Page 12 of The Cowboy's Temporary Solution

"Don't pass out on me now, baby girl," Ranger's voice is far from a whisper as his lips brush the curve of my ear. "I've got plans for you when we get back to the ranch."

If I was tired before, I'm not anymore. I am one hundred percent awake, alert, and down for these "plans" he's promising in that deep voice as his fingers slide along the side of my waist, just above my skirt.

I know I crossed the line by kissing Ranger and no matter how real it felt, I have to remind myself that he's still just pretending. We. Dammit!Weare still just pretending; but when I raise my head, he catches my lips in a kiss that does not feel like it's just for show and I find myself thinking I don't want it to be all play-acting anymore.

After Virgie doused us with the ice water, Ranger took his hat back, shook the water from the black Stetson, and inspected my clothes to make sure I wasn't too wet.

If he only knew.

"Joe's here," Lance calls out from the sidewalk.

"You sharin' this ride, Arch?" Ranger interrupts what appears to be more than just a friendly conversation between his brother and Rowan's sister.

"I'll get him home," Callie chirps-- entirely too soberly and suspiciously enthusiastic about the prospect of driving one of the younger O'Leary brothers all the way out of town to the Delta O ranch.

Ranger nods, with one of those low dips of his head and a finger to the brim of his hat in a gesture that seems to be universal cowboy sign language for everything from "hello" to "I heard you the first time."

Following behind him, I sway a little before steadying myself, enjoying the view of Ranger's ass in the black "dress" jeans he wore today. And who knew the sound of cowboy boots on a hardwood floor was so sexy?

Ranger

"You can't just leavehim there."

Seri giggles as I nearly trip over my brother's unconscious body in my haste to get back to her.

"It's summer, he'll be fine."

Lance is lucky I pulled his dead weight out of the back of Joe's car. Joe woulda let him sleep it off in his driveway and charged him rent.

Not my problem the kid's too fucked up to get back to his own place. He can stay right there on the lawn until the sprinklers come on for all I care. Right now, the only thing I'm thinking about is tearing that sexy little skirt off Seri and getting a taste of what's underneath.

I'm done playing to an audience. Fuck keeping things platonic, that line was good and crossed as soon as she gave me a sweet taste of her mouth earlier. I've wanted her from the moment I saw her and as long as she's feelin' the same, I'm not going to waste this opportunity.

"I need to get you inside, baby, before I fuck you right here on my mama's front porch."

Bouncing off one of the posts, I'm reminded of how much I had to drink as I fumble with the key in the front door. Dropping low, I hoist Seri over my shoulder before she has a chance to protest. The surprised little noise she makes does nothing to cool the fever raging through me.

"Looks like Mom installed some of those security cameras," I point to one of the small, black cameras mounted under theporch, even though Seri probably can't see it from her current angle. "I'm sure she'd rather miss this show."

Seri giggles as I make a clumsy entry into the dark house. A sharp sting lands on my ass and I hear her telling me to "giddy up" in the tipsy voice that's had my dick hard so long it's aching.

Somewhere outside of my booze-addled brain, there's a voice of reason tellin' me to put a good night's sleep and several glasses of water between tonight and any thoughts of getting Seri naked and moaning under me.

But that's not the part of my body doing the thinking.

And judgin' by the way Seri's lips crush to mine as soon as we're behind the closed door of our room, she's not interested in anything my better judgment has to say either.

I swear the girl was practically panting when I said I had plans for her tonight and that's all I needed to make up my mind about finally showing her how I'm really feeling about her.

"You were amazing today, baby."

It's hard to tear my mouth off hers, but I want to tell her everything that's been rattling around inside my head since I first laid eyes on her; and I need to taste so much more of her than just those pouty lips that keep whispering my name.

Serenity's voice hitches as my hands get under her blouse. My fingers slip beneath the cups of her bra and finally, I have those full, heavy tits in my hands.

Both of us groan when I run the callused pad of my thumb over her pebbled nipple before finding it with my mouth.

"Everybody loves you," I mumble around her breast, still trying to get the words out even though the feel of Seri's fingers in my hair and the soft giggles she alternates with gasps as my mouth finds more of her naked flesh is giving the whiskey competition for reasons I can't think straight.

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