Page 55 of Rainwater
“Yes,” he said tightly, but food seemed to be the furthest thing from his mind.
“The roast will be another forty minutes or so. I hope you’ll stay.”
He didn’t speak but nodded his acceptance.
“How did your business go in Phoenix?” he asked quietly after a momentary pause, his voice sending shivers of delight through her.
“Very well. I negotiated three new contracts and renewed two others.” She gripped the sink to keep her body in place, the need to greet him with a kiss so overwhelming that she almost couldn’t fight it.
She gasped a little moan of pleasure as he came to her, sliding his hands around her waist and jerking her body against the lean length of his, roughly, almost violently.
“Jennifer,” he whispered against her ear, causing quivers of excitement to race from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. He captured her mouth, his tongue thrusting, exploring, desperately seeking her response.
She moaned again, unable to help herself.
As he pressed her back against the counter, he ravaged her mouth in a way she came to recognize as his loss of control.
She moved her mouth away so she could speak. Breathless with a wanting that scared and exhilarated her, she managed to say, “Ellie…”
Corey’s voice sounded strained, “She’ll be busy for at least an hour, chasing all over looking for those cowhands and Two Tone.” He pressed his arousal against her hips.
“The bedroom,” she suggested breathlessly. A sense of urgency drove her.
“I won’t make it, darlin’,” he answered in a voice that was hoarse with out-of-control desire.
Her heart jolted and her pulse pounded. “The pantry,” she suggested, her insides jangling with excitement. The area was small, but two bodies could fit and with his body blocking thedoor, no one could walk in on them. It was also a helluva lot closer than the bedroom.
The heat came fast and overwhelmed them. In the aftermath of the awesome passion, they held on to each other tightly, only now realizing what it was like to be apart even if it had been for only two days. Still, it was enough to make them both panic inside, thinking about the inevitable future. One neither wanted to face.
“After the bulk of the branding and calving is done. I’ll be leaving,” he said dispassionately.
She nodded her head, knowing he was trying to diffuse the intense emotions between them. She chose to ignore the pain that swamped her and, changing the subject, asked, “Besides the broken wrist, how did it go?”
“You’re one lucky woman. Your daughter is wonderful, curious, energetic and beautiful. Your husband was a complete and utter fool to give all this up.”
“Well, his brains were always in his pants. I can sure pick them.”
“Just so you understand that I’m a tumbleweed, too, Jennifer. I didn’t mean to get intimate with you.” He smoothed his hands over her hair. “Things just got out of hand.”
“I know. I’m not saying this was all one-sided, Corey. I wanted you as much as you wanted me.”
He closed his eyes and touched his mouth to hers, still deep inside her. “How are things going here?” When her body stilled, he opened his eyes to look at her. “Jennifer?”
“Why don’t’ we get dressed and discuss it over a glass of iced tea?”
“Who says we’re finished?”
She gasped as he lowered his head and took her nipple into his mouth, gasping again as she felt him harden once again, inside her.
“It can wait,” she groaned as she gave herself up to the spiraling sensation only he could arouse in her.
Heated minutes later,her whole body tingling from his thorough lovemaking, she sat across the table from him. “I lost two bulls when the fence was cut. They were hit by a semi that took out hundreds of yards of fence and gouged the ground. Thank God, the driver was okay.”
He swore softly, his eyes heating and narrowing. “This vandalism has got to stop. I think it’s time to have a nice chat with Jay Butler.”
“We don’t have any proof, Corey.”
“He cuts your fences, shoots your bulls and we can’t prove a damn thing!”
