The expression of happiness on his face was incredible. “I’m so proud of you for sticking up for our rights. That’s just one of the reasons I love you, Sean.”
Sean startled, freezing in front of me. “You... You don’t... You don’t mean that like it sounds.”
I reached for the waistband of his shorts and pulled him to sit on my lap. “You want a list? Okay. You’re gorgeous. You’re sweet, but you don’t take any shit from anyone. I love that you’re so persuasive, even when you have to be a hard ass. I love you because you’re fair. You’re passionate about the things you care about, and you are a fighter. Those are just a few reasons off the top of my head. I mean it when I say I love you.”
Sean’s eyes doubled in size. “You mean that? Do youreallymean that?”
“Yes, I do. If you don’t feel the same, that’s okay. You’ve been honest with me about how you feel about relationships, but I wanted to tell you the truth because I know you deal with liars and thieves every day. I’m neither of those... Well, I might tell a white lie along the way, but not when it really matters.” I kissed his cheek and wondered what to do next. I’d poured out my soul. If he didn’t feel it, I’d go back home to lick my wounds, but nothing would make me not love him for the rest of my life.
Sean didn’t say anything as he stared into my eyes, and finally, it became uncomfortable. “I need to call Mom and let her know you’re okay, and I’ll be home tonight.”
“You’re going hometonight?” He seemed completely perplexed.
I started to move him so I could get away before I got emotional. “Yeah, uh, I’ll get out of your hair because you’ve got to meet with Senator Collins tomorrow, so you probably want to prepare. Uh, I’m gonna throw in a load of laundry while I pack up my stuff, if you don’t mind. You got anything to go into a load?”
He pushed me back onto the couch and straddled me. “Are you fucking kidding me? I understand that you need to get home to your mother and your animals, but will you wait for me to finish with Collins so I can go with you? Icango with you, can’t I?”
I nearly choked on my own spit. “Of course you can come home with me. What about your job?”
Sean leaned forward and brushed his lips over mine. “I love you too, Jeri. You’re the best gift I ever got. You’re so perfect for me, and I had no idea there was anyone out there like you. I can’t tell you how happy I am that you found me.”
I chuckled at the way he said I’d found him. As I thought about it, it was strange that we were brought together. We couldn’t have been more different, but something about us worked.
“Sean, how will we—?”
“We’ll figure it out together, cowboy. We love each other. I’m not a wistful person, but I promise we’re meant to be together. We’ll figure out a way that this works for us.” He leaned forward to kiss my mouth, his passion like a hurricane that blew over me.
I moved him off my lap and pulled his shorts down, releasing his hard cock so I could bend over to take him in my mouth. Sucking him. Tasting him. God, it was so fucking fantastic.
“I beg you not to stop,” Sean gasped. Oh, I wouldn’t dare.
Bobbing on his length. Drinking in his taste and smell. Showing him how much I loved him. It was nothing I ever thought I’d get a chance to do, but hearing his gasps and moans had me about to come in my shorts.
“I’m about to come.” Sean’s breathy whisper had me sucking a bit harder and swirling my tongue around the swollen head. When his salty-sweet essence landed on my tongue, I shot off into my shorts—hands free. It was fucking incredible and just a little bit embarrassing.
Nothing like that had ever happened to me. I damn well wanted it to happen again.
I refused to let Sean go to the Capitol building on Friday because I wasn’t convinced that someone there wasn’t giving information to those crazy fuckers in North Carolina. Instead, I chose a place nearby where he could meet Senator Collins so I could be there if he needed me.
In my mind, Sean wasn’t out of danger, and after the meeting with the senator, Sean had agreed to go back to the ranch withme for the break. I wasn’t letting him out of my sight for a minute.
For the foreseeable future, Sean would be mine. I’d get to kiss him good morning every day and good night every night. I still didn’t know how we’d work out spending time together, but I wanted to end up by his side. Maybe over that time, we could figure out how to get into a rhythm that we could sustain until he got his fill of wheeling and dealing in Washington. That was my hope, anyway.
I followed Sean to a pub near the Capitol building, my suede jacket covering my shoulder holster and my Glock 22 that was ready to take out anyone who tried to harm the man I loved.
Sean had called Leslie Collins to meet us at the pub, but he said she wasn’t too happy about him not coming to her office. She was the one who wanted to seek his advice about her impending divorce. She could live with a little inconvenience, in my opinion.
My guy had reserved a private room for their meeting, and I was prepared to sit outside and wait as the two of them plotted the senator’s divorce. Being so in love with Sean, I couldn’t imagine our relationship ending in the same way.
Not that I was thinking about marriage. My mom would hope she could plan a wedding at the ranch, but I just couldn’t see Sean walking down the aisle to me. Did I need the piece of paper that declared us married? That was something to consider.
“What can I get for you?” A server walked over to the table where I was settled outside the room.
“I’ll have a black coffee, please.” My appetite was fucking gone.
I was too nervous about what would happen after this meeting to eat. I’d stop somewhere on our way back home and get a donut. All I wanted was for Sean to be tucked into the passenger seat of my truck as we made our way to the ranch.
The server returned with a small carafe of coffee and a small pitcher of cream. When she placed it on the table, I glanced at her. “Oh, I don’t...”
