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seeing the building bulge in
his jeans.
    “Dashing through the snow in a one
horse open sleigh.”
    “Over the fields we go," he
joined in with her sing-song. “Laughing all the way.”
    Marvey barked and right on cue they
both broke into a fit of giggles as the dog climbed between them. She jutted
her head, her tongue dangling from her mouth, obviously enjoying the ride.
    Minerva wrapped her arm around the dog
and he almost felt a stab of jealousy. She was a gorgeous animal, almost as
beautiful as her owner, with fur the color of the falling snow set off by a
brown spot over her left eye and a smaller matching spot on her back.
    His black stallion effortlessly pulled
the sleigh right up to the small barn adjacent to his cabin. Minerva hopped out
of the sleigh not waiting for his assistance and went up to pet the horse.
“Thanks for the ride.”
    Brain could have sworn his horse
grinned when she planted a kiss on his muzzle. He'd been right about her being
an animal lover. An animal lover with one hell of an ass, he couldn't help but
admire her backside in those tight fitting jeans as she coaxed Marvey out of
the sleigh.
    Marvey refused to budge until he came
around and carried her to the dry porch. She took a look around and delicately
stepped down into his last footprint to pee before darting right back to dry
ground.
    Brian couldn't take her eyes off
Minerva, watching her twirl around oblivious to the snow still falling down to
join the almost foot of white stuff already covering the ground. She looked
like a snow angel soaking up every bit of his little slice of country paradise.
    “Holy crap!” She looked up into the
sky. “If this is some kind of fairy tale please don't ever wake me up.”
     

Chapter Three
     
    “This place is amazing.” Minerva
looked around Brian's living room still trying to let it all soak in. The
polished hardwood floors, the high beam ceiling, all complimented by a real
pine tree tastefully decorated with silver and red ornaments and lit with tiny
clear bulbs.
    “I built it myself.” His smile sent
that heat surging straight to her pussy. “Well, me and my family. My brother's
a contractor and we have a construction company. I've always loved working with
my hands.”
    Minerva couldn't help but imagine
those hands working there way over her naked flesh. She couldn't have written a
better hero for one of her books if she'd spent a whole week in front of her
keyboard flushing him out and just letting her imagination run wild.
    “I've got a big tub upstairs if you
like to relax while I tend to the horse and the goats.”
    “Sounds like a plan.”
    “Right this way, my lady,” he said
carrying her bags up the stairs.
    She followed a couple of steps behind
to admire the view of his ass in a pair of form fitting Levis.
    “I bet I'm the only guy you've ever
met who sleeps under the stars and has to mow part of his bedroom.”
     The loft opened up into a sunroom,
complete with a step down area with real grass and pepper and tomato plants
growing up the side wall. A giant Jacuzzi with a stonework waterfall completed
the floor to ceiling glass enclosure.
    Marvey plopped down on the soft grass
and sighed like she'd died and gone to doggie heaven.
    “Bubba's the same way.” He laughed. “I
keep it nice and warm in the winter and cool in the summer. No mosquitoes and
the ceiling fans kick up a breeze just like being outside.”
    Minerva surveyed the incredible view.
The house sat perched on a bluff that overlooked a lake. There wasn't a street
light or power line in sight. A perfect wilderness winter wonderland.
    “The whole house is solar powered.” He
looked up at the glass paneled ceiling. “And there's a water runoff that
filters through back into the house.”
    “Amazing.” A real life hot guy who
actually cared about the environment.
    “My big sister designed the whole
thing. She's an engineer at NASA down in Huntsville,” he continued. “I don't
know how it works, but it