“Maybe. But how many of them would have dropped everything they were doing to come down here and take care of a ranch owned by an uncle they’d never met? You probably could have just hired a Realtor to sell this place off to the highest bidder without ever setting foot on the property,” he told me, his expression serious now. “But instead, you showed up to see the place with your own two eyes, and you got your hands dirty even though you had no idea what the hell you were doing.” He laughed again. “That might have been fool-headed of you, but it’s still admirable.”
I finally smiled. I couldn’t help it. “Well, that might be the closest thing you’ve given me to an apology for yelling at me that day.”
Hunter kissed my forehead. “I am sorry,” he whispered against my skin, “for giving you such a hard time in general. You’ve risen to every challenge I’ve given you so far, which is saying something, considering there are women in this town who would turn up their nose if you asked them to do so much as clean out a stall. You’re more woman than any woman I’ve ever met . . . and, believe you me, I’ve met quite a few of them.”
I opened my mouth to make some kind of snarky retort, but Hunter suddenly reached up to stroke my cheek, his touch featherlight and tender.
There is so much . . .I wondered, gazing into his eyes.Is it lust? Love? Compassion?
I didn’t know, but whatever it was, the emotion dragged me under his spell, drawing me closer to him until our lips were a breath apart.
“Kiss me,” Hunter whispered, gazing at me with half-lidded eyes.
I did, pressing my lips against the sensuous curve of his mouth. I kissed him with soft strokes of my mouth against his at first and then grew bolder with tiny nibbles and the sucking of his bottom lip. Hunter groaned in response and then dragged me onto his lap, sliding his hands up the back of my shirt. Adrenaline rushed straight to my brain, making me light-headed and giddy as I wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing him fiercely. He kissed me back with an intensity that should have scared me. Instead, it sent thrills rushing from my head to my toes.
His hands fumbled with the clasp of my bra between my shoulder blades, and the undergarment slid forward. “Let me see them,” he demanded, pushing me back so that he could lift my shirt and bra over my head. His eyes glowed in the darkness, and the stark hunger in his irises made me shiver in anticipation. “I love your breasts,” he whispered, taking one in each palm, squeezing them gently.
“You do?” I asked before I could stop myself. Normally, I didn’t show any kind of weakness in the bedroom, but we were making love in a horse stall, and I’d always thought my breasts were a little on the small side.
“Yes.” He licked my right nipple, and I gasped. “They’re perfect.”
I slid my fingers into Hunter’s hair as he lavished my breasts with attention, biting, sucking, and nibbling on my sensitive nipples until I was squirming in his lap. His mouth was hot against my skin, sending molten tendrils of heat into my core until I was throbbing with the need to have him inside me.
“This is no fair,” I gasped, pulling away. “You’re having all the fun.” I scrambled back a few inches from Hunter, and I grinned at his befuddled expression before reaching for his belt. “It’s my turn to have some fun.”
Hunter relaxed a little, leaning back against the wall. “All right,” he said casually, but the gleam of hunger in his eyes betrayed him. “You can give it a go.”
His eyes brightened a little as I freed his cock from his pants. I paused to admire the thick, rigid length of him for a moment.
“Like what you see?” Hunter asked, pumping his hips suggestively.
He waggled his eyebrows at me, and I rolled my eyes, grinning.
“I’d answer, but I have a feeling you don’t really need your ego stroked,” I teased, wrapping my fingers around his cock. “Let’s see if I can stroke something else instead.”
I started stroking him, slowly at first, working up to a steady rhythm. I made sure to slide my thumb over his mushroom tip, a particularly sensitive spot. Though Hunter’s face tightened a little and he watched me avidly, he gave no other sign that he was feeling anything.
“So, you think you’re going to hold out on me, huh, cowboy?” I raised an eyebrow as I stroked him faster. “Well, I’m getting kind of hungry now, and you’re looking pretty tasty to me.” I leaned down and flicked the tip of my tongue across his head, giving him a seductive smile when he jerked.
“Do your worst,” he challenged, a gleam in his eye.
Without breaking eye contact, I settled onto my elbows between his legs and began licking his shaft. I started by flicking my tongue across the head again and then slowly dragging my tongue from base to tip, covering his cock from all sides. Hunter trembled a little each time I licked him, but he stubbornly clenched his jaw to keep from making any sound.
Well, that’s about to change real fast.
Igently bit down on the head. He gasped, and without warning, I took the entire length of him into my mouth, sucking hard. The response was instantaneous. Hunter bucked beneath me, his hands fisting in my hair as he hissed. I showed no mercy, thoroughly sucking him and massaging his balls with my free hand. His sac grew tighter in my hand until I knew he was on the verge of exploding.
“Stop,” Hunter gasped. “I’m not ready yet. I need to be inside you.”
I considered resisting his wishes, but he reasserted his dominance by yanking me up by the hair and tossing me to the ground. In seconds, my jeans and panties were down by my ankles and then thrown somewhere into the darkness. Then he reached into his wallet, yanking out a condom, tearing it open, and sheathing his huge cock. He eased it inside me, filling me completely.
“Oh God,” I gasped, clinging to him.
He pulled out and thrust back in, sending another spark of pleasure through me.
“You’re so big.”
“Shit!” Hunter stilled and then pulled out a little. “Am I hurting you?”