Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)

by K.A. Tucker

I struggle to school my expression. Sentences that start with those words are never welcome. “But I’m guessin’ Jonah likes to have control.” Hearing her use the word “control” to describe Jonah makes my irritation flare. A controlling man is not appealing. “He likes to have his say. It’s not about control,” I correct. Jonah is assertive and he knows what he wants. Those are appealing qualities. Her head tilts in a “you silly, naive girl” way. “Men like him don’t do well havin’ no say over things like finances.” She’s Toby’s mother, I remind myself, biting my tongue and forcing a smile. “You know that resort? All those acres we own?” She juts her thumb in the direction of the Trapper’s Crossing resort. “That’s my family’s property. Teddy married into it. But the day I told him that we were gettin’ married or to quit wastin’ my time, I knew it would become as much his as mine. I still had a hard time lettin’ go, seein’ him as having an equal say. Took a few years to get used to the idea of that, especially for a stubborn broad like me. And I’ll tell ya, those were some hard years.” She shakes her head. “But there is no labeling ‘mine’ and ‘yours’ once you’re married.” “We’re not married.” “And you won’t ever be if you two let a big pile of money get in the way of it happening.” She points at the house. “It seems you’ve already made some big commitments to each other, buying this place, all the way out here. Rings and a ceremony … that’s all for show. It’s the day-to-day stuf...