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The Love Barn Chapter 105: Benji
BENJI NEEDED TO ESCAPE. Four back-to-back days of events and he was drained in a way that went deeper than a physical exhaustion. It was as if some well inside of him was dry.Thursday he'd worn the hat of photographer and site manager.Friday he'd gotten to just be the site manager.Saturday and today he'd had to help with the decorations for different reasons. Saturday he'd photographed the whole wedding, leaving Scarlett to act as site manager and wedding planner. He'd been both fill-in bartender and DJ today on top of dealing with incorrect delivery times on crucial ceremony pieces.The last truck rolled out of the driveway, taking with it the linens that had arrived half an hour before go-time. They'd barely gotten them on tables before guests arrived."At least it's over before dinner?" Scarlett leaned her head on his shoulder. She sounded as tired as he felt."I don't think I can eat." He glanced at the house.Garth had stayed out of sight since Friday. He was easi
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 106: Benji
"Here." Benji passed Dixie one of his smaller digital cameras. It was more forgiving than the large, professional one he used for weddings and prints. "Just point and click what you like."She asked a few questions, and he showed her the necessary buttons and features she'd need, then turned her lose.He stood there, the sky painted a myriad of colors from orange to red and purple, watching Dixie tiptoe among the flowers, so gentle as she lost herself in the act of capturing the moment.Benji lifted his camera and focused on Dixie's outstretched hand caressing flower. He could just see the corner of her mouth. A bit of hair had fallen from her ponytail to dance in the breeze.She was allowing him on this journey and he knew he was a lucky bastard. They needed to enjoy this time more. Find other things to explore together, make the most of what she'd give him.Benji turned his attention to the rest of the pasture and moved off toward the other side where he could capture both
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 107: Dixie
DIXIE'S HEAD SPUN AND she could feel hear heartbeat in her nipples. Her nipples. How weird was that?She slid her hands up around Benji's shoulders and sighed when he eased down over her. With each breath her breasts pressed against him. His tongue slipped last her lips, and she curled her toes into the blanket as an answering throb took up the beat between her legs.His hand slid down her side, his fingers grazing her breast along the way. He had one thigh between hers. When had that happened?A sudden gust of wind rustled the tree branches and stirred the grass, reminding her that this wasn't her comfortable, private living room. They were lying in a field on someone else's property."Dix? What's wrong?" he whispered against her lips."We should go.""Something you have to get back for?" His nose bumped hers. He wasn't backing off."We're making out in a field, in the open. What if someone came to check on you?""They won't." He dropped little kisses along her cheek t
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 108: Benji
BENJI HAD TO GRIT his teeth and think about cleaning toilets for fear of coming from the feel of Dixie's hot little hand clenched around his dick. There was a fire in her that was threatening to burn him up, and he only wanted to get closer.She ducked her head, and he watched in fascination as her lips stretched around his cock. The next instant the gentle suction of her mouth chased all rational thought away. He heard himself groan and mutter words, but he wasn't in control. She was.He fisted the blanket under him, determined to let her have her way. This moment was important to her and fuck if he was going to stop her.The pressure eased, but the warmth intensified as she took more of him in her mouth. It wasn't the unsure touch of someone who hadn't done this before. No, it was clear she had and knew what she was doing. But was she enjoying it?Benji peered down at Dixie, her blonde hair spilling over his hip and onto the blanket. He lifted his hand and wrapped the strands
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 109: Dixie
DIXIE KNOCKED ON ELISABETH'S apartment at exactly eight thirty Monday morning.It was technically summer and though Elisabeth wasn't working for the school she had picked up hours at the library working with the restoration team trying to fill in the holes of the stolen albums.Footsteps thumped softly. Locks scraped free.Finally the door cracked open."Dee?" Elisabeth stepped back, squinting at Dixie with one eye. "What's up? Why aren't you at work?""I'm not going in today." Dixie pushed past her friend into the apartment and peered toward Harrison's door. "Is your brother here?""Still asleep. I haven't woken him up yet.""Can we talk?" Dixie turned toward her friend. "I mean, do you have time to talk?""What's up? Did something happen? Is Jace-""It's not Jace." Dixie paced past her friend into the tiny galley kitchen where the coffee machine waited.Elisabeth followed, still in her pajama pants and fuzzy robe."I let Benji stay the night last night." Dixie s
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 110: Benji
BENJI PULLED UP TO the curb and peered at the travelers armed with suitcases. Late July was a god-awful time of year in Texas with current temperatures well over a hundred each and every day. He was pretty damn jealous of Garth for getting away for two whole weeks.Scarlett flung her arm out at the window. "There he is."The crowd seemed to part for a moment."Fuck me." Benji chuckled.He'd never thought he'd see the day when his brother wore anything but starched jeans and boots. Benji hadn't been certain his brother even owned a pair of swim trunks when they dropped Garth off at the airport. The sight of him in shorts, flip-flops and a floral print button down over a white T-shirt was out of some strange, Twilight Zone world."You know Noemi is behind that look." Scarlett snickered, her hands covering her mouth."I want to know what bet he lost." Benji pushed his baseball cap up on his head.Garth reached the truck and grasped the door handle, but it wasn't unlocked.
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 111: Dixie
DIXIE RIPPED THE TAB off the envelope."This is so exciting." Elisabeth bounced on the balls of her feet, hovering over Dixie's shoulder."It's not that exciting." She nudged the other woman away before pulling the photographs out of the envelope."Are you kidding? It is too exciting. Let me see."Together they poured over the dozen images of local landmarks and buildings that had withstood the fire of 68 and time. Dixie had been hesitant about taking on this project, but she and Elisabeth had made it into their personal scavenger hunt. They'd even found a few old farmhouses to document that hadn't been part of the original project."Those look so good." Elisabeth squealed and clapped her hands together."They're just snapshots of some buildings." Dixie smiled and flipped through the pictures one more time."Are you going to tell Benji about this now?" Elisabeth turned and leaned against the island in Dixie's house, facing her."I should." She winced and glanced at the
Last Updated : 2022-11-24The Love Barn Chapter 112: Benji
BENJI REACHED BEHIND HIM, grasping for Dixie's hand. She wasn't in this alone. He'd stick with her while they handled this asshole. Let the whole town see what a dipshit he was at last.It was just their luck that the first officer to react to the situation was Liam Jones. The guy was an easy going country boy-until he got into uniform.Where was Dixie's hand?"Jace." Liam lifted his hand, his focus on Jace. "Hey, Jace? Why don't we go around back and talk?"Benji glanced at Dixie just as she darted around him."Fuck you, Jones," Jace spat."Jace?" Her tone was all soothing and sweetness. Not what Jace deserved."Dixie-don't." Benji grasped her hand, tugging her away from where Liam and Jace now stood toe to toe.She whirled on Benji, her calm, collected nature shining through. "Stop.""Dix-""You're only making this worse. Just-stop." The chill rolling off her was almost cold enough to bring the Texas temperature down a couple degrees.Benji stared at her, too st
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SIX MONTHS LATER...SCARLETT SAT STRETCHED OUT on the old, wooden swing content to watch the circus going on over in the flower garden.Mom threw her hands up and said something Scarlett couldn't hear. She chuckled and knew the others were likely beside themselves trying to figure out how to make Mom happy.They all called Noemi's mother Mom now. It just felt right. Garth stood next to Mom, shaking his head at the others. Noemi bent, fussing no doubt over the way the blankets lay or how the bow sat.Benji and Dixie had the whole light kit out and three cameras.All the attention was focused on the bundle of joy currently sleeping soundly in the cradle Garth had carefully restored. It was one of a handful of old things he'd found in the barn and kept. Judging by the initials on the bottom of the old crib, generations of Livelys had slept in that thing.And now so would her baby.Scarlett smiled and sank further into the cushions Cole had set up for her. She was still ex
The Love Barn Chapter 166: Noemi
Noemi WHIPPED HER CAR into the driveway. With it being so early and since everyone had family visiting the street was packed with cars. Garth's truck barely fit in the one open spot.Where the hell was he?What was he doing?Why was he talking to Ángel?A Jeep pulled across the drive behind her, Cole and Scarlett getting out."Why can't you answer your phone?" Scarlett demanded.Noemi threw up her hand as she caught the sound of a deep, rumbling voice."Benji? Hey, we're already here." Scarlett's voice faded as Noemi crept toward the fence and the gate her mother always left open between the two properties.Ángel sat in the swiveling chair at the head of the table on his parent's patio.Garth had a tight grip on one of the other chairs, his back toward her. He was leaning forward, his entire focus on Ángel, who was staring back at Garth like he'd just sprouted a second head or something."You're only going to get one shot at this. If she's decided to give you anothe
The Love Barn Chapter 165: Garth
Garth HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT the hardest thing he'd ever done was bury his parents and accept responsibility for Benji and Scarlett.That had been easy. A simple process and an obvious life altering decision.Neither of those moments had anything on what he was about to do.Garth stood on the front porch of the brick house and glanced to his left, where Noemi was likely sleeping. He hoped that she was getting rest. She never took off except for holidays and if he remembered correctly, she had events this weekend. With any luck, she'd have someone in her corner that would look after her properly.He turned his attention back to the door. There was one of the new, electronic doorbells. He pressed it, listened to the chime and waited.It was early still, but he hadn't been able to make himself wait any longer.After a few moments the locks clanked and the door swung open.Ángel stood on the welcome mat in sweatpants, a T-shirt and a hoodie draped over his shoulders. His hair was
The Love Barn Chapter 164: Noemi
Noemi HADN'T SLEPT ALL night. Most of the time when she wasn't sleeping it was because she was up at all hours trying to pull the last bits of a wedding together. There was purpose to the sleepless nights.All she'd done since getting home around two was sit in the guest chair at her desk and stare at the clear surface. She couldn't claim to have done a lot of thinking in those hours. Mostly she'd sat, stared and let her mind wander. She'd poked at corners she normally ignored, examining her feelings, her thoughts and all the other uncomfortable bits of her life.She excelled at leaving relationships.There were only two men in her life who had ever left her.Her father.And Ángel.Noemi had left every other man before he could get tired of her. She'd known she had the habit, but she hadn't paused to think it through like this until tonight. It was easy to pretend that she didn't have time for men and relationships that weren't going somewhere. She could spin all the excuse
The Love Barn Chapter 163: Garth
Garth GRIPPED THE WHEEL of his truck and drew in a deep breath. He knew it was his imagination. Noemi's perfume wasn't really lingering, he just wished it were.Another car rolled up to the stop sign at the bottom of the hill. Garth waved and pressed the accelerator, heading into town.It was tradition for the guys to meet up at The Hole in town for beers on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Benji had already texted, wondering where he was. Scarlett and the girls were up to something. All the normal things were underway. Except for him.Garth felt stuck. Like he couldn't move.He rolled the problem around in his head as The Hole came into view.The little parking lot was full and people had taken to finding spots along the street. It would no doubt be loud in there, full of people ready to start talking about the Christmas tours, when they were bringing the tractors to Main Street to help decorate and so forth.He just wasn't in the mood.Garth turned the wheel away from the
The Love Barn Chapter 162: Noemi
Noemi KNEW TODAY WASN'T her best work. She'd gone through the whole day in a fog that had nothing to do with the large, Thanksgiving meal she'd eaten yesterday or the Black Friday shopping she'd done that morning.Once again she had to wonder at a bride choosing to have her wedding the day after Thanksgiving. If Noemi was going to have a wedding-No.Not going there.She shook her head and turned her attention back to packing up the arch and removing the flowers. She had about an hour to get the rental pieces ready to go while the wedding party ate dinner. There were still a few things to make sure went off without a hitch. The cake needed cutting and the bride wanted Noemi to keep the speeches short, but there was time before that got started.It felt like she'd lived in a daze the last forty-eight hours.Wednesday night she'd chosen to not go to the annual meal her family had with Ángel's. She couldn't be in the same room with him and act like she wanted to be there. Not
The Love Barn Chapter 161: Garth
Both Garth and Noemi glanced at the door.Benji laughed loudly and a single pair of heavy footsteps came creaking up the stairs mixed with Dixie's softer voice.Noemi covered her mouth with her hand and glanced at Garth. Her eyebrows were almost at her hairline.He just shook his head as something-probably one of the pictures on the landing-clattered to the ground. Another burst of laughter followed by hurried footsteps into Benji's room and the slam of a door."Well, I guess no one knows we're in here," Noemi said dryly."No they do not." Garth put thoughts of his brother out of his mind. It wasn't the first time he'd ignored his brother's antics. "What's really going on, No-No?"She blew out a breath and let go of his hand. For a moment she fussed with her boots, unzipping them and getting more comfortable, sitting cross legged in the middle of his bed. He didn't say anything, just watched her face, how lines developed and went away as she thought through what was botheri
The Love Barn Chapter 160: Garth
Garth STARED DOWN AT where he'd thought he'd seen Noemi.Except Noemi didn't wear flannel. He could count on one hand the number of times he'd seen her wearing jeans and have fingers leftover. But he was fairly certain that had been her."Garth?" Adeline's voice brought him back to the moment.He blinked down at this funny, sweet woman, but she didn't stir anything in him. Not like Noemi."Adeline?" He took her hand in his. "It was a pleasure meeting you and I hope we see you around. Scarlett's intentions introducing us were good, but..."She smiled a knowing smile and turned her hand in his so she could give it a friendly shake. "I can tell. She's a special woman. I appreciate the history lesson.""Thanks, Adeline."If he'd met her at another point in his life, he'd have been interested. But it wasn't the burning connection he'd had with Noemi. Nothing could compare to that.Garth headed for the stairs, taking them two and three at a time. He skirted the tables between
The Love Barn Chapter 159: Noemi
Noemi PARKED HER CAR out on the grass along with all the other cars.She could do this.Hopefully Garth wasn't angry with her. Well, he could be a little angry. She'd deserve that much. She just hoped he'd hear her.Noemi began walking with the crowd, toward the festival clustered around the barn. Her heart gave a twinge as she got closer to the houses.She hadn't told anyone she was showing up, partly because she was nervous and feared she'd chicken out. Through all the jumble of thoughts, the one thing she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt was that she loved Garth.As the crowd folded her into their midst, Noemi realized there were a lot more people there than she anticipated. How was she going to find Garth in all this?"Noemi?" a familiar voice called out.She turned and saw Scarlett standing with a basket of something hanging from one arm and a toddler perched on her hip looking at Noemi with wide eyes."Hey." Noemi fidgeted with the hem of her T-shirt.Scarlett gr
