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grate over his ears. “Don’t worry. He won’t hold it against you. He never does.”
    â€œWhere is he?”
    â€œWhere do you think? It’s after eleven at night. This is a working guest ranch. We get up at the crack of dawn here. We don’t wallow around until noon recovering from parties the night before.”
    Shame washed over Dominic, burning his neck. This was going nowhere.
    Yanking his fists free, he stalked across the room. “You think you can put this in your back pocket until morning? I’m not feeling it right now and those kids out there are ’bout dead on their feet. All I need is a room key and I’ll be out of your hair for a few hours.”
    Logan sighed then moved back behind the desk. He yanked a drawer open and rustled through it before holding out a key. “Twenty-seven’s the only one empty. Has a king-size bed and en suite bathroom. It’s on the second floor.”
    â€œI know where it is. I haven’t been gone that long.”
    â€œI assume you plan on staying in the bunkhouse as usual.”
    The bunkhouse. Away from the main house. Away from Logan’s stifling grip. Hell, yes .
    â€œYou assume right.” Dominic swiped the key out of Logan’s hand and jerked his wallet free from his back pocket to produce a wad of bills. Tossing them down, he jeered, “Brought cash this time instead of a check. Throw that on the pile.”
    His boots landed with thuds on the wood floor as he stomped away.
    â€œDom?”
    A softening in Logan’s tone halted him. Dominic tilted his head but didn’t turn around.
    â€œStay awhile this time, yeah?”
    Dominic looked over his shoulder. Logan’s expression was still carved in stone, but his eyes pleaded with Dom’s.
    â€œWe’ll see,” he murmured.
    A tremor tore through his frame at the gruff sound of his voice. It was just exhaustion. He’d been on the road too long and he needed to recuperate. And he needed to get those boys settled before he did that.
    Jerking away, he returned to the kitchen, drawing to a halt in the doorway. The boys were still knocked out, their limbs draped around Cissy. Her cheek rested on top of their heads and their bodies lifted and lowered with each soft breath that passed between her parted lips. The blond sweep of her hair had fallen to one side and settled in a silken pool on one of the boy’s shoulders.
    Her expression was softer. No angry scowl or judgmental glare. Sleep had claimed her, too.
    Dominic grinned. She sure was a lot less temperamental in this state. And even in her sleep, her arms were like steel bands wrapped around those boys. It was obvious she cared for them.
    The grin vanished as his gut churned. Still, having kids didn’t always mean someone stuck around. He’d found that out first hand. Unlimited funds and fun was all it had taken to lure his mother away. He’d learned a long time ago that everyone had their price. And expectations.
    Rolling his shoulders, he shrugged off the unpleasant thoughts and refocused on their peaceful faces.
    Well, damn . He couldn’t carry all of them up the stairs. He’d have to wake her. He moved with soft steps across the room then lowered to his haunches at her feet.
    â€œCissy,” he whispered. He ran his eyes over the freckles scattered across the bridge of her nose. Unable to resist, he touched the pad of his thumb to them and drifted it over the soft skin of her exposed cheek. His tanned hand stood out in stark contrast to her porcelain complexion.
    Her eyes popped open and she lifted her head. Beet-red heat covered her other cheek. It glistened with sweat and the boys’ hair stuck to it.
    â€œHey.” He bit back a smile. “I got a room for you. Think you can make it up a flight of stairs?”
    Blinking hard, she shifted upright and nodded. “Yeah.”
    â€œThere was only one open.” He lifted Jayden from her and