Mountain Man's Beauty

by Lauren Wood

  “Well when you get sick of her, just send her up the damn mountain Bill, I wouldn’t mind a round or two with her.”

  Did he really think that any man could get sick of her? It was impossible and if he didn’t know how sweet she was, he would have gotten how unlikely that was going to be. She was a delight to be around from what I had experienced and she had this innocence to her that drove me wild. The last thing I was thinking about was getting rid of her.

  We watched her sweeping out the snow for a while. Other men were staring as well but they were at least getting some work done. My mind was in the gutter and me and Charles were over by the van doing a bunch of nothing really. I knew that I had to get to work, but it was hard to with her ass swaying back and forth like it was. It was those damn leggings again and it didn’t leave much to the imagination. It didn’t help that I had already felt it all the night before pressed up against my junk. Damn this woman was driving me damn near crazy and this was only her second day in Alaska. I had a feeling that a lot of the men here were going to be jacking off to her later tonight, while I was hopeful that I could get some of the real thing. Fuck, it had been too damn long.

  “Alright enough gawking, Charles. We need to get some work done. Are you going to help me with those windows, or what?”

  He gave me a dirty look and agreed. I could tell that he wasn’t worried about the windows. He was worried about the same thing that I was worried about and it gave me hope that the cabin wouldn’t be finished as quickly as it could be.

  She bent over to pick up something form the porch ground and everyone there stopped. Mother of all gods, I could see right through her pants and all I could see was a thin string going up her derriere.

  “Fuck me.”

  I hit Charles in the chest and told him to grab the other side of the window. No, work wasn’t going to get done near as fast as it was supposed to, not if she kept bending over like that much more.

  ***

  We were back at my house and it had been a long day. I was a little tired, but there was still dinner to make. I didn’t know what I was going to make because Ayla was here, so I saw what I had in the fridge. I needed to wash up in the other room and when she saw that I was getting something for dinner; she offered to make something for us. I wasn’t sure if she could even cook, but I wanted to make myself a little more presentable.

  I had gotten so hot from working that I was sweaty, even though I had my shirt off most of the day. I had caught her eyes on me a couple of times and I wanted to see if I could get her attention more. The young woman made me think about women more than I had in a long time. I was drawn to her and it wasn’t just because of her beauty. She had been so naughty last night and I wanted more. I wanted to see how far she would go.

  I needed a haircut to clean up a bit, but at the very least I figure that I should trim my beard just a touch. Once again, I was worried about my appearance when I was almost never too worried about it before. Now that she was there though and I had seen the way that the other men were looking at her, I knew that I was going to have to stake my claim now before it was too late. Charles was trying hard to get her attention and I had seen her touch his arm and laugh at something he had said. It bothered me more than I cared to mention and I wasn’t going to lose such a find because I was too lazy to try. I had to try and with her staying with me, it was easy to see how it could all work out.

  Going into the small bathroom with the tub, I turned on the water heater and waited for it to heat up for a minute before I ran some bath water. It didn’t take long to get enough water, but I was still trimming my beard when I heard a knock at the door. Ayla needed help finding something and instead of just telling her, I wrapped the towel around my waist and made my way into the main room.

  Her eyes were on me and it made another part of me stand up and take notice a lot quicker than I would have liked. This woman was driving me damn near crazy is what she was doing and I had to wonder if she knew that or not. It was maddening and I couldn’t help but do my best to hide the needs I had. I caught her eyes wandering down to my waist and I knew that I was out and she was able to see me. I almost covered up, but since she was interested and I wanted her in that train of thought, I tried my best to fight that urge. It was the only way I was going to get what I wanted. I wanted to ask her if she liked what she saw, but I thought that would be too much, so I refrained. Ayla seemed delicate and I didn’t want to scare her off.

  I found her what she needed for gravy and I had to admit that it smelled good in there when I was checking. Ayla was paying attention to my face as well, telling me that I looked different with less beard on my face. She even touched it out of the blue and rubbed her fingers on the smooth skin. “You look so different Bill.

  I had a feeling that she liked it and it made the effort all worth it. I knew I was going to get ribbed about it tomorrow by the guys, but I hoped that it was well worth it in the end. If it got me the attention I needed, I was convinced that it was going to be worth it. She was already eying me in a new way. She had been eying me all day while we worked on the cabin, but now it was something more that she had in her bright depths that made me a little harder than before.

  When I came out, the whole cabin smelled good and I hoped that the food was half as good as the smell was. It would have just been another bonus, though I would rather have a hot girlfriend than a cook. I can cook well enough, but Ayla never ceased to amaze me it seemed like and I liked the idea that she did well in the kitchen too. Maybe she really was made tough enough for Alaska. She seemed like a city girl, but she had worked just as hard as everyone else today without a break and I was starting to think that I had underestimated her more than I had thought.

  “Smells great Ayla.”

  “Well I hope you like it. You guys helped out so much today. I think I should make the rest of the guys some cookies. Do you think that they would like that?”

  I didn’t want to lie to her, but at the same time, I didn’t like the idea of her dropping off cookies up the mountain to the other guys, not until it was established that she was mine. They had behaved themselves before when we were all at the cabin, but one on one, I don’t think they would have been quite so gentleman like. They were animals, we all were and I know Charles in particular would be a lot more forward. I could still feel jealousy rising up in my throat with the idea of it all and I didn’t like the idea of it one bit.

  “I’m not sure. We can always go hunting and bring them all some meat as pay back if you like. Do you hunt?”

  She scrunched her nose up. “Not really, but I can butcher and cook it. It’s the killing part that I don’t like.”

  I chuckled at her. Yea, she wasn’t as tough as she looked. Ayla was far more delicate than I was used to and I hated to think of her getting all upset about killing Bambi. She was going to have to learn a few things if she was going to stay up here and I was more determined than ever to make sure that she did.

  “Well like I said before, you don’t have to thank them. They are doing it for me because I asked them to. You don’t owe anyone Ayla. We like to help each other out here in Alaska.”

  She was quiet for a time and I wondered what was on her mind.

  “You sure are quiet tonight.”

  “I know, sorry. I just… I don’t know. This is not how I envisioned at all coming to Alaska. I came here to get away from men and to find myself.”

  Her voice trailed off and I waited for her to say something else.

  “Why would you come here to get away from men?” It seemed silly when I am sure that anywhere she went she was going to be admired by a slew of them.

  “Because I just had a bad break up a while back and I have been single for a while. No one has really enticed me, so I thought that if I came here, out in the middle of nowhere, I wouldn’t really be tempted.”

  I liked where this was going and I liked that she wasn’t so sure about the temptation part of it. Was I the temptation? It was a damn sham
e how much I wanted to be. So damn badly I wanted to be the reason that she was having second thoughts.

  “So are you tempted?”

  Ayla smiled at me and nodded her head that she was, but she was too shy to look me in the eye during this time. I found her innocence intriguing and like most men, I wanted to take it away. There was something sweet about her that called to the part of me that wanted to change it.

  “Temptation is a good thing Ayla.”

  “Not when it is a stranger and you don’t know the outcome.”

  She had a point about the stranger thing, but I wasn’t going to voice that out loud. I wanted her to feel safe with me and I asked her some questions throughout the evening so we would be less strangers.

  We sat on the couch together and got cozy, but it was a far cry from what I wanted. I could tell that she was thinking about it too, as I was, but it was hard to gauge what was going on in her mind.

  Ayla told me about her ex and what he was like. I told her that he didn’t deserve her. I talked about the few women I had had since I had been here and it was something that I never really shared with anyone before. Up in Alaska, there wasn’t a lot of conversation about feelings. We talked about hunting, fishing and survival, but emotions and feelings usually took a backburner to all else. It was actually nice to talk about things that didn’t matter so much.

  “You’re unlike anyone that I’ve ever met before Ayla.”

  I noticed that she was closer to me on the couch and I pulled her a little closer so that she was leaning on my shoulder. When she looked up at me, I had this undying urge to kiss her that I didn’t give into. I didn’t want to go too far or too fast. I knew that once I got my hands on her, I wasn’t going to be able to stop myself. I was teetering on the verge of no control as it was. I didn’t want to lose myself. I wanted everything to be perfect because she deserved nothing less.

  “It’s getting late Ayla and we’ve got a long day ahead of us.”

  She looked almost disappointed and I had to ignore the need in her eyes, reminding myself of what would happen if I did what those eyes asked of me. I couldn’t take the chance of losing myself because I might not get another chance.

  Chapter 5

  Ayla

  It was bed time and after I got out of the bath, I was feeling kind of strange. After Bill came out of the shower with the towel wrapped around his waist, I wasn’t able to look at him quite the same. He had ran around all day without a shirt on, most of the men had like it was warm outside, but it was Bill’s hard chest sprinkled with coarse black hair that had kept my attention.

  I knew that he was well built, but I wasn’t prepared for what I saw. He was beyond ripped and huge. Now it was time for me to slide into bed with him and I was even more turned on then I had been the night before. The fact that I knew he was hung as well, from it pressing against me and from the bulge that was evident under the towel. How was I supposed to lie next to him when all I wanted to do was jump his bones?

  “Are you okay Ayla? You are really quiet again.”

  I nodded my head that I was okay, but I can’t say that I actually was okay. My mouth was dry and I was thinking about him naked far too much.

  Our conversation had been about everything, but I was thinking about how long he said it had been since he had a girlfriend. It appeared that we were both in need of some time together and the more I thought about what that meant for us, the more I thought about what was going to happen, or at least what I wanted to happen. But earlier, I had to wonder, why didn’t he kiss me? He had wanted to, I had seen it in his eyes, but he hadn’t and my lips were still waiting for that kiss.

  “Yeah, just tired I guess. I bet you are exhausted with all of that work you did today. You helped me so much Bill. I don’t know how I can ever repay you.”

  “I can think of a few ways Ayla, but I don’t want to mess with your delicate disposition.”

  Fire had leapt into his eyes and it was hard to hold them on me when he looked that way. It was really hard to and I didn’t know what to say to his comment. He had sprinkled the conversation with innuendos all night and I was at a loss. I knew what he was talking about. It was the same thing that I was thinking about, but I couldn’t bring myself to say it out loud. I was still wondering why he didn’t kiss me. He wanted me, so why was he holding back when it was so obvious that he didn’t want to? Bill was a hard man to understand.

  “I’m not as delicate as you think I am Bill. I don’t think you would offend me at all.”

  His brow went up, but I didn’t say anything else about it. Instead I shut the light off next to me and moved towards the bed. I was running low on confidence and I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, but I knew what I wanted to happen. I wanted him to make a move, but I was afraid that it wouldn’t happen. I didn’t know if I was able to do it myself. I was never the aggressor and the idea of it was hard to wrap my brain around.

  “You sure you don’t mind me lying next to you? I mean, I don’t want to mess with your delicate disposition Bill.”

  He made a growling sound and said that it was fine, but it made me giggle and I could tell that he wasn’t too happy about it. I had a plan and I was going to make him make a move. I was going to make it so that he didn’t have a choice, especially knowing how badly he wanted to.

  I wondered if he was as worried about it as I was. We were both thinking about the same thing, but I knew that he wasn’t going to try anything if I didn’t want it. I was sure how far I wanted it to go, but sliding in next to him under the covers, I could feel his hard body next to me pretty quickly and I was losing my nerve as quickly as before. There wasn’t a lot of room on the bed because he just took up so much of it, but it was hard to not like the way he felt against me when he was pressed so close. He couldn’t have given me room, even if he would have wanted to. It was almost too much to ignore and when I settled in against him and he put his arm around me, it just felt right and I felt peace wash over me that was so misplaced. Bill was a stranger after all.

  “Is this okay Bill? Do you need more space or is this good?”

  His breath was hot on my neck and ear and it made me shiver. His breathing had gotten faster and I could tell that it was just fine. I was having the effect on him that I was going for and the more I heard him behind me, the more I realized that he was playing into my hands and it wouldn’t be long before he was unable to resist me. I snuggled back against him innocently just to get the thought lodged into his mind. This was going to happen and it was going to be his idea, even if I had to give it to him.

  “Yes.”

  “Good.”

  He didn’t do anything else, even though I was holding my breath and waiting for more. He was semi-hard against me, but soon I heard his breathing going to an even breath that told me he was asleep. I should have been relieved, but I was more frustrated than ever. It would have been easier if he would have made the move, but it didn’t seem like he was going to. But why?

  The idea of it all made me a little crazy in the head and I was trembling next to him. I wondered if he could tell or if he even noticed. I noticed every little thing about him and the more I tried to convince myself that I wasn’t bothered by him, the more I knew how wrong I was. I was craving his touch and I wiggled myself closer to him. I wanted him to think that I was just there for heat, but that wasn’t true. I didn’t need any heat. I needed him against me, touching me. We were already so close to being there and it was all I could think about. There was no way I was going to be able to get any sleep without finishing what was started the night before.

  “Are you uncomfortable Ayla?”

  I shook my head that I wasn’t and waited for him to say something more. When he didn’t, I moved against him again, trying to get his attention. Bill was too much of a gentleman and it was hard for me to see why he wouldn’t’ make a move. He was attracted to me. I could feel the evidence of that against my ass, but he made no moves to do anything. It seemed that he was content
just to desire me from afar, but I wasn’t prepared for that. I didn’t want it to just be a crush or a need that was unfulfilled. I needed him inside of me and now that I knew what it was that I wanted, there was no denying myself any longer. I was going to make him give me what it was that I wanted.

  The man behind me growled as I moved again and the sound of it was unmistakable. I smiled to myself, yet held in my mirth because I wanted him to not realize what I was doing was on purpose. I wanted it to be his idea, even if I had to egg him on a little bit to get him where I wanted him.

  “You really have to stop Ayla.”

  His voice was getting tight and his cock was getting harder behind me and I started to move again before he was even done warning me not to. His voice broke and it was one of the best sounds in the world as far as I was concerned. It was impossible not to hear it cracking as if it were under a tremendous amount of pressure. There was really nothing that I could do to hide it any longer. So I moved back a little bit more, pressing against the hard rod and enjoying the sounds of need that spewed out of him. It was better because I knew that he wanted to keep it to himself, but there was no way that he was going to be able to. How could he when it was clear that he didn’t want to?

  “What if I don’t stop?”

  I heard another growl from behind me and the sound turned me on to no end. I wanted to make him in as much need as I was and it didn’t take long for me to get exactly what it was that I wanted. I felt my pants being pulled down almost immediately and the hard knot that I had felt behind her was quickly on my bare skin, sliding in between my thighs in a rapid movement that I couldn’t stop. It was more than I’d anticipated and I heard his rushed words in my ear.