Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 23963 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 120(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23963 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 120(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
He’s staring at me, no smile, no nothing. He tilts his head. “She was unhappy with me.”
I grab his shoulder. “Well, she should have talked to you about it. She shouldn’t have cheated on you. None of this is on you, Rhett.”
He just keeps watching me. I’m about to argue with him some more until he says, “Come here.”
My eyes widen. “What do you mean come here?”
He turns and leans on his arm. “I mean, come here. I want to kiss you.”
I can’t refuse him. I know he’s a man of few words and doesn’t want to talk about things. Maybe I should convince him otherwise, but I can’t refuse him. I lean over and press my lips to his before pulling away. “There you go. There’s your kiss.”
He snatches me up and pulls me on top of him. “That wasn’t a kiss.”
I nod my head. “Oh, you want a kiss-kiss?”
He grunts, and I laugh. “I’m starting to understand your grunts, you know.”
He threads his legs with mine, and I can feel his hard manhood pressed against my belly. “So that grunt should have told you that I want more than a kiss. Come up here and ride me.”
I gasp with a laugh. “I am not getting—”
He grabs my leg and pulls me over him until his erection is positioned right at my entrance. “I know you can ride, Maddie. Ride me.”
My hands splay across his chest, and I raise up as he fits his erection inside me. As I sink down on his length, I can feel the stretch, but it feels so good. The groan leaves my mouth, and I lean forward, pressing my sensitive clit against his pelvis.
His fingers dig into the skin at my hips. “Thatta girl.”
I never realized how much I wanted his approval, but those two words are everything to me. As I ride him, all I can do is wish the snow would last a little longer. If only I could figure out a way to turn two of the best days of my life into forever.
CHAPTER 10
RHETT
“Fire is out, chimney is cleaned.”
Maddie comes out of the kitchen. “Everything is packed away in here.”
“So… Matt said he made a clearing for us to make it back to the ranch.”
She nods. “Okay.”
I shrug. “I guess he thought he was helping us out.”
She folds the blanket on the back of the couch. “Yeah, that was nice of him.”
This doesn’t feel right. Not at all.
“Okay, so I guess we should go.”
She nods, and with her head down, she walks toward the front door. I watch as she puts on her coveralls and snowboots. She opens the door and walks out without a backward glance.
When I get outside, she’s standing next to the snowmobile. I hand her the hat she left inside and watch her begrudgingly take it and pull it over her head. “I can walk,” I offer. She’s acting like she’s ready to get rid of me, and I’m not going to push myself on her.
She gets on and slides her ass to the back of the seat. “Don’t be ridiculous. We can ride together, Rhett.”
I climb on the front and start the engine. “Ready?” I call out to her.
“Yeah, I’m ready.”
I turn in my seat. “Hold on to me, Maddie.”
I expect her to put her arms around my waist. I’m actually anticipating it, but when she grips the back of my coveralls, I freeze.
“I’m not moving until you hold on, Maddie.”
She grips me tighter, but I shake my head. What the fuck? “Maddie. Put your arms around my waist.”
She huffs and puts her arms around my waist. “Hold on,” I grunt.
The whole way to the ranch, I replay the morning in my mind. We have hardly talked at all, and as we get closer to home, my heart is starting to race. Every part of me wants this to continue to see where it goes. My mind is made up, and as soon as we get to her ranch, I’m going to talk to her about it. Maybe feel her out and see what she thinks.
I pull up close to her house, to save her from having to tread through the snow. When I help her off, she stops next to me. I cross my arms over my chest to stop from reaching for her. “I’ll be sure to thank Matt for watching my ranch while I was gone.”
She shrugs without looking at me. “He didn’t mind, I’m sure. You’ve helped him with things a thousand times. That’s what neighbors do, Rhett.”
She doesn’t seem happy with me right now. It’s like a switch has been turned off from the moment she woke up this morning. I held her in my arms most of the night, and I let myself imagine what it would be like if I had her in my arms every night.