“What if I fell?”
“You realize that logic doesn’t work because I know you rode horses with me.”
“I trust horses more than my own balance.”
“I think you didn’t want me to teach you,” I goad.
She sits up, rocking back onto her knees. “You taught me a lot of other things, Kade.”
“Like what?”
“Like…” She trails off, teeth sinking into her bottom lip.
Cupping her cheek, I lean closer. “Like what, Pres?”
“Like what it means to be kissed properly.”
“Properly?”
She nods. “A lesson I might need a refresher in.”
“You want me to?—”
“Kiss me, Kade,” she interjects.
The best words I’ve heard in a long time. I cup her cheek, watching as her eyes widen. Even in the darkness, I can see the want filling them.
I press my lips to the corner of her mouth. She tastes sweet. Like the chocolate torte we had. I sip. I savor. I suck on her bottom lip before I slip my tongue into her mouth. I enjoy every fucking second of this kiss. It’s different from the kiss at the diner we shared.
It’s slow. The small gasps that leave her mouth stoke the fire inside of me. I relearn everything about her. Presley’s fingers dig into my back, urging me on.
Pulling her over me, I groan as she rocks over my lap. My cock hardens. Damn. He can’t help his reaction to her. I’ve always been like this.
Presley King will always elicit this reaction from me. Lust. Want. Desire. Passion.
Everything.
I pull back, whispering against her kiss-swollen lips. “How much time do we have tonight?”
“Not enough.” She shakes her head. “I have to get home to relieve the babysitter.”
“I wish you could stay longer.”
She drags her nose along mine. “Maybe next time.”
Next time.
I take it back. Those are the best words I’ve heard in a long time. Because it’s the promise of more. More with Presley.
The woman I gave my heart to years ago and never quite got it back.
Chapter Nineteen
KADE
“You know, things are looking pretty good around here,” Sam says.
It’s a cold, cloudy day, but it doesn’t mean I’m not sweating my balls off inside the barn. With only a few more stalls to finish up, this place is going to be the jewel of the ranch.
