“You sure can baby, I’d just rather not see you ass first in the dust,” he chuckles. I follow him until we hit the trail, only then do we both ride together.
“So, where is this place you were talking about?” I ask Levi thirty minutes into our ride. The trail is no longer a trail that he usually uses. “We’re almost there, just a few more minutes,” he says. He has his signature white Stetson hat on. Levi is the total package, he’s sweet, funny, caring, handsome, and I’m the lucky girl he fell in love with.
“Okay,” I tuck a piece of hair back behind my ear. I should have brought my own hat, but I was in a rush to go riding and it was forgotten in the mudroom.
We continue trotting along, when we come down a valley and I’m shocked to see a hot spring.
“Is that what I think it is?” I question Levi.
“It depends what you want it to be,” he replies with a grin.
“I do believe I know two people who will be getting lucky today,” I hop down off of Snickers and tether her to a fence post, making sure she has enough room to graze.
Then, I slowly start stripping out of my boots and clothes as I walk to the hot spring.
24
Levi
When we got on our horses this morning, I had it all planned out. I would show her where there’s an old church on our land. The stone is crumbling, but you could see what it used to be, the creek running in the distance. That would have been the icing on the cake. Instead of veering right, we went left.
At the last minute, I knew where I was going to ask Peyton to marry me, and it would be the same place we say our “I do’s.”
Now though, my eyes can’t get over the way she’s walking naked to the springs. Her confidence has grown in leaps and bounds. Something I’d like to say I helped, but I know the truth is she had it before she fell apart. It just took her awhile to find herself again. I strip out of my own boots and clothes, following my woman. Her heart-shaped ass calling to me on every level.
“Are you coming?” She asks over her shoulder, her hair is down and hanging loosely in soft curls down to the middle of her back. I know if she turned around the ends would tease me with a glimpse of her nipples.
“You bet your sweet ass I am,” I grunt, as I run to get to her, stripping my clothes off along the way.
I pick her up bridal style and take a tentative step into the spring. Her arms are wrapped around my neck and her smile calls to me like a siren’s song.
Once we’re in, I find a rock that will allow me to sit down. She adjusts, so she’s straddling my lap and my cock is right where it wants to be.
“Levi,” her voice taking on this breathless quality. One that I’m learning is when she’s hot and needy.
“Yeah, baby,” my hands sneak up from where they were on her waist, holding her in place. I know she’s sore, add that in with riding up here, and it’s enough to make it worse. Her skin is smooth and silky to the touch against my hands. The difference between our skin is palpable. Peyton’s skin hasn’t been weathered from the weather, her hands aren’t worn with callouses from working outside.
She responds, “I love you, Levi, I’m not sure how I could have made it through without your strength.”
“Peyton, you’re stronger than you give yourself credit for. I was there to pick you up when you fell apart, but baby, you gotta know you rose up on your own. I’m just the lucky one that was lucky enough to be by your side when you did it.” I slowly bring my hands up to her cheeks, framing her face.
Both of us lean into each other. Needing my mouth on hers, I take her lips in a slow and soft kiss.
“Love you, Peyton.” I tell her, in between breaths. She’s rocking her center against my cock and as much as I want her, I know that we’ll have to wait. Not coming inside her will be hard as hell. Yet I know it’ll be worth the wait.
25
Peyton
Yesterday was like a fairytale, Levi having the whole day off. His phone not going off and nothing ranch related was bothering him. Something like that never happens. When you run a ranch, there are no days off. It doesn’t matter if it’s ten degrees below zero or two o’clock in the morning. So, when Levi took the whole day off, I knew how much it took away from the ranch. It was beyond special to me and something we both clearly needed.