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every touch. Wasn't married life supposed to be staid? When did they change the rule books on that one? Every day with Jack was passion and life and as a man so starved of both in his formative years, Riley drank every ounce of whatever Jack gave him. Riley melted into the kiss, took a step back toward the wall behind him, and pulled Jack along. There was no argument and Riley had a firm hold on his husband with his fingers tucked into Jack's leather belt, dragging him and holding him close.
Finally, at that point when kissing was going to either turn into one of them dropping to their knees or separating and catching their breath, Jack eased away.
"So ask me," he said. There was excitement in his expression and Riley wondered at it until his head was back in the game.
"I don't have to. They placed the horses with you, didn't they?" Riley couldn't have been happier. This was Jack's dream—to make something of the Double D and to build a future that was sustainable for Hayley.
"Yep, two weeks and we're up and running. We spent the morning at the Double D and I just dropped them at the airport."
"I'm so proud of you." Riley couldn't have said truer words. His heart was bursting with pride for Jack.
"I'll need to think about hiring some help and I need to finish off the accommodation in the new barn, and I guess I need to grab Neil and get his input. I have to—"
Riley interrupted his husband's thoughts with a kiss.
"Let's go home and talk."
Jack blinked and cast an eye around the empty office. He frowned.
"Where's Kathy?" Riley's assistant was generally in the background bustling and organizing. "And the rest of the team?"
"Kathy's daughter went into labor and she left just before the meeting finished. And the rest of the team are on site today and tomorrow. It's just me. I'll lock up and we can just go home."
"You wanna play hooky?" Jack said. He waggled his eyebrows with a leer.
"Try and stop me."

C
HAPTER 5
    Robbie surveyed the room with no more than a cursory glance. There was a large, solid bed, a small bath with a shower, and a closet for his clothes. That was all he wanted really.
    "It's not much, being as it's over the horses but it's clean and included in the job."
"It's good." Robbie said this more for something to say than as something he thought Jack Campbell-Hayes needed to hear. They had already talked money and the big gruff cowboy was more than generous. Robbie resolved to buy Neil a huge gift as soon as his first check cleared. His friend's recommendation meant that Robbie had been the only hand that was interviewed.
"So your current horses are kept in this barn. Will we be setting out the new barn for the horses we're working with?" he asked. The second barn looked smaller but sturdy enough and he wondered why it wasn't being used. From a cursory inspection it was watertight and warm but had the general air of disuse.
"Yeah, that's kind of our barn. Mine and Riley's." Jack looked away and Robbie didn't push for more. Their barn sounded important and he wasn't going to pry.
"So the new horses, the trainers, all three of them, are in this barn?" There was definitely room for three more horses, or trainers, as they were called.
"Hence the extension when we rebuilt."
"Makes sense to have the horses together."
"So, I was thinking of offering a four-week trial," Jack explained. He leaned against the doorjamb and he looked so at ease with his thumbs hooked into his belt loops and his hat tilted forward. There was nothing except friendly welcome in Jack's eyes. That and of course the excitement that buzzed around the man. It was a big thing that these quarter horses were coming to the Double D and Jack had explained it as being the chance he needed to build a training facility here that was the best.
"That sounds more than fair. Just to be sure you know, I need to be moving on at the end of the year."
"Is there a particular reason for that time?"
"No." Robbie didn't elaborate. He had tried two stations in Australia