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She stood and pushed him back, because he lost the ability to stand

Maybe his knees were buckling in sharabbed her by the hair and fucked her face like a savage beast He didn’t knohat the hell had gotten into hiy lemony scent of her shampoo drifted up He kissed the top of her head then reached down and yanked up his pants

"Why don’t you hop up on the couch and let , Geh the darkened house and upstairs to her bedroohts Had she noticed that every time they’d made love, no matter the position, no matter the time of day, it’d been dark?

Or she’d worn the blindfold?

Yes But so far she hadn’t

She said, "Take off your clothes and lay on the bed Facing up"

"I like the sound of that" He stripped "You have soames planned, Gem?"

No answer Then her nakedness pressed hi She sht his and she kissed hi

"Hey What do you say we get this party started?" He slapped her butt "Slide on up here and let et off when you were blowin’ ?"

"No Cash I want you"

"And luckily I’ht here"

She rubbed her cheek over his bare chest "I love the way you touch me I love how you push h whatever sexual boundaries Iwe’ve done together"

"But?"

"But it doesn’t always have to bawdy Sometimes it can be…sweet"

He froze

"Let hts No sex toys No games No dirty talk Just you and me and the potential of what it can be between us, Cash"

For once, he wished he could see her face He reached for her anyway "Is this because you need sweetness tonight?"

"No" Ge to his after she kissed him "It’s because you do"

Her words undid him Because he couldn’t speak, Cash surrendered to her, in body, ht was the sweetest he’d ever known

Chapter Twenty-two

Carter McKay wasn’t feeling very sweet at all

The night was so dark it was like swi in an inkwell Only a half moon remained Clouds obscured it and the stars So much for his plan to take Macie for a romantic horseback ride

He reined Deacon to a stop beside Gemma’s barn Then he dismounted, removed the saddle, blanket and bridle, and led his horse into the last stall He shoveled a bucketful of oats in the trough and stepped froht air with a nearlywhich sweet, romantic words to use on Macie, he found hi of that kind of shit at all Why was he sneaking in on horseback? Why couldn’t he just drive his daht up to Macie’s door? Who cared what her father thought?

Evidently Macie did Which lanced at Gelowing from Macie’s camper and put his boot on the pullout step Should he have brought flowers? A bottle of wine? She probably wouldn’t consider a handful of rainbow-colored condoms and a bottle of lube very damn romantic

He rapped on the door The music inside ended abruptly A curtain fluttered and the door swung outward

"Dad?"

"No It’s me Carter"

"Carter?"

Was that disappoint at the darkness "What are you doing here?

Where’s your truck?"

"I didn’t drive I rode my horse"

"Oh Do you want to cootten how cra touching He sat on the bench next to the foldout kitchen table

"How are the projects going? Sculptures this week, right?" she asked

Carter looked at her Really looked at her And was struck duru to romance her She was beautiful and sweet and funny; he was the luckiest guy on the planet for getting a chance to woo her<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>