I finish getting dressed for the day, throwing on jeans, a tee shirt, socks, and my riding boots. Snickers is calling my name and I think she and I need some fresh air and the wind in our hair.
2
Levi
Peyton’s been home for two days and I have yet to get away from my ranch. It seems like one thing after another has come up. I’ve texted her a few times and called her late at night, but she’s usually falling asleep by the time I’m leaving the office.
I saddle up Rocky, making it a point to go and see Peyton today. Not only is my body yearning to see her, feel her, and god the way she smells when she’s wrapped around me. It’s not just a want, it’s a damn need.
My ranch hand, Ed, comes to me just as I’m about to mount my horse, “Hey boss, can you take a look at the new horse we got in. She seems to have a limp.”
“Can you have Rick look at it, I’m going to the Johnson ranch today,” I respond, as I get on Rocky and we start leaving before Ed can say a word.
I love my ranch, but fuck. Sometimes I need a breather. Rick is the best damn foreman I could ask for and something like that he could easily handle. I shake my head and go to the woman that has had me twisted up in knots and stroking my cock like fucking crazy for the past couple of years.
Peyton has to know I want her more than anything, even the ranch. Sure, it would be nice, but what I really want is a life with Peyton. I know she’ll be starting work in the downtown clinic and I’ll probably see even less of her when that starts happening. They’ll give her the shit hours, working every damn evening, and holiday. It’ll suck not only for her, but for me too. Driving these long winding roads late at night will have me in a constant state of worry.
My mind is coming up with all kinds of ways to keep her safe and by my side when I hear laughter coming up over the valley. I stop Rocky and wait for the woman of my dreams to come up over the ridge.
She’s still laughing as she slows Snickers down and comes up to me.
“Hey, Levi,” she says, her smile still spread across her face and any trace of unease she’s had these last few months have disappeared. I’d like to think I had something to do with it, but I know Peyton’s a strong woman and she did it all on her own.
“Hey, Baby,” I dismount from Rocky and tether him to a post we have over here, and go to her horse, doing the same thing. She’s watching me and I reach my hands up and pick her up by her waist. She helps slide off her mount and then she’s sliding down my body. I can feel every curve of her body against mine, there’s not even an inch between us.
I look down into her blue eyes and see the hopefulness in them. This right here, it’s just the beginning.
3
Peyton
The way Levi looked at me, every doubt I had was washed away. I knew in that heated moment that he wants me as much as I want him.
I smile up at him as he gazes at me, his grin is plastered on his face, and a dimple is popping out. When he was sliding me down his body, I could feel every delicious inch, including a certain male anatomy part. It has my heart racing as fast as it was when I was riding Snickers.
Levi’s hands are still on my hips as he holds me in front of him. It’s just us out here, in the lands that border each other’s. The weather is beautiful this time of year. The leaves are changing, the trees are swaying in the breeze, and we’re here with nothing but nature around us.
“Peyton,” he murmurs out my name and then he’s leaning in towards me. I’m completely new at this. My life has been school and my parents. I didn’t have time for boys, plus I didn’t want to just lose my virginity to anyone. I wanted it to be special and I’m glad more than ever that I did. I’m about to have my first kiss at the age of twenty-four and I’m okay with it, as long as it’s Levi.
Our lips meet, his feel like velvet beneath mine. I want more. Leaning up on my toes, my hands find the back of his hair and I wrap them around his neck. As he slowly licks my lips, I gasp out and then his tongue is seeking entrance with mine. I mimic what he does to me, tentatively at first, until he growls, and seeks a deeper entrance. I let him take over and get lost in the fever of us kissing.