a fairly fresh bruise there.
    He was staring straight at Brooke. “I need to express mail something to Salt Lake. How often do they pick up?”
    Brooke opened her mouth. “Ah…” She genuinely didn’t know, having been doing this job for all of one day, so Cass stepped in to assist.
    “Once a day, at four, so you’re fine,” she said, overly smarmy. “Here. Here’s the form. You can just hand it to me when you’re done filling it out.”
    The two women stared dopily while the officer filled out the form. His nametag declared he was Officer Verona, probably the guy who’d been filling in for Julian when he was in Hawaii. But Julian was back now, so Brooke imagined Officer Verona would leave again soon.
    After the disaster in the spa, Brooke knew she shouldn’t be ogling any man at all. But after all, he was looking at her . He kept glancing sideways at her as he filled out the form, and he finally said, “I was just talking to some skiers. Apparently there’s a cougar in the area. You ladies should keep an eye peeled, and give guests instructions on how to deal with cougars.”
    “Yes,” said Brooke cheerfully, “don’t allow men under thirty to travel alone.”
    Cass just gaped at her, but Officer Verona appeared to get it. He smiled widely as though they shared a secret.
    Brooke said, “So what are the rules for cougars? I always forget what you do for each animal. Is it run like hell, or try to appear big and scare it?”
    “Try to appear big and scare it,” Verona agreed. “Yell and wave your arms around. Don’t even bend down to pick up a child, because the second you do, you’ll seem like fair game. And, needless to say, don’t let any kid wander around unattended. I’ve got some fliers I could leave or post at your Camp Walden alerting your guests to keep an eye out.”
    Cass butted in enthusiastically. “Oh, sure¸ officer. You know what? I was about to head on up the hill to Camp Walden myself. Have you been there before? No? It’s just a five-minute gondola ride uphill. I could show you the way.”
    Brooke sighed heavily. She was paying the penalty for having been such a wild child. Now, if her responsible sister Xandra saw her so much as talking to a man who didn’t resemble their father, she’d be all over Brooke like a rat on a Cheeto. It was going to take some time to live down her wanton reputation. No. She couldn’t offer to take the officer to the camp, even though she knew for a fact Cass was supposed to go meet the leader of a pet psychic group about using the ballroom for their conference.
    “Sure,” said Officer Verona. “If you’re going up that way anyway.”
    “You go.” Brooke urged Cass, even taking her by the arm to shove the tall gangling woman out from behind the front desk. “I think I know enough basic stuff by now to handle—”
    “Hey, Gabriel.”
    Brooke froze solid like a statue at the sound of Adrian Kinsey’s voice. Her eyes automatically flickered to view the redheaded stud. He had apparently just walked up the hill from the cabins—the Triple Play, in