Page 54 of The Cowboy's Unshakeable Love

“Okay.” He turned around and went back out to the bedroom. He set her down on the bed and once she was sitting with her back against the headboard, he joined her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

“That view is amazing!” she said as she stared at the mountain.

He stared at her. “It’s beautiful.”

“You’re not even looking.” She turned to face him, and when her gaze met his, he smiled.

“I am. I’m looking at you, darlin’. And the sight of you in my bed is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

“Aww.” She grasped the front of his shirt and drew him closer so that she could kiss him. “You’re so sweet.”

He chuckled. “I’m not trying to be sweet; I’m trying to make my intentions clear.”

“Your intentions?”

“Yeah, I intend to have you sharing my bed just as soon as possible.”

“Hopefully soon.”

“Nah, I’m beyond hoping and waiting. I brought you up here to see if you like it – and to see if you want to move up here with me.”

Her pupils dilated. “I … what do you … when?”

He chuckled. “How about tonight?”

She pressed her lips together.

“I know we can’t do what I’d like to just yet, but …” He shrugged. “There’s a whole lot more to sleeping together than sleeping together, don’t you think?”

“You’re right.” She laughed. “For all I know, you might snore like a grizzly bear.”

He laughed with her. “For all I know, you might fart up a stink storm!”

She laughed harder. “I’m a lady – we don’t do that.”

“Yeah, right. But seriously, Retta. I already feel close to you. I want to get closer in every way we can. So, what do you say? Do you wanna?”

She nodded slowly. “I think I do. I mean, of course I do. I know I want to spend the night with you, and I think I’m brave enough to ignore all the possible reasons not to.”

“What kind of reasons?”

“I don’t know. Maybe we’ll irritate each other – maybe I will snore, and you’ll fart.” She chuckled. “But on a serious note, I haven’t shared a bed with anyone in years. I might fidget all night and drive you nuts.”

“It’s a big bed – I reckon there’s enough room for both of us.”

“Okay then.”

“Are you sure?”

She nodded happily. “I am. If we’re going to try this, then we need to try everything that’s part of it.” She looked up into his eyes. “And it’ll mean that by the time I get my cast off, we’re already comfortable with each other.”

“Yeah. I don’t want to see it as just building up to sex, though. I … shit, I don’t know how this’ll sound but, in the past, sleeping with someone was just what happened after the sex, you know?”

She nodded but looked uncomfortable, so he hurried on.

“I’ve never seen it as something special before, something to be enjoyed in its own right. With you, I … I’m excited to share my bed with you.”

She curled her hand around the back of his head and pulled him down into a kiss. He wrapped his arm around her waist and allowed himself to kiss her more deeply than he had before. He carefully hauled her onto his lap and groaned when she shifted her ass against his aching cock.

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