“Yep, he’ll get over it. Bobbi, your little girls are so cute.”
Bobbi smiled. “They are, but they are a handful lately. Always busy and wanting to do something, but I wouldn’t trade them for anything.”
Tessa wasn’t sure what happened to the twins’ dad. She made a mental note to ask Lanni later. “I can’t believe how many people actually came over on such short notice. It’s great to see everyone.”
“I think everyone has been dying to see their place. They don’t have people over,” Annie said. “I’ve been out here twice with Brad in the last six months but Mitch comes over at least once or twice a week although we haven’t seen him for a while now.” Annie gave Tessa a smile. “I think you are good for them, Tessa. This is nice and I can’t believe they went to all that trouble for Sophie. She loves them and they spoil her rotten. Every time Unca Mitch comes over he brings her something and so do the other two if they are with him.”
Tessa heard a loud whistle and then Mitch yelled, “Food is ready. Come on, y’all, time to eat.”
Tessa walked over and slipped her shorts and shirt back on along with her sandals. She laid the wet towel over the back of a chair and went to get some dinner. Her men were waiting for her as she approached the tables of food. “What sounds good, baby, steak or a burger? I’ll fix your plate.”
“I can fix my own plate, Rance, but I appreciate you offering. I’m thinking steak sounds good though.” Tessa moved through the line ahead of them. Everyone else was already eating. “There is so much food here, and those steaks are huge.”
“I’ll share one with you if you want.” Tessa glanced at Sam’s plate which was piled with food including two burgers and a hot dog. “I’ll grab the steak, doesn’t look like you have any room for it.” She laughed not believing how much he could eat. They sat at a table with Brad and Annie. Sophie was sitting at a small table with the other three girls.
“Everything is so good. Thanks for inviting us,” Annie told them.
“You are very welcome, Annie, I’m glad you guys could make it. How are you feeling?”
“Tired, but enjoying being pregnant. It was really nice of you guys to do all of this for Sophie,” she told them as she pointed to the play area. “She is having so much fun. I bet she crashes before we get to the end of the driveway.”
“If you need anything at all, you know you can call us,” Mitch told her as he squeezed her hand.
“I know that and I appreciate it.”
After everyone finished eating, a volleyball game started up. A few people were playing horseshoes and others finally decided to get in the pool. Everyone was having a great time and as Tessa looked around at all the people she now had in her life, she felt like she had finally come home where she belonged. The revelation hit her hard, realizing that she didn’t want to go back to Seattle. She wanted to stay in Allure. She watched the kids playing and could see her own playing with their cousins and her men catching them as they went down the slide. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then felt someone pat her on the leg. “Auntie Tessa, me and Auntie Lanni are going to get in the pool, come wif us peez.”
Tessa looked up and smiled at Lanni. “You are going to get in the pool with Jake and Andy here?”
“I can’t tell Soph no and since I’m keeping an eye on her for Annie, yeah I’m getting in the pool.”
“Where’s Annie? Is she all right?”
“She’s fine, just a little tired. Brad took her inside to lie down for a bit.”
“I bet he did, and I bet there isn’t much resting going on.”
They both looked at the house and laughed. “Come on, angel, let’s go get in the pool.” Tessa took her hand and led her over to the steps. Tessa and Lanni quickly removed their shorts and shirts and helped Sophie into the pool. Very quickly they were surrounded by men wanting to help with Sophie.
“Hey, Lanni, you look really good in yellow. Did you know that’s one of my favorite colors?” Jake smiled.
“I knew I should have worn my other suit,” Lanni mumbled trying to move away but backed up against a brick wall, which was Andy. Damn, they had her surrounded and she could feel her nipples start to push against her top. Why couldn’t they just take no for an answer? “I’m playing with my niece right now, guys, so back off.”
“Looks like Tessa is doing just fine with her. We just want to play with you for a couple minutes.” Lanni could feel Andy’s breath against her ear as his sexy, raspy voice whispered into it, causing ripples of awareness to travel over her body, settling at her clit. She melted a little more against him, feeling that she wasn’t the only one affected by their closeness. “Please, I can’t do this.” Thankfully, Kayden took that moment to jump into the pool, cannonballing right in front of them. Lanni quickly moved away and grabbed Sophie out of Tessa’s arms, spinning her around in the water.
Kayden swam over to Lanni, Sophie, and Tessa. “How was that for a diversion?”
“Perfect. Thanks.” Lanni looked at Tessa. “Kayden’s had my back for a while since they won’t leave me alone.”
Tessa looked between the two women. “Are they really that bad? They own their own business, they are nice men, and great with kids and hotter than hell. What is the problem? I just don’t get it, Lanni.”
“She shouldn’t be pushed into anything she doesn’t feel comfortable with,” Kayden told her with her hands on her hips.
“I agree, but there is more going on here, isn’t there, Lanni?”
“Sophie, go to Auntie Tessa, I need to get something to drink.” Lanni passed Sophie to Tessa and quickly got out of the pool, grabbing a towel and her clothes, and went into the pool house.
Tessa watched her leave, feeling bad for her friend. They had always been able to talk about anything but Kayden had her back, which wasn’t the best thing. Tessa liked Kayden, but Kayden was broken and didn’t trust men anymore. She couldn’t blame her but not every man was going to be like her ex. Tessa looked up to see Brad and Annie walk out of the house, smiling and kissing.
“Hey, there’s my little fish,” Brad said as he spotted Sophie.
“Daddy!” Sophie yelled as she tried to get to him.
“She is a daddy’s girl, isn’t she?” Tessa smiled as she watched Brad swing his daughter around and blow air bubbles on her stomach.
“She definitely is. We are going to get ready to leave. I’m feeling a bit wiped out,” Annie told her.
“I bet. That little nap must not have helped much.” Tessa smiled as she saw the pink spread across Annie’s cheeks.
“Oh, it helped, trust me, it helped!”
“Yes, it did,” Brad said as he wrapped up Sophie in one arm and put the other around his wife, kissing her temple. Tessa climbed out of the pool to the disgruntled objections from the ranch hands that she had ignored, who had more or less surrounded her when they took Sophie into the pool.
Mitch walked up and put a towel around Tessa’s shoulders. “Y’all need to find your own women to swim with. This one is mine.” Tessa smiled as Mitch pulled her close and kissed her right in front of Brad. She could hear the guys in the pool saying, “Lucky bastard, why do they always get the hottest one?”
“Well, on that note, we are going to take off. Thanks for everything, we had a great time,” Brad told Mitch as he clapped him on the shoulder. “I’m trusting you with her, Mitch.”
“I won’t let anything happen to her. You have my word.”
Tessa and Mitch hugged Sophie and Annie and Mitch helped them to the car, not letting Annie carry the bag she had brought with her. Tessa looked around for Ally. She hadn’t seen her in a while and then spotted her in the pool, surrounded by at least eight guys.
“Hey, Tessa, looks like everyone’s have a good time, including you. Staying out here seems to agree with you,” Lucas Montgomery told her as he watched the action in the pool.
“I feel safe here. My parents will be home on Tuesday, but I’m staying here. I couldn’t live with myself if
anything happened to them.”
“I’ll still have my guys patrol by their house a couple times an hour. We are watching the pharmacy and I had a camera installed across the street that points right at the front door. Ally seems to be having fun.”
Tessa was surprised he had mentioned her. Lucas, Brad, and Mitch had graduated together. “I was just about to put an APB out on her since I hadn’t seen her in a while. I guess she’s keeping herself entertained.”
“Yeah well, she sure as hell shouldn’t be around all those guys. She should be keeping you company.”
Tessa looked at Lucas a little closer and was surprised at what she saw. Jealousy, longing, and a possessiveness she saw often in her men’s eyes. Did Ally even know that Lucas was watching her, that he was interested in her? It was as plain as the look on his face. He couldn’t take his eyes off her. “How long you been interested in my sister, Lucas?”
“What, I’m not interested in your little sister, Tessa. I just don’t think that she should be in the pool with all those men, that’s all.” He still didn’t take his eyes off her as one of the guys picked her up, tossed her in the air, and she squealed as she hit the water. “See now, they’re going to hurt her.”
“They’re just playing, having fun is all. Nothing wrong with that.”
Rance walked up and wrapped his arms around Tessa. “Everything all right over here, baby girl? Lucas, is there a problem?”
“I was just telling Tessa that she needs to get her sister out of the pool,” he grumbled. “I’m on duty in a couple hours. I’m heading out. Rance, watch those hands of yours that are in the pool. They need to keep their ‘hands’ to themselves. Thanks for everything, I’ll let y’all know if there’s any news.” Lucas walked off, mumbling to himself, and Tessa couldn’t help but laugh.
“What’s so funny?” Rance kissed her neck as he held her against him.
“Lucas is sweet on my sister.”
“That’s not surprising. I’ve seen the way he watches her at The Spur, but for some reason he is keeping his distance.”
Sam walked up with Tessa’s clothes in hand. “Hey, sugar, why don’t you put these back on. I’m done letting all these men look at you.”
Tessa dropped the wet towel. She took the shorts and shimmied them up her legs, then pulled the top over her head. Sam pulled her hair out of her shirt and kissed her nose. Tessa noticed that people were starting to leave and that Mitch was wrapping up all the leftover food. “I’m going to go and give Mitch a hand. I don’t know what he’s going to do with all that food. How come people aren’t taking it back home with them?”
“We told everyone not to bring anything, but you know everyone always does when they come to a barbeque and then they leave it. We’ll take it down to the bunkhouse. It’ll be gone before you know it.”
With the food all wrapped up, Tessa gave Ally a hug and told her to text when she got back to the dorm and that they needed to have a chat next weekend. She thanked Bobbi, Ronni, Claire, and Kayden for coming. She hadn’t had a chance to talk with Ronni and Claire. They played volleyball the entire time and Tessa wasn’t much of an athlete at all. As she looked around, she realized that she hadn’t been able to talk with a lot of people that had come. She felt like she wasn’t a very good hostess, plus she was still a little overwhelmed with all the attention she received from Mitch, Rance, and Sam and that she considered herself the hostess in the first place. This is what it would be like if she lived here permanently. BBQs, friends, laughter, and love. Her pros list was quickly outweighing the cons list. Mitch had a couple of the hands load all the food into boxes and take it to the bunkhouse. Everyone was almost gone when the Collins’ foreman, Tim Landes, approached Mitch.
“Sorry to bother you, but we’ve got a problem. Some more fence was cut along the back pasture near the west side of the creek and there were at least a dozen bear traps set. Whoever did it this time wanted to make sure and injure the horses.”
“Who found it?” Rance asked.
“Danny did. He was out checking fence and called it in right away. He sprung all the traps. Couple of the other guys loaded up the ATV with supplies and are headed out his way now.”
“I’m gonna head on out that way. Rance, why don’t you come with me. Sam can give Lucas a call and stay here with Tessa.”
“We’ve got a mare getting ready to foal. I’m guessing Maid Marion will be ready in the next ten hours,” Tim added.
“I’ll call Lucas and check on Maid Marion. You guys be careful.”
Tessa kissed both Mitch and Rance, noticing that Tim watched closely. She asked them to please be careful and come back to her soon. They left to get their horses and Sam pulled Tessa into his arms. “I’m gonna go down to the barn and call Lucas. Why don’t you go take a bath and relax.”
“That sounds good. See you soon.” Sam kissed her then headed to the barn.
Tessa walked into the big, empty house, surprised that everything in the kitchen was already cleaned up. She went upstairs and started her bathwater, hating that her being here was affecting the ranch and the horses. Bear traps could cause irreparable damage to a horse. Maybe she should find somewhere else to stay, but she liked being here and she did feel safe. Tessa took off her clothes and stepped into the bath, turning on the jets and relaxing her head against the rim. She smiled as she picked up her cell phone from the side and sent a text.
“So lonely here. Wish someone could wash my back. I seem to be aching all over.”
Tessa waited but there was no reply. Five minutes later the bathroom door opened and an out of breath, half naked Sam stood in the doorway. “I hear you might need a hand?”
“I could definitely use a hand or two. You applying for the job? If so, you’re hired, cowboy.”
Sam pulled his boots off, then his jeans. Tessa enjoyed the show as the jeans slid over his hips, revealing the perfect V that pointed to one of the most incredible cocks she had ever seen. Tessa licked her lips as she watched his cock spring free from his jeans. It stood straight up against his stomach, was beautiful, long, wide, and hard, and she knew how good it would feel inside of her. “Sure you don’t want to see my references?”
“I think I’ve seen enough. You’ve got more references than most, I’m sure.”
Sam climbed into the tub, settling behind her. “Sorry it took me so long to get here, sugar. I was all the way out in barn number three.”
“You must have run fast. It’s only been five minutes.” Tessa giggled.
“When you need me, I’ll always get to you as fast as I can. I love you, Tessa.”
“I love you, Sam. Kiss me, sugar,” Tessa told him as she leaned back, turned her head, and pulled him to her mouth. His kiss was better than any dream. Sam turned her onto her side as he wrapped one arm around her and ran the other hand up her arm to the back of her neck, holding her as he seduced her mouth. Tessa moaned as Sam removed his hand from her neck and softly glided it down her body creating goose bumps in its wake. He stopped briefly at her breast, cupping the generous globe, then pinching the nipple. Tessa moaned louder and arched her back, trying to get more of what he was giving. He moved to the other breast, pleasuring it with the same treatment. He cupped his hand in the water, filling it, then slowly let it dribble over her taut nipples. As his hand coasted down her stomach, it stopped at her navel, flicking the charm that hung from the piercing. Today she had chosen a golden sun. She would remember this day every time she wore it. As his hand once again began to move lower, Tessa held her breath, waiting for that first touch of his finger as it glided toward her clit. But Sam teased her, moving his hand down her thigh instead. Tessa let out a frustrated moan.
Sam pulled his mouth from Tessa. “What’s the matter, sugar?” He smiled knowing damn well what was wrong. Two could play this game.
“Nothing,” she told him as she turned and straddled his hips. Tessa soaped her hands and ran them over Sam’s chest, loving the feel of the hard muscle underneath. She tweaked his ni
pples and ran her fingers along every indent between his six-pack abs. She moved her hands lower, washing him around the base of his cock, but avoided touching him. Then she rinsed him, cupping water in her hands and watching it run over his incredible body. Tessa watched as his cock bobbed against his stomach, trying to get her attention. “Looks like I missed a spot,” she told Sam as she lowered her head and licked from the base to the tip of his cock, placing a soft kiss on it.
“Oh fuck, Tessa. Take me in your mouth, baby.” Tessa didn’t need to be asked twice. She eagerly sank down on him and took him all the way to the back of her throat while Sam was pulling himself up to sit on the side of the tub. Sam reached between her legs and ran his hand through her labia, erotically massaging her folds then finally rubbing her clit. Tessa moaned around his cock, sending vibrations of pleasure through him. She feathered her tongue against the gland under his crown and was rewarded with another moan. Sam was filling her mouth with the salty, delicious taste of his pre-cum that she loved so much. She felt her hips moving against his fingers on their own, wanting to get as much pleasure as he was willing to give her. “I need you, Tessa,” he told her as he lowered himself back into the tub. “Move up here and take me inside you.”
Tessa slid up his body, rubbing her nipples against his chest and kissing his lips as she reached between them and placed the tip of his cock against her opening. Slowly she began to sink down on him and they moaned together. The kiss turned desperate as her hips started to move faster. She could hear the water as it sloshed over the side of the big tub. The sound just added to the heat of the moment. She wouldn’t be able to hold off. Her body was tingling, coming alive with a force that made her tighten around him and squeeze. Her clit ground against the coarse hairs of his pelvis which pushed Tessa over the cliff of ecstasy. She screamed his name as her body convulsed around him, taking him with her. Sam held her tight as he emptied his seed into her tight pussy, calling her name and burying his face against her neck, holding her as tight as he could against him without hurting her. They were both breathing hard when the bathroom door opened. Rance walked in. “Mitch has been shot.”
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