Twin Cowboys for Tamara (42 page)

He beat back the unrealistic emotions with memories of the past and everything that he and his brother had gone through to stay low and live under the radar, everything they had done to protect themselves and their mother.

They couldn’t jeopardize that security with a slip of the dick just because they felt safe and at home for the first time in more years than either brother could count.

Carson knew that had anyone on the ranch other than his mother and brother heard his thoughts, they wouldn’t believe his sentiments.

He knew he didn’t come off as the friendliest or most approachable person on the ranch, knew that most on The Double R eyed him and his brother with wariness. But that didn’t bother him. He and Sam needed to maintain the distance, not that they wanted to—never wanted to.

“Are you going to the reception back at the main house?” Sam asked, his quiet but eager voice pulling Carson from his unpleasant memories.

Carson heard the eagerness and the hunger that his brother harbored for wanting to belong, and it made his chest hurt.

He’d done the best he could helping their mother raise the kid since their father’s death, but he’d done a piss-poor job seeing to Sam’s other essential needs—like the need to settle down and be a part of a clan made up of more than just him and their mother. But what else could he do? The minute they let down their guard, let someone in and got too comfortable… Carson didn’t even want to think what could happen if this happened.

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Twin Cowboys for Tamara

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“I’ll stop by for a spell,” he murmured.

Sam bleakly grinned as he kicked his horse into gear and steered his mount toward the main house. “I’ll meet you there!”

Carson chuckled and turned his mount toward the house to follow Sam.

Yeah, he’d go mingle for a spell and torment himself with a view of a safe and secure future that he, his brother and their mom could never experience except from a distance—never.

THE END

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