Mountain Man's Bride

by Lauren Wood

  She giggled and I loved the way it sounded. “This wouldn’t be the first time that we spent all day in bed.”

  “All day?”

  Molly got up and moved over the top of me, straddling my thighs with the most devilish look that I’d ever seen. She was up to something and it was only when she grabbed my rod and slid down on top of it that I even realized that I was hard. How could I be anything else with her right next to me?

  As she started to move slowly on top of me, her head back and her eyes closed, I could no longer think. It was going to be just this moment that was going to fill my mind for now.

  Chapter 18

  Molly

  The morning came and I squinted to the light coming in from the window and I closed them again to give them a rest. When I opened my eyes back up, I was better able to tolerate the light and I was able to focus on what was going on around me and who was next to me. Chris’ body heat was making me hot and he still had an arm over my hip.

  I didn’t want to wake him up because I wasn’t ready for another round with him. If he caught me up and in the bed naked, I knew that it was going to push us back into each other. I don’t know if I could say no to him in those circumstances and didn’t want to find out. I needed a shower and something to drink. I felt like I’d been rode hard and put up dirty and dehydrated. Chris was wrong though, I remembered this part well.

  Somehow I made it to the shower without waking him up and I turned the water on after I closed the door. I needed a moment to think. When I was around Chris, it was the last thing that I did and now I needed to think more than ever. It was already almost half way through his time here and with only today and four more days to go, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to convince him to stay.

  It was the thought of him leaving that made me sad. Last night and yesterday had been amazing, but it was going to end and soon and that was hard to deal with. I didn’t want it to end. I wanted it to keep going, for him to stay here and for us to have the family that we’d talked about so many times before. It felt like it was all a waste now. There was nothing that I could do to change his mind and the more I tried to think of a way, the more I realized there was no use. He was going to go back and I was going to be left with all of these feelings. It wasn’t regret that I felt, but it was something akin to it because I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to get the feeling back. I’d spent a long time trying to find a man like him and I hadn’t found one yet.

  The water was getting cold when I’d stewed enough and I started to come out. Chris came in and didn’t even knock. We’d seen all of each other so many times that it didn’t seem to be a problem. With Chris, I’d never had much to hide.

  “You’re done?”

  I nodded that I was. “There is a little hot water left, but if you wait a minute it will be filled back up. Takes no time at all.”

  He looked disappointed and I asked him what was wrong.

  “I was trying to catch you in here. I miss our early morning showers.”

  There he was going down memory lane again. I needed to get off that path and back into reality, so I dodged his grope and made my way to the towel rack to cover up. I couldn’t think when he was looking at me like that. I was going mushy brained again and I had to combat it with some distance and some clothes.

  “Where are you going?”

  “Out of here before you give me that look again and we don’t get anything done. I still need to get the trim hung.”

  I could have cared less about it, though it would be a nice reminder when he left of his stay here. I figured that if I got him working, we would both be able to think a little straighter, which may or may not be a good thing. I knew that it was for the best to get back to work, no matter how badly I wanted to spend all day in the shower and in bed with him. It was tempting, but at the end of the day I had other things that I needed to do and if I only had him for a few more days, I might as well get the trim done at the very least.

  Getting dressed, I went into the room that was scattered with cut wood and started to get everything ready to hang them. I kept looking for Chris, but he didn’t emerge until a half an hour later with wet hair and a smile on his face.

  “Gosh, we needed that. I can’t believe how good that felt.”

  I don’t know if he was talking about what we had just done before going to sleep or if he was talking about the shower. Either way, I wasn’t ready to have a discussion. I was ready to work and I was grateful that he came up next to me and started to grab the first piece to hang.

  We worked quietly for some time together and it brought me back. We’d worked together before and it wasn’t long before the room was done and we were sitting back, admiring our work.

  “You know, I never get this in the city.”

  “What?”

  “The feeling of accomplishment. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love having a good day and making some money and negotiating a good deal, but I can’t sit back and look at it.”

  “You could look at the numbers on your bank account.”

  “Yes, and I do.” He chuckled like he had actually done it before. “But it is just not the same. There is something different about seeing what you have done in front of you. I missed this.”

  “Well since you got done so quickly, I was thinking that maybe we can do a few more chores before you go back? You can have that feeling again.”

  “Good. There are other feelings I would like to have again before I go.”

  I sighed. I liked the way he was back to light-hearted and teasing, but he was still talking about leaving and I still wanted him to stay.

  Chapter 19

  Chris

  Something was different about Molly the next day. I woke up with a feeling of need and desire and she woke up with something else. She was not as light hearted as she usually was or had been and I knew that it was because of the pending date that I was going to have to be leaving. It was on my mind as well, but I didn’t want it to ruin what time I had left with her. She had instead backed off, way off and I was worried that we would spend the rest of our time together worrying about what could have been. I didn’t want that to happen and I tried several times to pull her out of it.

  “Do you want me to make you some lunch Molly?”

  She looked up at me and smiled. “The only thing you could ever make was grilled cheese Chris and if I remember right, you used to burn that too.”

  I will admit that I wasn’t the best cook, but I’d come a long way since we’d been together. I was at least proficient at it now and I wanted to show her that we could have this easiness and still have the future to worry about. I just wanted to get back to where we were yesterday. It all came down to her damn mind going on too fast and me not being able to keep up or slow it down.

  “I’m not as bad as I used to be Molly. I can cook now because I didn’t have you around to make it for me.’

  “I figured that your servants would do it for you.”

  I sighed and rolled my eyes. “I haven’t changed that much Molly. I can still hack it here in Alaska, don’t you worry about that.”

  She smiled at me for knowing what it was that she as thinking about, but I didn’t want her to think that I couldn’t cut it anymore. I felt like my manhood was at a stake in her eyes and I wanted Molly to look at me like she used to. I knew that it was going to be hard to do with all of the changes that had happened, but for some reason, whether I left tomorrow or not, I didn’t want her to look at me like I was less.

  “I hear ya, Chris. It’s been a long time. How long has it been since you cut wood?”

  It had been a while and she knew it so I didn’t answer her. “A little bit. Do you need some?”

  “Well since I have you here, we might as well get some real work done. I thought the trim would take longer. I had forgotten how fast you were when you wanted to be. Remember that job we did for old man Brenan?”

  “Vaguely, yes.”

  “He was paying ho
urly and it was a crappy wage so we made that job last three days, which was how much we wanted him to pay anyways.”

  “Yeah, if I remembered right, that was all your idea. You drove a hard bargain. I wish that I was as good as you when it came to that. You never caved. I admired that in you, even if it did cause me some drama.”

  I was thinking about how stubborn she had been when it came to leaving this damn state behind. She was so adamant that she stay that I hadn’t had a choice but to leave without her. I knew that my destiny was supposed to be in the city. Now I wondered again if I’d made the right decision. Some days it didn’t feel like it and being back home, with Molly made me remember all of the good times and how it was when life was a lot simpler.

  “Yes, well I am glad that I have learned to compromise sometimes. It is a lot less drama, but I guess I am the same way when it comes to things that really matters.”

  She was talking about the land and selling out. I knew that I wasn’t going to break down and stay, I knew that about myself. I also knew that Molly thought she could somehow keep me here and even though I cared for her, even loved her, it didn’t mean that I wasn’t going to do exactly what I said. The only thing that made it hard for me to feel guilty about it was the fact that I had told her exactly what I was going to do. I was upfront about it so she couldn’t be mad.

  I tried to get us to another subject and we talked about where we were going to go to get some dry wood to put up. It wasn’t the time of year to need it, but it was something that was always good to start on because in the winter time, the last thing a person wanted to do was go out and cut wood. I didn’t miss all of the preparation that came with living here. It was hard living and there was something to be said about easy city living.

  It wasn’t long before we were out in the woods together and I wanted to get back to the way we were. I started to flirt with her and when she was receptive to that, I decided to push it a little further.

  Coming up behind her, I pulled her in with my arms around her waist and kissed her neck. She made a sound of pleasure before pushing me away.

  “What are you doing Chris? It’s cold out here.”

  I came towards her and leaned in for a kiss, telling her not to worry because I was going to warm her up.

  Chapter 20

  Molly

  I could feel his arms encircling my waist and then the feel of his lips on mine, his tongue entwined with mine. It was the feeling that I’d been trying hard to avoid because it was impossible for me to tell him no when he got me like this. If I had a little space, it wasn’t near as bad.

  But now he was against me, his smell was invading my senses and he was all I could think about. Chris knew what he was doing. If I couldn’t think, I wouldn’t be able to refuse him.

  After a couple of minutes of his hand running over the side of me and his tongue teasing my lips, I wasn’t able to think or refuse anymore. His plan had worked and I was becoming vapid. It was all I could do to stand up and he seemed to know what the problem was because he backed me up until I felt the roughness of bark from a tree on my back.

  Now I could lean back and not feel like I was going to fall to my knees. Chris was in a rush and instead of taking his time, he pushed his hand up my skirt and made sure before he pulled my panties down and told me to turn around.

  I did as he asked because I was in no state to say no to anything. I didn’t want to because I knew that it was going to feel good. I wanted him every time he looked at me and touched me, so I was already wet and needy. Chris always had a way of having full command of my body and sometimes it was hard to deal with the way that it was.

  My hands were red from rubbing on the tree, but I was looking behind me and Chris was already hard and cock in hand coming towards me. I stuck my ass out and spread my legs a little wider so that he could go deep like we both liked it. I wanted every inch of him inside of me and we both gasped as he slid in rather quickly.

  He pulled out just as quickly and bit my neck and then my shoulder as I whined for more. One stroke was just enough to tease me and I shook my ass a little bit, waiting for him to go back inside.

  Pressing my body against the tree, I whimpered as he moved slow and fed his meat inside of me at a snail’s pace that was made to drive me crazy. I didn’t want him to ever stop, but I wanted it harder and faster. I needed to come and I didn’t want to wait forever. He knew what I wanted and he was just messing with me.

  “Come on Chris, fuck me. I need it fast.”

  He made a sound behind me and slammed home. It was hard enough that I was sent into the rough bark, but after pushing against the hard surface, I was able to get him deeper and give myself the relief that my stomach needed.

  Chris picked up the pace and I was unable to hold it together any longer. He always knew what it was that I wanted and before long, seconds really I could feel the wave of pleasure run over me and I called out his name.

  “Is that how you wanted it?”

  I told him that it was and braced myself because I knew that he wasn’t going to stop. One was never enough for him and he wanted me so tired and wore out that I couldn’t think straight. It didn’t take him long at all to do it, he was rather talented, but in several minutes time, I would be pushed over the edge so many times that I wasn’t able to cope. He wanted my knees to go weak where I could barely walk. He used to say that if I could walk right away afterwards, then he must not have done it right.

  “Please Chirrs, I can’t take anymore.”

  He didn’t stop and it only made him go faster. It meant that he was getting close, but I had to tense up again before he was able to slow down.

  Chris pushed in deep one last time before I felt the blast of heat from him. He was right. I wasn’t cold anymore, but I had a feeling that I was going to pay for the heat later.

  He started to pull his pants up and I tugged at the bottom hem of my skirt and wondered what had gotten into him. One minute we had been walking and talking and the next minute he was acting like an animal. I liked that side of him, a lot but I was still trying to get used to the way he stretched me and left me so sore now. How had I gotten used to it before?

  That’s right, I don’t have to get used to it. Not this time.

  We walked for a while without saying anything and though I was still buzzing off of all of the orgasms, I was still a little down because I couldn’t stop thinking about him leaving. I wish almost that he had lied to me and left without me knowing about it. Then I wouldn’t have had this dark cloud over my head that was taking the joy out of the day because I knew that it wasn’t going to last.

  “Are you okay?”

  I told him that I was, though I wasn’t sure if that was true or not. I didn’t feel okay, in no sense of the word. I felt like I had made a huge mistake, thinking that I was immune to the pain I would feel being with Chris again. He gave me so much pleasure, more than I could take sometimes, but he also caused so much pain.

  Chapter 21

  Chris

  “All the paperwork is done. All you have to do is give me the go ahead and I will get it all drafted up and signed all the way around. You won’t have to worry about anything else. I will send the papers to New York when they are ready to sign and everything is in order. Was there anything else that you wanted me to do while I was here?”

  I told Geeves that it was all that I needed. I was trying to get out of here, before I decided that I really didn’t want to leave. Being with Molly had been great and it was just like old times. It was always perfect with her and even though I knew that I was going to regret leaving, at the same time I knew I had to go.

  “No, that will do it.”

  “Are you going to be back in New York or are you staying around there for a little while longer?”

  “I’ll be back in the city by tonight.”

  “Okay, well it will all be sent to you soon.”

  “Thanks. I’m glad you could come out here in such short notice. Has she signed th
e paperwork on her end?”

  He knew that I was talking about Molly and he nodded his head, but didn’t say anymore. I had a feeling that I was making a big mistake, but we were all getting ahead. Everyone was going to make a substantial amount of money and it was only a few tourists. It would help the locals.

  I tried in every way possible to justify it in my mind, but at the end of the day I felt like I was letting Molly down once again. I hadn’t asked her to come with me because I knew that she would say no, but I wondered and I didn’t want to leave here wondering what would have happened if I would have just asked. I had to find out.

  The lawyer left and I was left debating which flight to get on. There was one that was leaving in less than an hour and one that was going to be leaving in four. I had to get home, but that didn’t mean that I didn’t want a little more time with Molly. All I needed was just one more talk with Molly. Maybe this time I would be able to convince her that I need her to come with me.

  I left the hotel where he was staying for the night. Geeves had more business out here to do for me and I was ready to get back to Molly. I had one thing on my mind and this time I was determined to make it happen. This time things had to go my way. This week with Molly had brought back all of the old feelings as well as a whole bunch of new ones. I still felt as strongly for her as I did then. This time around though, I was painfully aware of how rare it was, what we had.

  I tracked her down when I went to the house and she wasn’t there. When I got to the restaurant and saw her behind the counter, I knew that she had already signed over her part of the land and she wasn’t happy with me.

  “Hey Molly.”

  As mad as she was, she wasn’t the type that held a grudge and she smiled at me, though it was a sad smile. It seemed to be all she could muster.

  “Hey Chris. Did you see the lawyer?”