Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right [The Chisholms of Texas 3] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Lea Kinkade Page B

a problem at the bar downstairs, he had mentioned that Abby looked like she was having fun dancing tonight and Dillon had seen red.
    The men that had asked Abby to dance tonight, and he knew exactly who they were without being told, had done so for one reason. They had wanted to know how serious he was about Abby and if they still had a chance with her. It was up to him to put an end to the behavior decisively. He had stalked downstairs to the dance floor and seen that punk, Hernandez, dancing with Abby as bold as you please.
    He had taken grim satisfaction in the loud gulp and the spark of fear he saw in the other man’s eyes when he’d told Jaime to fuck off. Turning his back on the little prick, he had taken Abby by the arm and led her gently off the dance floor and back to the table, settling her into an empty chair. After giving her a hot, hard kiss, he told her in no uncertain terms that he expected to be her only dance partner from now on. Then he’d left her with her mouth hanging open like a fish out of water and went back upstairs to finish the game of pool with his brothers and avoid the fireworks he knew his actions would engender.
    Now he sat on a barstool near the pool table he and his brothers were shooting pool at, trying not to think about how badly Abby was going to lay into him when he went back downstairs in a few minutes. She’d been in utter shock when he left her about twenty minutes ago. That was plenty of time for her to recover and get a good mad on.
    Yes, as always, he probably could have handled the situation better. No doubt he could have cut in, pulled her to the side and asked her not to dance with any other man but him. He hadn’t exactly been thinking clearly after Ryan told him that several men were dancing with Abby while he was upstairs shooting pool with his brothers.
    He really should have expected something like this. For the past two years, Abby had danced freely with many of the men who frequented the club. She danced with whoever she wanted to, and no man had seemed to spark her interest any more than any of the others. That had all changed last Friday, however, and everyone in Deseo and at the Ranch damn well knew it.
    “You know, you could have just told her you didn’t want her dancing with any other men while you were dating, Dil,” Xander said with a grin.
    “Fuck you, asshole.” Dillon, without any real heat, flipped off his oldest brother and received a similar gesture in return. “Those puppies would still be sniffing around her until I made a stand.”
    “Yeah, bro, but now you’ve dug yourself a hole that you’re going to have to dig out of before you can get back into her bed.” Ryder laughed. “What’s the big deal, anyway? You’ve never cared if any of the other women you’ve dated danced with other guys before. Why is Abby so different? You didn’t even come here together tonight.”
    “He wasn’t in love with any of those other women, Ryder. That’s the difference,” responded Levi with a knowing smile before Dillon had a chance to respond.
    “Shit, really? You’re in love with the pretty doctor? When did that happen, and where was I?” exclaimed Ryder.
    All of his brothers were looking at Dillon questioningly now, ignoring the game.
    “Fuck you, Levi,” he said resigning himself to tell his brothers everything. “Yeah. All right? I’m in love with the woman. And, no, nothing happened between us while she was doing her internship,” he said, cutting off Ryan’s question. “I got to know her pretty well during these past two years, and I fell for her. I knew I couldn’t act on it as long as she was still a student, so I didn’t let on to her that I wanted her. We just got together last weekend. She doesn’t believe I’m in love with her, so don’t say anything until I get this straightened out with her. She’s afraid I’ll be too domineering. I guess her dad was pretty tough on her growing up, and she’s got all kinds of hot