Gravity: A Country Romance

by Shayne McClendon

  He frowned. “I’d never get bored with you, Jo. Why would you think that?”

  Her shoulder lifted in a small shrug. “Between my mama and the bar, well, most of the men are married. I don’t want you to feel like you have to go somewhere else.”

  Slipping one hand up her back and into her hair, the other around the small of her back, he said clearly, “I want you to listen to me. It is really important to me as a man and as your husband that you believe what I’m going to say.”

  “Okay.”

  “I have never cheated on a woman in my life. My father has been faithful to my mother, and she to him, for almost fifty years. Even when I knew Carrie was running around on me, I never strayed, Jo. Not once. When I give my word I stick to it.”

  Holden brushed her hair back from her face. “I won’t get bored with you, Jo. I love you. I’d never been in love with a woman until I met you. It opened an entire new world for me and I will never do anything to jeopardize that.”

  It was her turn to frown. “What about…you weren’t in love with Carrie?”

  “Carrie trapped me into marrying her. I picked the wrong person to be casual with but I was never in love with her. In the end, she took what she could and hauled ass. All the anger I have about that is for the twins. They didn’t deserve to be forgotten like a pair of gloves in some lost and found. I was relieved when she left.”

  “It hurt you though.”

  “It hurt my pride, Jo. Not my heart. I didn’t have to pretend anymore, I didn’t have to listen to her complain about how hard it was to be a mom, I didn’t have to wonder what she was doing while I was at work…what the girls may have seen or heard.”

  Jo exhaled long and deep, blinking back tears as relief filled her up. “Thank goodness. I worried about her coming back…”

  “Honey, no…I don’t regret my girls but I’ve always regretted their mother.” He soothed her with his kiss until she ached for him all over again.

  Against her lips, he whispered, “I will love you with everything I have inside me until the day I die because you and the girls are the most important people in my world. Let me show you.”

  Holden made love to her slow and easy, bringing her to the edge and pushing her over repeatedly until she was weak with pleasure. Then he rolled her to her stomach and took her from behind, their bodies sealed to one another with Jo flat against the mattress.

  “Nothing has ever felt as perfect as being buried in your body.”

  “Nothing has ever felt as perfect as having you buried in my body, Holden.”

  “You’re exhausted, pretty girl. Come for me one more time. It feels amazing when you come.” He slipped his hand beneath her and circled his fingers over her clit. When the climax arrived, it rolled gently over her body, and she sighed his name.

  “You own me…all of me, Jo. I’m yours.” Then he filled her with his release.

  She turned her head for him to kiss her and he did. By the time he pulled from her body, she was already partially asleep.

  He cleaned them up and blew out the candles before he crawled into bed beside her. As he took her in his arms, he exhaled deeply and hugged her tight. “Finally. I love you.”

  “I love you, Holden.”

  They slept hard.

  * * * * *

  Over the next week, they had sex all over house, ate when they got hungry, showered together several times a day, and talked non-stop.

  Jo soaked up her new life and wallowed in the type of love she never thought would be possible. Touch was something she’d always lived without and now she didn’t have to. Her husband hugged and kissed her often, played with her hair if they were watching a movie or falling asleep, and massaged her shoulders if she decided to cook.

  Gradually, she grew more confident about touching him in return and loved how he always leaned into it, nuzzled her, sought more. Scratching his back, rubbing his temples, and simple petting could turn Holden into a playful puppy or an alpha wolf depending on the moment.

  He seemed to delight in her naturally adventurous side, his eyes going wide when she embraced a new position or new game without wanting to negotiate. They agreed that nothing was off limits until they tried it.

  Four days after their wedding, they drove to Tulsa for dinner. On the way home, they stopped at an adult store. Jo had never been in such a place and blushed hot the entire time.

  Her embarrassment didn’t stop her from looking around and helping to pick new toys for them to try, books for them to read, movies for them to watch, and outfits for her to wear for him.

  The stimulation of what they’d seen and purchased pushed them and when he made it home, he barely got his truck in park before she was in his lap.

  She rode him, coming quickly with his cock pressed against the seam of her jeans. Then she put her lips close to his ear and told him all the things she wanted to do to him when they got inside, never stopping the slow roll of her body up and down the length of his cock.

  Only when he gripped her hips and rocked his body into hers, coming with a low growl, did she sigh and agree to get out of the car.

  “I haven’t come in my jeans since I was a teenager, Jo.”

  She cupped his face on both sides and kissed him long and slow, tugging his lower lip between her teeth as she pulled back.

  “Normally, you know I’d rather you come in me…or on me…but this time, I needed to be able to focus on making it all the way into the house.”

  With one more rake of her nails over his scalp, Jo got out of the car and started undressing as she walked backwards toward the kitchen door. He watched her hungrily.

  “Come on, baby. You know neither of us are close to done. Let’s wash that come off your body so you can make me a fresh batch.”

  It took a bit of effort, but he caught her before she made it across the living room. Dragging her to the floor, he had her stripped in less than thirty seconds. He tortured her for a long time before he let her come.

  Chapter Eighteen

  Two months later…

  “Everybody ready?” Jo asked the twins as they grabbed their little backpacks that held snacks and coloring supplies as well as their favorite book and stuffed animal.

  It was their first year of regular school and all of them were excited.

  “Ready, Mommy,” they said together.

  Jo froze in her tracks. She lowered to her knees on the kitchen floor and Holden watched as she settled back on her heels. “You…you don’t have to call me Mommy. I’m not trying to replace your mom. I love you very much, like my own children, but you don’t have to do that for me.”

  Andrea curled her little arm around Jo’s neck. “We love you and you are our mommy. You take care of us and help us and read us stories before bed.”

  Abigail kissed her cheek. “When Andy got sick the other day and couldn’t stop pooping, you cleaned everything without getting mad, and didn’t care how many showers you had to give her. That’s a mommy. We didn’t come from your tummy but you’re our mommy just the same.”

  Jo hugged them hard. “I never thought anyone would call me their mom. Thank you so much. I love you.” She kissed one then the other several times.

  Holden went to one knee in front of the three females and wrapped his arms around all of them. He kissed her entire face.

  “The girls asked me last night if I thought it would be okay. They’ve wanted to call you mom for weeks. You were born to be a mother. Abby and Andy love you and need you…I think you need them, too.”

  She nodded and hugged them all harder. “Oh gosh…okay. I’m crying like a little girl and we have to go.” With a kiss for each twin and another for Holden, she pulled them all to their feet and smoothed the girls’ hair.

  “You are so smart and kind. I’m very proud to have little girls like you. We’re gonna have years of good memories. There are a million things I want to do with you and teach you. This weekend we’re gonna build a window seat in your bedroom, I need assistants. Think
you’re up to it?”

  They nodded happily and took her hands. Andy said, “We’ll let Daddy help, too. He’s really good with tools.”

  “He’s a boy, he’s supposed to be good with tools,” Abby said firmly.

  Jo smiled and led them to Holden’s truck. As she made sure they were safely buckled in, she said, “Girls should be good with tools, too. Every girl should make sure she can fix things, change a flat tire, and know how to take care of herself. You should want the person you love…but you should never need them to take care of you.”

  “That’s like you and Daddy,” Andy noted.

  “Yup. Daddy can take care of himself and so can I…but we would rather take care of each other and you guys.” She kissed each of them and climbed into the passenger seat. “You’re gonna be very strong women one day. You’ll need good strong men who like and appreciate that about you.”

  They took turns telling her, “Daddy appreciates you. When you’re making plates for dinner, his face looks like he just won a zillion dollars. When you give him kisses and go do something, he watches you like he just wants to hug you forever. Daddy is happier than we’ve ever seen him. Us, too. You’re a good mommy and wife.”

  By the time, they parked and went inside, Jo had her emotions under control. Just in time to lose it again. She shook the hand of the Kindergarten teacher they’d met at open house and said goodbye to the girls…her daughters.

  She hugged them for a long time. “I’ll see you out front right after school. We’re gonna go get your hair trimmed so it stays healthy. Then we need to get you hiking boots for our camping trip. Let’s make homemade pizza for dinner. Have a wonderful day.”

  The four of them chatted for a few more minutes before the twins went into their classroom holding hands. They waved goodbye over their shoulders. Jo and Holden stood in the hall until the bell rang.

  When it did, Miss Lyle gave them a smile before she closed the door. They released heavy sighs and walked back to his truck.

  * * * * *

  The moment they were inside, he pulled her close. “You are the single best choice I have ever made, JoEllen.” He kissed her so thoroughly that she forgot where they were.

  She was hot and wet for him so quickly. “You have to stop or neither of us will get to work today…again.”

  The first Monday after their honeymoon, they’d gotten as far as the garage. Holden took her hard against the side of the truck then carried her back to bed.

  They’d been teased for days by the rest of the company.

  With an evil grin, he nodded and squeezed the top of her thigh. “You kill me…every moment of every day, Jo. If you’d agree to stay home full-time, I could come back at lunch, and take you in our bed.”

  “Taking me over your desk doesn’t do it for you?”

  He winked, put the truck in gear, and pulled out of the parking lot. “That was rather convenient.” Holden adjusted the crotch of his jeans. “It was the tool belt. Sweet lord, there’s something about you wearing a tool belt that crushes every ounce of control I have. So fucking hot, I can’t bear not to be inside you.”

  Three days before, Jo returned from a project earlier than expected and went to ask if he had time to go to lunch together.

  Her husband glanced up from his paperwork, strolled over her body with his eyes, and got up to lock the door. Circling her wrists with his fingers, he led her to his desk and placed her palms flat on the wood.

  At her ear, he whispered, “Keep them right there.”

  Reaching around, he unbuttoned and unzipped her jeans and worked them down with her panties far enough to allow him access.

  He left her tool belt where it was.

  Holden used the thick leather to hold her in place even though she wouldn’t have considered moving. She listened to the sound of his buckle being undone and his zipper lowering, her heart pounding with excitement.

  He took her from behind, pounding hard and fast into her while he murmured, “You drive me fucking crazy, Jo. Watching my cock disappear into your tight pussy and coming out slick with your cream…I’m never going to last. It feels like I haven’t had you in a month.”

  Jo had to press her mouth against her arm to muffle her screams as she came so hard she felt dizzy. Moments later, she felt his release hot and deep. He groaned almost painfully as he collapsed over her back. His heart pounded and his cock still shuttled gently in and out of her body.

  “Christ, I love you, woman.”

  She laughed then moaned as she felt the last spurt of his semen inside her. “Thank god we’re married and you own the company, Holden. Loving one another would not make this okay for any other employer.” He chuckled against her back. “I love you, too. So fucking much. Now you need to feed me.”

  When they could walk, they cleaned up in his small bathroom and went to lunch. The relaxation had followed them the rest of the day.

  As they pulled out of the school parking lot, she confessed, “I want you constantly, Holden. I think I may have a problem.”

  “It isn’t a problem at all. The feeling is mutual.” He turned onto the main road that led to the office. “Once again, I’ll be nursing my hard-on until we make it home tonight and get the girls in bed.”

  She unbuckled her seatbelt and went up on her knees in the passenger seat. “Not necessary. I can handle that for you.” With her elbow on the center console, Jo stroked her hand over the hard bulge behind his jeans.

  “Two choices, pull over and let me suck your cock, or promise not to kill us while you drive.” With that, she opened his jeans and pulled his dick free. “My favorite toy.”

  Holden groaned something about being thankful for limo tint as she took him to the back of her throat. She set a hard rhythm, sucking and stroking as she moaned around his thick shaft.

  “Jo, goddamn that feels amazing.” He pulled behind an abandoned gas station and threw the truck in park. Dropping his head back on the seat, he ground out, “You take my cock so fucking deep now. I’m not going to last.”

  She reached into his jeans and took his balls in her palm. “So damn perfect, baby. I’m coming, Jo. Fuck yes…take it all.” She swallowed around the head of his cock and he got chills on the tops of his thighs as he lightly thrust against her lips.

  “I wasn’t this bad as a teenager, Jo. All I want is to be inside you.” She pulled back and licked her lips. “Look at you. Damn.”

  Jo got back in her seat, scooted low, her ass on the edge of the seat, and undid her jeans. She propped one steel-toe booted foot on the center hump and her knee on the dash as she slipped her hand under the denim.

  Holden leaned over and pushed her t-shirt above her sport bra. “Your nipples are so hard, baby.” He lifted the stretchy fabric away from her breasts and took a taut tip in his mouth.

  The cab of the truck smelled like sex and he talked dirty to her as she started touching herself in desperation. The man stole her sanity.

  “Tonight, I’m going to pull you over me so I can eat your pussy from underneath until you’re dripping on my face. I want you sucking my cock while I do it.” He watched her move faster over her clit and sucked her nipple hard. She gasped in response.

  “Then I’m going to push you forward and watch you ride my cock. You’ll be so slick, so tight. Your pussy will suck at me, trying to keep me inside with each thrust.”

  “It never wants to let you go…”

  “I love that. Your tight little ass will be accessible. Maybe I’ll slick up my fingers or a toy and fuck you there while you ride me. Would you like that?” She nodded. “You’re always ready to play, to experiment. It’s one of the things that makes it feel like the top of my head is going to blow off. Why don’t you come for me, sweetheart?”

  The moment his lips drew on the taut peak, her entire body went tense. She rolled her hips up to her hand, working herself against the pressure as she whimpered softly.

  When she started to slow, he released her nipple with a pop and settled over he
r mouth. Jo’s breathing was hard and fast so he took her breath and gave it back.

  “Give me your hand, baby.” She took it from beneath her panties and he dipped his head to take her fingertips between his lips. “Direct from the source is always best but I’m happy to enjoy the taste of you by any means available.”

  He sucked them deeper, his tongue playing over and around them. “If we don’t calm down, I’ll have to sell the company and fuck you full-time.”

  “Let retirement come soon then.” He kissed her deeply before pulling her bra and t-shirt into place. “I love the way you look at me, Holden. Like I’m a steak and you’re always starving. I feel the same way about you.”

  She straightened herself more fully and he did the same. With a heavy sigh, she settled back against the seat and buckled up as he started the truck.

  “Meanwhile, we’re two grown-ass people fucking in broad daylight in back of a gas station when we should be at work.” Jo gave him a wicked smile. “Can we do this again tomorrow?”

  Holden grinned as he put the truck in gear. “You’re gonna keep me young for a long time, Jo.”

  “You’re making me into the woman I was meant to be, Holden.” He lifted her hand to kiss her palm. “I love you.”

  “I love you, baby. Let’s get this day over with before we get fired.”

  They laughed all the way to the office.

  Epilogue

  Four years later…

  A shadow passed over the wood she was cutting and Jo looked up in surprise. A pretty woman with dark red hair stood less than two feet away. A few inches shorter, she had curves that hit in all the right places, and wore a white tank top and cutoffs. Flip-flops showed off toes done in hot pink.

  She turned off her saw, straightened, and pushed her sunglasses on top of her head.

  Carefully, the woman asked, “You’re Jo, right?”