He held out his hand, waiting for her to take it into her grasp so he could pull her into his arms. The porch light on her cabin outlined them for anyone to see, but tonight, he didn’t care. Let them talk.
“You look so pretty sitting there.”
She took his hand and stood.
“Thank you. You look pretty handsome yourself you know.”
“Shall we go inside?”
“Sure.”
He opened her cabin door, tugging her along behind him. Being with Terri made him feel like a sixteen-year-old kid with his first fuck, and he wasn’t sure why. Yes, she was a beautiful woman, but he almost felt like he might get caught by her parents or his. Hell, at thirty-four years old, he should be over this feeling by now. It must be the anticipation.
“I’m nervous.”
“Why?” he asked.
“I’m not sure. It’s not like we haven’t been together before, but I guess not like this.”
He raised her hand as he entwined their fingers. “We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.”
“But I do,” she whispered.
He slid his right hand along her jawline and then into her hair. “You have beautiful hair. It’s so soft.”
“Thanks.”
Her lips called to him to taste. He slowly drew her closer, watching as her lips parted in anticipation. The need to feel her mouth under his drove everything out of his mind.
“Can you see at all without these?”
“Close up, yes.”
He took off her glasses and set them on the nightstand. “You have beautiful eyes.”
“You talk too much, Jeff. Kiss me.”
He slipped both hands along her jaw and into her hair, pulling her closer as his mouth brushed hers. The softness enveloped him. He needed to bring her closer still. The feel of her lips under his drove his desire higher and made his cock swell behind the fly of his jeans. The need to be inside her overwhelmed him. He’d never gotten this hard this fast with any other woman. Not even Misha and he thought he loved her.
Lust, old man. Just lust.
She took two fistfuls of his shirt and popped the snaps in one swift tug. The moment, she tore her mouth from his, she said, “Damn, you have a nice chest. And look at those abs? A real six-pack.”
Her lips did a little dance along his neck until she reached his ear. Her teeth nipped at his earlobe.
Damn, the woman took over like a Domme. He wondered if she might be into a little rough sex. Not like he would give up control, but he kind of liked her taking over their love making a little bit.
“Let me please you.”
Her mouth trailed down his chest, biting at his nipples with her teeth, drawing on them with the tip of her tongue. His flesh erupted in a huge mass of goose bumps. She followed the line of hair down his chest, across his abdomen to the waistband of his jeans. Her tiny hands worked the belt buckle loose and drew the zipper down before she tugged his jeans and briefs down around his thighs. The moment she took him into her mouth, he almost exploded.
The feeling of her sucking on his cock, her mouth doing sensational things to him had him shaking so hard he could barely stand. “Terri, wait.” He tried to pull her up but she refused to let go of his cock. She sucked harder, drawing his climax to the breaking point. He lost control and came deep in her throat in an explosion of cum he could barely handle. “Oh God!” She licked and sucked until he felt drained. “You didn’t have to do that.”
She glanced up through her lashes. “I know, but I wanted to. You took my anxiety level down a notch earlier by the pond. I figured it would help keep the second time from being a five minute race to see who came first.”
“Smart woman.”
She smiled before she enveloped him in her warm mouth again.
“Easy lady. You’re gonna be the death of me.”
A giggle escaped her mouth as he drew her up to her feet and kissed her. The taste of his cum on her lips felt almost weird, but gave him a sense of completeness with her. She took care of him in a way no woman had done before. “Your turn, darlin’.”
He drew her tank top over her head, leaving her completely bare from the waist up. “You are so beautiful, you take my breath away.”
“You’re just saying that.”
“No. It’s true.”
“I’m sure you’ve been with woman far prettier than I am.”
“Maybe so, but they didn’t have the inner beauty you have. The love of life. The light shining from your soul. You’re a truly beautiful woman.”
“Thank you, but you don’t have to say that to get laid. You’re already gonna get laid.”
He grinned and raised an eyebrow. “Good, because I can’t wait to be inside you.”
With a slight push, she sprawled out on the bed in a heap of glorious hair and lusty green eyes. He unsnapped her jeans and drew them off her hips. Her painted toes peeked out of the hem of her jeans in all their pink glory. Such a girlie girl. She’d never fit on the ranch in any capacity with her city girl ways, pink toenails and designer jeans.
He got her jeans and underpants off in one fell swoop, and then divested himself of the rest of his clothing so he could concentrate on pleasuring her. She never moved from her spot on the bed.
Her glistening pussy called to him to taste, to explore. He swiped one finger over her pussy, across her clit and skimmed her puffy little lips hiding the rest of her from his gaze.
“Touch me more.”
“I’m going to. I’m gonna make you cream for me.”
“Like earlier?”
“Even more so.”
He crouched on the floor between her legs and pulled her so her pussy was right on the edge of the bed. One swipe of his tongue on her clit had her moaning her need. Good. He wanted her to come apart under his mouth. He needed her to lose control with him. It had been too long since he’d had a woman in his arms.
She groaned softly, her head swinging back and forth on the comforter. Both her fists grasped the bedding beneath her as he worked his mouth on her pussy. He licked, sucked, fingered and sucked more on the tasty flesh beneath his mouth. With two fingers deep inside her, he could feel her coming unraveled. Her cries of ecstasy sounded raw and emotional to his ears, like it had been a very long time since she’d had a climax so strong. He couldn’t wait to be inside her when she came apart again. He grabbed his pants, fished out a condom and rolled it on his aching flesh.
The high bed frame put her in perfect line with his cock when he stood and eased his cock inside her hot pussy. “You’re incredible.”
“Fuck me, Jeff. Hard. Give it to me hard. Please. God, I need you.”
The sensation in his balls made him ache to slam into her with enough force to scoot her across the bed. “I might hurt you.”
“You can’t hurt me. I need it. Harder, please.”
He slammed his groin against hers in a desperate attempt to get closer. He needed to be closer. Pelvis to groin, cock to pussy, eating her up with everything inside him. They rocked the bedframe as he fucked her with every fiber of his being until he got so close to coming he thought he would combust into a ball of flames. “Come with me, Terri.”
“Rub my clit. I need the friction to come again.”
He shook his head not only to clear his thoughts, but to take control. “You do it. Make yourself come.”
Her hand snuck down between their bodies as she rubbed her clit with her finger until he felt her vibrate around his cock.
“Oh God.”
He picked up the pace of his thrusts. She wanted rough, he’d give it to her rough. “Fuck yes. Perfect.”
Seconds later, she squeezed his dick so hard he thought he’d lose it for sure. His balls drew up against his groin. Sweat popped out on his forehead. Surely his head would explode from the sheer force of his climax.
“Fuck!” Cum shot from the end of his cock into the latex condom. His whole body shook. He grasped her hips with his hands, knowing he’d leave br
uises to mark her come morning, but he couldn’t quite work up the ability to care beyond the satisfaction he’d marked her. Mine.
He shook his head as he slowly withdrew from her sweet warmth to dispose of the condom in the waste can next to the bed. Where the hell did that thought come from? I sure in hell don’t need a woman.
Possessiveness whipped through him. She was his. At least until she left. He tapped her clit causing her to moan. “This is mine until you leave. Are we clear?”
“Yours?” The look of incredibleness flashing in her eyes made him feel even more possessive.
He wanted her, needed her with a fierceness he didn’t know he possessed. “Yes, mine.”
“Does that mean you’re mine too, until I leave?” She stroked her hand down his chest. “It’s only fair, yes?”
“All right. I’m yours until you leave, but don’t think there will be anythin’ beyond the time you’re here. I don’t want a woman in my life on any kind of permanent basis.”
“I know, Jeff. You’ve made it abundantly clear.” She scooted up to lean against the headboard on the bed. “Join me?”
“For a little bit. I can’t stay. Mom is watching Ben and I told her I wouldn’t be gone more than a couple of hours.”
“Fuck and run, huh?”
“It’s not like that, Terri. I don’t want you to think I don’t want to be here with you because I do, but my son comes before anyone.”
“I know, Jeff. I appreciate the way you handle your son. It’s endearing.” She looked down at her body before she pulled the sheet up to cover herself. “I saw the blowup you had with your ex the other day. Kind of rough dealing with her, huh?”
“You have no idea.” The bed dipped from his weight when he sat next to her. “I should have listened to my brothers when they tried to tell me she wasn’t good for me.”
“Hindsight is twenty-twenty.”
“I know, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Since we have Ben together, I have to deal with her for the rest of my life.”
She stroked her hand down his arm. “I’m sorry.”
“Somehow I get the feeling you wouldn’t treat anyone badly. You seem like such a nice person.”
Her nose wrinkled as she scrunched up her face. “I don’t want to be nice. I want to be sexy, bold, and more woman than you can handle.”
He laughed. The sound seemed raw and unused even to him. He didn’t know how long it had been since he’d really laughed out loud. He always seemed to be in a bad mood except around Ben. Taking out his frustrations on his son wasn’t an option so he kept his temper in check, but it took its toll. Maybe I do need more adult company in my life other than my brothers and my parents.
She sat forward, running her hand down his chest. “Stay a little while?”
“For another hour or so.”
“I’m good with whatever time you can give me. Really.”
He slipped beneath the sheet, curled his arm around her shoulder and tugged her in so her breasts pressed against his side. Damn, she’s got fabulous tits.
Her arm snaked across his stomach to pull him closer to her side. “There. Better.”
“Thanks for this, Terri.”
“Thanks?”
“Yeah. I didn’t realize how much I’d been missin’ bein’ with a woman until tonight. You’ve made me feel alive again, even if it’s only for a little while.”
“You need contact like this occasionally, Jeff.” Her hand drifted down his abdomen. “You can’t totally cut yourself off from being with a woman. It’s a fundamental need for a man.”
He kissed the top of her head. “Where’d you get so smart?”
“I’m a college graduate.” A giggle escaped her lips as she brushed them across his chest. She tongued his right nipple, humming her appreciation when it hardened beneath her mouth. “I hope you brought more than one condom.”
“I didn’t want to be presumptuous.”
“Presume all you want, cowboy. I need some lovin’.”
With a quick flip, he had her on her back with her hands above her head. “Leave them there or I’ll tie them.”
Her eyes dilated. Her lips tilted up in a little smirk. “Yes, Sir.”
“Good girl. I don’t want to have to discipline you.”
“But what if I want you to? I can be very bad.”
Wow, he sure hadn’t expected her to get into D/s play, but she jumped right into the role like she was made for it. “Spankin’s can be arrange.”
“Please.”
“When I say so.”
“Damn.”
Her breasts tempted him to suck and nip. He wanted to drown in her smell, live in her eyes, and be a small part of her until their short time ended.
Chapter Six
The sun rose outside her cabin, pulling her from one of the best night’s sleep she’d had in ages. She rolled over and propped herself up on her elbow to look at the sleeping man beside her. So much for only a couple of hours. The tattoo on his back left shoulder blade tempted her to touch while he lay sprawled on his stomach across her mattress. The dragon with the wide wingspan looked majestic and proud like the man it marked.
He wouldn’t be happy about staying the entire night, but she didn’t have the heart to wake him when he’d dozed off in the wee hours of the morning after they’d made love for the third time.
The warmth of the skin beneath the tattoo made her fingertips tingle and her pussy damp. How could she want him again? He must’ve turned her into some kind of slut or something if she wanted him again so soon.
“What?” Jeff shot up in the bed and looked around with a dazed expression. “What time is it?”
She glanced at the clock on the nightstand. “Six-thirty.”
“Shit. I stayed all night? Why didn’t you wake me?” He jumped out of the bed to grab his pants. “I need to get home. I need to get out of here before my brothers see me leavin’ your place.”
“Are you ashamed to have made love with me?” she asked, sitting up on the bed with the sheet clutched to her chest.
“No, darlin’. Not at all. I can’t keep them from fuckin’ around with the guests if I’m doin’ it, now can I?”
“This isn’t over is it?”
“Not by a long shot, but we need to keep it on the down-low. My mother will know since she stayed with Ben all night. I need to keep the others from findin’ out.”
“How do you plan to do that when I’m sure someone is probably up already?”
“I don’t know.” He raked his fingers through his hair. “Just pretend nothin’ happened for now.”
“I’m not going to hide the fact of our sleeping together, Jeff. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
“I didn’t say there was.”
She stood, bringing the sheet with her to hide her nakedness. “You’re confusing me. You either don’t care if your family knows or you do, which is it?”
“I don’t want them to know because then all of my brothers will think it’s open season on the single, beautiful women on the ranch.”
“Then you don’t want them to know. Fine. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.”
“But Terri…”
“Don’t but Terri me, mister. Get out!”
He threw his T-shirt over his head before he tugged on his boots.
Pain in the ass man!
When he pulled open the door, he glanced over his shoulder at her. “And don’t bother comin’ back, cowboy.”
“You’re mine.”
“Bullshit, mister. You can’t have it both ways. Either you want me or you don’t. Either you do care if your family knows about us or you don’t.”
He returned to her side, wrapped his hand in her hair and slammed his mouth against hers. The kiss took her breath away, leaving her shaking and warm when he stepped back.
“This isn’t over by a long shot, woman. I’ll be back.”
He shut the door quietly behind him, leaving her standing in the middle of th
e room with the sheet clutched to her chest and her head spinning from his kiss. She wiped at her mouth trying to erase the kiss, knowing full well she’d feel it for a long time to come.
“The gall of that man!”
Her cell phone rang on the nightstand bringing her out of her wandering thoughts of the disturbing cowboy who’d just left. “Hello?”
“Hi Terri. It’s Bob Cole.”
“Hi, Mr. Cole. How are you?”
“I’m fine. I’m just checking in with you to see how the information gathering is going.”
“Great. I should have all the information you all need by the end of next week.”
“Hmm. The end of next week?”
“Yes, sir.”
“We need it sooner, Terri. We want to break ground on the new development by the beginning of next month. I need the information by the end of this week.”
“But it’s already Wednesday. I can’t have it done before Friday.”
“The contract depends on it being done before the end of this week.”
She exhaled on a rush. “I’ll do my best, sir, but I’m not promising everything by Friday.”
“You’ll have to or we’ll have someone else finish the job. We like you, Terri, but we hired you to do a job and we expect it done satisfactorily on our time frame or no deal.”
“But sir…”
“It’s imperative we have the information. We hear some of the townspeople aren’t happy about us coming in there so we need to get ground broke before they can organize a formal petition to stop us.”
“I hadn’t heard anything of the sort and I’m staying on one of the ranches out here to gather the details you need.”
“Which ranch?”
“Thunder Ridge.”
“Really. Interesting. One of their family members is rallying the townspeople to fight us on this. A,” she heard paper shuffle before he came back, “Jeffery Young.”
“Jeff?”
“You know him personally?”
Yeah, you could say a little personally. “Sort of. I’ve met him.”
“What a great thing! Get close to him, Terri. We’ll give you the extra time you need if you can find out a weakness with this guy. Something has to rub him the wrong way so we can stop his petition with the courts. The last thing we want is for him to manage to convince someone we are doing something wrong.”
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