I have no doubt Austin will update Chance. Shankle’s doing his job and the intel we gathered on Joey’s job can wait until I fuck my woman and ensure she knows she’s mine.
I tell her just that when I kick my bedroom door shut with my foot.
“I don’t know what’s coming next, but I want to be with you when it happens.”
“I thought you were going to kiss me,” she says. “Everywhere.”
I set her on her feet and start to peel her shirt over her head.
“Oh, that’s the plan, baby. But I don’t want you thinking I’m ignoring everything else.”
“You are. We are.” She pushes her jeans down her hips. “That’s okay. I need you.”
Her gaze lifts to mine. Meets, holds.
I growl, lean my shoulder down and toss her over it, and then drop her on the bed. Her jeans were around her ankles and I pull them the rest of the way off. Her panties fly over my shoulder along with her bra.
She’s bare before me.
“Fuck, you’re gorgeous.” I undo the button on my jeans and unzip them to give my dick some room. I don’t dare take them off because it’s all about Sadie right now.
Tugging an ankle, I pull her to the edge of the bed and drop to my knees. Kiss the inside of her ankle and then set it over my shoulder.
“I’ll start here.” I kiss up the inside of her leg. “Then here.” I fan her core with my breath and then lick up her slit.
“Miles,” she breathes.
“Everywhere. You’re mine, Sadie. All mine.”
And I do just that. Learning her body, backing up my words with tender actions. Then rough ones. Because my woman likes it every way I give her.
As long as we’re together, everything will be just fine.
Epilogue
CHANCE
Love.
I only loved one woman in my life, and that was nearly fifteen years ago.
Sure, I have my fun. I pick up a lady at The Dusty Rose now and again, maybe even take her out a time or two.
But that’s it. I’ve only felt that spark once, and I’ve never found it since.
So I stopped thinking about love. Bachelorhood isn’t so bad. I love the land, the animals, the work around the ranch. Hell, I even love my new brothers.
Damn it, though, the two of them brought romantic love into the house. Within weeks. They had no trouble finding it right here in Bayfield, my hometown. To be fair, they didn’t actually find love. Love seemed to findthem. But love never found me, not in fifteen years.
Granted, I haven’t exactly been looking, and life has been a fucking tornado since my father’s death. I’m still a person of interest in the death of Joey Hopkins. I’m innocent, and I’m pretty sure the information Sadie uncovered will go a long way in proving it, but still…
It all gets to a guy after a while.
“I need to ride like the wind, boy,” I say to Raphael, my midnight-black quarter horse, as I groom his flank with the curry comb.
I’m on my own at the ranch today. Miles is taking care of Sadie, who needs some serious time off. I haven’t seen them and don’t plan to. They haven’t left his bedroom as far as I know, and I don’t expect to see them anytime soon. Austin has gone with Carly to her therapy session in Billings.
So I’m taking the morning off too. Just Raphael and me and the sunshine.