Page 7 of Crushing on the Mountain Man

Our gasps and groans fill the evening air. I don’t care who hears us. It is just me and her. The water, the earth, the air and the fire between us. She has a wild spirit, just like me. She justneeded to be reminded of it. And there is no better place for her to find herself than here at the lake. She belongs here. She belongs with me.

All these thoughts are whirling around my head. My heart racing. As I thrust into her long and hard. Giving her every inch of me. And when her nails dig into my shoulders and she screams out her second orgasm. I finally let myself go. Exploding within her. Filling her up with my seed. Holding onto her like my life depends on it. Like I don’t ever want to let her go.

When she collapses onto me. Weak and exhausted. I pick her up and carry her over to one of the lounge chairs. Laying her down and then laying my body against hers. Pulling her to me. Planting little kisses on her shoulder as our breathing returns slowly to normal.

“Knox. What happens now?” Brandy has turned to face me. Her fingertips trailing across my shoulder, down my arm. I smile and kiss her deeply.

“Well, give me a minute and then there will definitely be a round two.”

She bites her lip. I know her well enough to know there is something on her mind.

“I mean what happens with us.”

I gently tuck her wayward hair behind her ear. “It’s up to you.”

She thinks about it for a good minute. “I like working on the cabin. I’ve really enjoyed learning how to do things. Getting dirty. The sense of achievement with a job done well.

I love it here at the lake. If I had my way I would just stay here forever.”

She lets out a big sigh. “But Knox, I don’t have family money like you. I need to work, have a career, be an adult and all that. It’s fine for you and your shirtless lifestyle. But I’m not sure I can be that free.”

I understand. I’ve grown up being told I have to conform. Follow a certain path. Be responsible and live up to the family standards. And it’s not that I am irresponsible. I just found my own path to happiness.

I kiss Brandy deeply. It’s hard to lay here next to her and not kiss her. And I want to wipe the worry from her expression.

Chapter 8

Brandy

It’s been an emotional evening. Letting myself go. Sex for the first time. And so much love for Knox I feel it welling up in my chest. But he has his life here at the lake. I have a demanding mother, a sister getting married and a job to find.

I can only lay here with Knox for so long before I start worrying that it is just going to be this one time. A memory I will treasure forever. But what I wouldn’t give for my life to be different. To stay here with Knox. For this to be more than just sex.

Knox’s kiss is only making me feel more love for him. But I have to know where we stand. He breaks off the kiss, smiles gently and looks into my eyes.

I hold my breath. This is it. This is the break up. We are different people. It’s been fun but it’s not going to work.

And then he grins. And my heart flips over.

“Brandy, first off, you will be amazed and shocked when I tell you what my shirtless lifestyle earns me. So you don’t have to worry about money. I can take care of you for as long as it takes for you to figure out what you want to do.”

My heart swells. He is saying he wants me to stick around. And he kisses me again. Like he can’t help himself.

“Secondly, the girl I knew was wild and free. I think she’s still in there somewhere.”

He is right. I used to be so carefree. At some point I let my mother win. I gave up. I bent to her will, with the dresses and the hair style she wanted. At some point it was just easier to do the things she wanted rather than fighting over and over again.

There are only so many times you can be told that you are the problem. Too much. Too much energy. Too hard to get along with. Not good enough. It breaks my heart to think of me as a kid running around in the mud and laughing and loving life.

“Do you want to return to the city and get another office job?”

Knox interrupts my thoughts. I shake my head. No.

“Do you want to stay here with me?”

I nod and can’t help the happy smile. Knox kisses me again. This time a longer and deeper kiss that leaves me breathless and has my heart racing. It’s getting hard to ignore the fact we are both naked.

But Knox has more to say. “You are beautiful. Crazy intelligent and smart and wonderful. I have a feeling that if you give it two minutes serious thought then we could come up with something you love that lets you be wild and free and stay here with me.”

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