Page 27 of Forbidden Cowboy
I climb onto the horse-drawn sleigh. It’s stored here until winter when local sleigh rides are an evening event.
I face him and drop my shorts and panties on the ground. I can’t believe how brave I feel, standing here with only my midriff T-shirt, exposed and vulnerable.
I grasp each side of the sleigh frame opening. “Or, I could take you for the ride of your life.”
“There’s the outgoing gal I remember.” He’s across the space in seconds, gathering me in his arms. “Tomorrow we go on a date. A proper date.” He says between kisses.
“Cross my heart.” The words barely make it out of the mass of kisses.
His jeans are off, and he sits on the sleigh. He pulls me onto his lap to straddle him. I sink onto him. His erection swells inside of me. He cups my ass. His thick fingers dig into my flesh. We rock back and forth, slowly at first. We’re still kissing and groping. I gasp when he squeezes my nipples between his index fingers and thumbs.
“Yes, baby, moan for me.” He caresses one breast and lowers his mouth to the other.
Then we’re rocking faster until he surges into me one last time. I cry out his name again, and he follows me over the edge this time.
We stay wrapped in each other’s arms longer than we should.
I draw designs on his shirt, wishing we’d shed it with his pants. “I wish we didn’t have to leave.”
He strokes my hair. “Soon enough. Today we convinced the town and our siblings. Tomorrow our parents.”
“And Jade and Hart,” I remind him.
“What will they say if we have our parents on board?”
I shrug. “Time will tell.”
He nudges me. “Let’s go finish what we started.”
After we’re dressed, we walk hand-in-hand through the town hall. I inwardly sulk when he releases my hand to open the door. But like he said, all in good time.
Outside, the laughter and calmness we’ve left have exploded into an argument. And at the head of the fight is Hart and Jade.
“Shit.” Levi breaks into a run.
“Jade!” I race behind him. Our backs bounce against each other as we step between my sister and his brother.
“Jade, please, stop.” I hold up my hands in her direction.
“Don’t,Jade, please stopme.” The nervous woman standing in front of the Fox staff is replaced by whatever fuels my sister when it comes to these Wildes. “This is why everyone took the day off? To slum with some Wildes?”
“Don’t get your pretty little skirt in a twist.” Hart’s calmly relayed insult turns Jade’s cheeks fire red.
“Egotistical asshole!”
“Jade!” I shout.
“Hey! Hey!” Levi’s stern shout lands on either side of us.
I can see the crowd taking sides, slowly shuffling behind his brothers or my sisters. We’re going backward, and my heart is sinking with every ticking second.
“You going to let your boyfriend talk to us like that?” Jade’s words hush the crowd. If it’s one thing Whisky Ridge Creek enjoys, it is gossip.
“Boyfriend?” Hart grits out. “What the hell is she talking about?”
Levi takes a step toward his brother. “Listen, Hart—”
Jade cuts in. “I guess Hart doesn’t know about all the sneaking around you two did growing up.”