Page 67 of Her Elusive Cowboy Billionaire

His mouth fell open, and then he barked out a laugh.

She tilted her head, smiling, and waited for him to finish.

“Is that a yes or a no?”

He placed a hand around the back of her neck and pulled her over to meet his lips.His mouth was insistent, and when the tip of his tongue touched her lips, she automatically opened.

His mouth ravaged hers.

She tasted him and danced with him.Battled him for superiority.Her pulse raced, and her skin tingled at his touch.

But he led the dance.

Then she pushed forward, took the lead, and dueled with him some more.

When they finally broke apart, she was breathless.

And so was he.

“I love your mouth,” the words came out in a whisper.She took a few deep breaths.

“And I love yours.”He grinned.“I would love to marry you.Thank you for asking me.”

“I should have said yes earlier, but I had too many things in my head.”She pressed a palm to her forehead.“Now, I have them straightened out, and I know I want to be Mrs.Chase Harper.Or maybe, if you don’t mind, I’ll be Meridith Anderson-Harper.”

“Whatever you want, my darling, you can have it or do it.”

She took his hand with hers and laced her fingers with his.“So tell me about the first floor of the house.”

He placed an arm around her shoulders, even as they held hands, and hugged her as close as the seatbelts would allow.“We have a modern kitchen.Rose, my cook and housekeeper, picked out all the appliances.I figured she’s the one using them, so she should have what she likes.”

She gazed at him.“That makes sense.I’m glad you have a cook, but I hope she’ll let me prepare some meals.”

“I’m sure she will.It will be like having an extra day off.If you don’t mind, you could prepare meals on her day off.The cowhands and horse trainers eat with us, too.I have eight people who work with the cows and six that work with the horses.Two of the cowhands are women and three of the horse trainers are women.”

“When my grandmother was alive, she hosted Sunday dinners every week.She made us take as many leftovers as possible; otherwise she ate the same thing for a week.She got to where she didn’t enjoy cooking anymore.But she still hosted the dinners and one of her kids or grandkids would cook.”She laughed.“I learned to prepare meals to feed fifteen people.I think I can update my recipes for a few more.”She was even more excited now that she would have some responsibilities.

“That must have been fun.”

“It was.And then we’d play board games or cards all afternoon.When it was time to go, she’d have doggie bags for everyone.”

He squeezed her shoulders.“I would have liked to meet her.”

Meri laid her hand on his thigh.“She would have liked to meet you, too.”

The house came into view.Chase hadn’t been exaggerating.The home was immense and looked exactly like the photographs she’d seen.

Jeff pulled up to the front of the house.

A wide porch stretched across the entire front of the building and a smaller version of the front porch fence wrapped around the porch roof, making a balcony.

She released her seatbelt and twisted so she faced Chase.“I love this.I can’t get over how pleasing this is to my artist’s senses.”

He released his seatbelt, too.“I’m happy you like it.It’s my favorite place to be.”

“I can understand why.”

They exited the car.