Page 37 of Wanting Alex

“Evening. I wanted to bring you an update.”

Thomas nodded for Duke to continue.

“I just checked in, and it looks like they should have the roads cleared by tomorrow afternoon.”

My chest tightened. That wasn’t much time. I looked to Thomas and Declan, who were discussing plans for tomorrow with the other guys. Would they still want me after I left?

DECLAN

Iwoke with Alex’s head on my chest. Her leg was thrown over my hip, and my hard cock pressed painfully against her inner thigh. I wanted to sink into her tight pussy and wake her up, but this was likely her last morning on the ranch, and I wanted to make sure she slept in.

I had to find a way to keep her, to get her to see how much she belonged with us and how good it could be. We could see it over the last few days, in the way that she opened up to me about her ex, how comfortable she’d grown around us, but now was the real test. She was going back to her house and back to work. Too far away for my liking, but this was her life. We only needed to find a way for all of us to weave our lives together.

Thomas rolled and rubbed a hand down his face. I could see the sadness in his eyes, the worry in his jaw. He was my brother. He couldn’t hide his emotions from me. We both knew what today meant, and we weren’t prepared to say goodbye. He looked at his phone and showed me the time. It was well past the hour we should have been up and walking the ranch. The snow was no excuse for us to slack on the job. We needed to get up and get moving.

My heart tore when I looked at Alex’s beautiful face, afraid this would be the last time she was in one of our beds. She let out a sigh and whispered, “I can feel you watching.”

I chuckled, completely unaware she had woken up. Thomas placed a gentle kiss on her bare back. I placed one on her head, inhaling the scent of her, thankful we had slept in my bed, so I could have her scent on my sheets for the next few days, if I was lucky.

“We didn’t want to wake you, sweetness,” Thomas rumbled, rubbing his hand up and down her spine.

“Too late. I’m up. I couldn’t sleep when there are things moving on my legs.” She still hadn’t opened her eyes.

Thomas laughed and pulled away, heading to the bathroom to take a shower.

Alex whimpered and reached for him, but he was already out of reach.

“If I let you touch me, we’ll never make it out of bed,”he said, regret lacing each word.

She huffed and looked at me, her lips turned down. I reached under the sheets to stop her when she moved her thigh from me. I needed her to know that even though she might leave us today, we didn’t want her to.

I pulled on her thigh, and she shifted to straddle me. My cock twitched against her when she pulled her bottom lip between her teeth. It drove me crazy when she did that.

I reached into my bedside drawer and pulled out a condom. Handing it to her, she arched her eyebrow at me.

“Put it on me, babydoll. I need to feel that sweet pussy of yours before I can get going this morning.”

When her face lit up, I knew that was what she wanted.

She rolled the latex on, then leaned forward and kissed me. The tenderness of it made my heart clench. This was not the last time we would be together, and I was going to make sure she felt it. When I notched myself at her opening, she sank down in one long thrust.

We made sure Thomas could hear exactly what he was missing out on.

When we finally made it downstairs, Mrs. Roberts had breakfast laid out, and there was a crowd gathered, some sitting but most standing around the large dining room table. It looked like everyone was excited about the roads clearing.

Gavin set his mug down. “We need to see if we can go into town and get more salt. The paths we cleared are icing over. The weather forecast anticipates the temperature not rising high enough for at least another week.”

I stiffened. I didn’t like hearing things were still freezing over. Alex was supposed to drive home today. Every cell in my body told me she was not allowed to leave if there was ice on the roads. Her safety was my priority.I pulled Alex to stand in front of me and wrapped my arms around her waist.

“How will we get into town if the roads are icy?” Jessie’s face scrunched.

“We can follow behind the plows. They will have sprinkled salt on the roads as they clear it,” Duke chimed in.

“I don’t feel comfortable having Alex drive on those roads. I’d much prefer it if no one did.” Thomas brought over a cup of fresh coffee for Alex.

I gave him my best puppy eyes. “Get your own cup,” he grumbled.

Alex shook with silent laughter. Reaching down, I pinched her ass.

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