“What?” Water started to run in the bathroom, and I giggled at the idea of him washing his face. After a few seconds I heard his bare feet against the tile and he appeared in the bedroom doorway, gloriously naked. “Say that again.”
“I asked how come your ass is tanned?” I licked my lips, thirsty for more of him.
With his hands on his slim hips, he strolled toward me, confident and totally unabashed that his dick was still half-mast.
“How do you think?” Kneeling on the bed he crawled toward me.
“Naked sunbathing?” I asked, my eyes wide with shock. “On the ranch?”
“We have thousands of acres, sweetheart, there are plenty of secret little spots. In fact,” he ran a finger down over my boob, circling my nipple, “remind me to show you sometime.”
“I’d like that.” My hips instinctively moved toward him, like we were magnetized.
Gunner’s eyes fluttered closed as I rubbed up against him. “Something else you’d like?” he asked, his voice low and gravelly. “Greedy girl.”
“So greedy,” I whispered as his hand moved to cup my ass.
He pushed me onto my back and dropped his mouth to my nipple, circling it with his tongue and then sucking hard.
“I was going to suggest breakfast in bed,” I told him, arching my back, desperate for more.
Gunner chuckled. “And that’s exactly what I’m going to have.”
And he did for another half hour before I had mine on my knees in the shower.
“You sure about this?” Gunner asked, holding our hands up and kissing my knuckles. “Being seen in public with me.”
We were walking down Latymer, on our way to Missy May’s Diner for breakfast, seeing as we hadn’t managed to get any back home. Well, it was more like brunch as it was almost eleven-thirty.
“Of course I’m sure.” I wrapped an arm around his bicep and leaned into him. “I’m proud to be seen with you. What about you?”
He looked down on me and frowned. “How could you think any different?” He looked genuinely concerned.
“I was joking.” I ran a finger over the two lines between his eyes. “I’m delighted to be seen with you.” I stood on my tiptoes to kiss him. “Do you know how many women will be spitting green fire of jealousy once they find out?”
“Does that mean you’re only with me for my body?” Thankfully his signature grin was back. “Because I feel objectified now.”
“Your body and your introverted nature.”
He pulled me closer, squeezing my side as he dropped a kiss to the top of my head. “And I like you for your body and your meekness.”
We both burst out laughing and continued toward our destination. As we reached the liquor store, we were almost bowled over by someone. It was Peggy, Lily’s grandma carrying a brown bag that she could barely see over.
“Woah there.” Gunner put his hands out to steady her before she and her bag fell to the floor. “On the booze already, Peggy?”
She lowered the bag and rolled her eyes. “I’m having a soiree this evening and my daughter thinks two bottles of wine is sufficient.”
“For how many?” I asked, peeking into the bag where I could see the tops of four more bottles.
“Four of us,” Peggy told me and then gave me a hard stare, daring me to agree with Ella.
“One hell of a party is planned I see.” Gunner gave her a beautiful smile resulting in a fluttering of eyelashes. It seemed he had a similar effect on the pensioners of Silver Peaks as he did the younger generation of women.
“Want to come?” she asked, patting the back of her hair.
Gunner snickered and shook his head. “I’m going to be busy with my girl, sorry, Peggy.”
Peggy’s eyes went wide as she looked down at our hands. “When did this happen? Lily didn’t mention it.”
