“You okay, city girl?” He strokes the hair from my cheek and tucks it behind my ear. “I wasn’t too rough? I got a little caught up in?—”
“No,” I stop him. “It was…” I swallow hard. “So good.”
“Cowboys do it better,” he says with a flash of his eyes and a teasing grin. “Best you ever had then?”
I nestle closer, my heart still racing as I trace lazy circles on his chest. “Yes,”I say truthfully, my voice still a little breathless.
He chuckles, his chest rumbling beneath my cheek. “That so?”
“Well…” I bit my lip, fighting back a little smile as I look up at him through my lashes.
His eyes narrow slightly, the grin slipping from his lips. A mix of realization and something else—possessiveness? Pride?—flickers across his face. “Well… what, Kali?” his voice drops lower, more dangerous, and his grip on my ass tightens.
I shrug, determined to keep it light. After all, it’s not a big deal. I mean, not really…
“It’s just…I don’t exactly have much to compare it to,” I admit finally.
Cash goes still for a moment, processing what I just said. I can feel the exact moment it clicks. His whole body tenses, and when he does, his voice is rough. “You don’t havemuchto compare it to, or anything?”
The answer must be in my eyes.
“Fuck, Kali. You’re telling me that was?—”
“My first time,” I finish for him, ducking my head slightly. “Surprise.”
“Fuck.” He squeezes his eyes and shakes his head for a moment before snapping them open. Cash tilts my chin up, forcing me to meet his gaze. His eyes are intense. A storm of emotions churning behind them. “Why didn’t you tell me? I never would have…fuck."
“That’s why,” I tell him. “I didn’t want you to hold back. I wanted you. All of you. Just the way it was.”
“I would have been more gentle.” He shakes his head. “Shit. I wouldn’t have?—”
“Exactly.” I reach up and cup his cheek. His stubble is rough under my palm. “It was perfect, Cash,” I tell him honestly.
A slow smile spreads across his face as he takes in exactly what I’m telling him. “Is that right?” He tugs me closer, his thumb tracing lazy patterns on my hip. “Well, city girl,” he murmurs against my hair. “You still have a few days before you leave. You’ve been for a horse ride, you’ve been fucked.” Fresh heat flares between my legs at his dirty words. “Any otherfirstsyou want to take care of while you’re here?”
There’s something about the way he says it that suggests he’s not upset about my admission. Quite the opposite. And if I didn't know better—and I do—there’s something else in his words, too. Something I can’t let myself think about.
I feel my chest tighten at the reminder that I’m only here temporarily. Never mind the fact that I have a story to write.
It should be a sharp reminder of the lines I’ve not only crossed, but leaped over. Instead, I prop myself up on one elbow, trail a finger down his chest, and say, “What else have you got in mind, cowboy?”
Chapter 6
Cash
It’s the kind of day that promises spring is right around the corner. The sky is bluer, the wind a little warmer, and the sun shining on everything, making it feel new again.
Damn. This woman reallyhasdone a number on me.
I have no choice but to laugh at myself. After all, if my brother or Travis caught me starting out across the paddock staring at nothing like a lovesick schoolgirl, that’s exactly what they’d do. Thankfully, Travis has been gone on a rodeo circuit for the last little while. And I’m not an idiot, I’m sure Wyatt’s noticed the change in the relationship between Kali and me. But, he’s smart enough not to press me on it.
Because the truth is, I have no idea what I’m doing with my city girl, except whatever it is, I don’t want it to end.
My thoughts keep replaying the way I’d woken her up a few hours ago, rubbing her ass until she snuggled back into my raging, hard cock. That sweet, not-so-innocent smile she’d given me over her shoulder as she thrust herself back at me in invitation.
It was an invitation I’d gladly accepted.
I took her just like that, holding her tight against me, while my cock filled her up from behind. I had her moaning my name within minutes, pulling multiple orgasms from her before finally taking my own release. She’s just so damn receptive and eager. Like she was made just for me.
