Free The Cowbear's Curvy Christmas (Curvy Bear Ranch 2) by Liv Brywood

hell.”
    Madison scurried out of the kitchen. It was all Mack could do not to chase after her. But he needed to set his brother straight first. “Mind your own business.”
    “I thought she was off-limits.”
    “She is now.” Although he couldn’t claim her, he sure as hell wasn’t going to allow his playboy brother to let his bear loose on her.
     

Chapter 7
     
    Madison fled the kitchen and raced up to her room. She wanted to die of embarrassment. One second she’d been having the orgasm of her life, and the next, she’d had to endure the humiliation of having Mack’s brother walk in on them. Sure, her skirt was mostly around her knees by the time he caught them, but he’d known exactly what she’d been up to.
    A knock sounded on the bedroom door. “Honey, it’s me. Can I come in?”
    “Sure.”
    Mack walked in with furrowed brows. “You didn’t have to run. Logan needs to learn to be a little more respectful.”
    “He definitely needs to learn how to be on time instead of early.”
    “Can I sit?” he asked. When she slid over, he sat on the edge of the bed. “Why did you run?”
    “I was embarrassed. Logan must think I’m easy. I’ve only been here a few days and I’m already letting you stuff your face with me.”
    Mack’s belly laugh broke the ribbon of tension in her spine. “Honey, you’re not a slut by any means. Why would you even think that?”
    “I picked you up in the bar…”
    “We picked each other up.”
    “I seduced you in the barn…”
    “It didn’t take much convincing.”
    “And then I let you have me in the kitchen.”
    He lay on his side next to her. Gorgeous hazel eyes watched her intently. “Why are you really upset?”
    She rolled onto her belly and picked at the quilt. “I thought I had my whole life planned. We were going to have a big wedding. Probably have a white picket fence and two-point-five kids, and then everything, all of my plans, were gone in an instant. I’m sorry. I’m an emotional wreck.”
    “You’re still healing. It’s going to take time.”
    “Are you happy being single?” she asked.
    He softly rubbed her arm. “I am.”
    “Don’t you want to raise a family?”
    “I have my brothers.”
    “I mean a family of your own,” she clarified.
    “If it happens, then I’ll be grateful. But if not, then it’s not meant to be.”
    “So you believe in fate?”
    “I think there’s someone out there that’s meant for me. When I find her, I’ll do everything in my power to keep her.”
    She turned her head to look at him. “How will you know? I thought I had found the love of my life and it turned out to be a disaster.”
    “I guess you just have to keep trying until you find the right person. Think of it this way: how much worse would it have been had you married him and found out about his infidelity later?”
    “It could have been a lot worse.”
    “So maybe what you need to do right now is exactly what you have been doing. Have sex for fun and worry about finding a new relationship later. I think the universe will put the right person in your path at the right time. You just have to be patient.”
    “You’re probably right.”
    “I know I’m right,” he said with a grin.
    “We should probably get downstairs before your brothers get even more suspicious.”
    “One quick thing first.”
    “What?”
    He propped up on one arm and leaned across her chest. “I love kissing you.”
    She smiled. What was it about this man that made her as giddy as a teenager? She’d never felt like this with Ben. When they’d kissed, it had felt so perfunctory, so mechanical. But with Mack, when their lips met, it was like soft marshmallows melting into hot chocolate.
    A groan escaped her lips before she could stop it. Although, why would she want to? She wanted him to know that his kisses reduced her to a puddle of liquid heat.
    “You deserve a good man,” Mack murmured between soft kisses.
    She leaned over, ready to take another kiss when her