“I guess you did earn it,” she agreed, unable to deprive him of the well-earned break.“But no ice cream yet.”
He grinned as he picked up the fence post and lowered it into the hole he’d dug.Next, he showed her how to make sure it was level and in the right place, then while she held the post he slowly poured in the cement mixture.With two of the boards they would use in a crisscross formation to close in the fence, he propped up the post like a teepee.
“That should hold it in place while we wait.”
“You learned all this from your mama?”
“Her and several of the other ranch hands who worked there.”
“Must have been a big ranch if you all lived on site.”
He just nodded and she got the feeling he didn’t want to talk about it, so she didn’t pry.“I’m just going to grab us some towels and a few sandwiches then we can go to the beach.”
He smiled and it felt like a reward she hadn’t earned but wanted to.Only she would meet the kindest, hottest guy ever in a bar and turn him into a one-night stand instead of something she could hold on to.Not that he would be interested in someone like her for anything more than to pass the time.She was well aware of what most people thought of her: blonde hair, long legs, bubbly beach club socialite who had fallen from grace because her mama left her behind and her daddy was a womanizing gambler.
But she wasn’t always going to be defined by all that.Soon she’d be known for breeding the strongest most beautiful horses in the state of Georgia.One day she could leave all the bad memories behind in Sandy Point.But until then she was going to get her brother off to college and take care of her stepmom, and not worry about having a real relationship.She didn’t even believe in true love.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Renn
The Riptide
“Where’d you learnto train and breed horses?”Renn asked as he carried the beach bag she’d packed down a weathered wooden path to the beach.They’d brought his truck since hers still had supplies in the back.He was excited she’d agreed to spend some time together.
“My mama loved horses.She raced them.Her daddy had been a breeder, and he’d taught her and she taught me.Before she left us.”
“I’m sorry.”
She shrugged.“Said she couldn’t sit by and watch my daddy cheating and lying.So, when I was ten, she divorced him.I thought she’d take me with her, but she said she couldn’t.That it’d be too hard for her to work the racing circuit and keep me in school.And then she just never came back for me.”
“Sounds like we have something else in common.”He reached out to hold her hand but then decided he better not push his luck.He was still surprised she’d agreed to let him help her today.
With a faint smile she unbuttoned her shorts and let them fall to the sand.“Last one to the water is the loser,” she called running toward the waves.
He still had to kick off his boots, pull off his jeans and remove his shirt, but he didn’t mind losing if it meant getting to watch her full bottom bounce in her fitted one-piece, and her long legs kick the water.He took his time walking toward her where she’d already dived into the water.The sand was shelly and felt good after a long run that morning.She was treading water as he walked further in, but he could still touch.
“Come here, I’ll give you your prize,” she said, reaching out to him.
“Prize for what?”he said, moving closer to her but stopping an arm’s length away.He was going to need her to make the next move.
She swam closer moving her hands up his shoulders pulling his body into hers.“For helping me today,” she breathed as she wrapped her legs around his waist and he gripped her bottom.
“You are a prize, but not to be bartered.You should be won and only by someone you want to win right back.”
“You’re too good and too tempting,” she breathed and then she was kissing him.
With his hands on her hips, he moved her up and down his hard length so she could see just how much he wanted her.Even in the cool water he was throbbing for her.Next her hand started to move down his boxers to pump his length, and he knew she was asking for more.The beach was private and there wasn’t a trace of another person as far as the eye could see.He carried her out of the water and set her down on the blanket.Near the tall grass of the dunes just in case they needed to get dressed fast.Then with patience he didn’t really have he slowly peeled her bathing suit down and shucked his briefs.Then she surprised him by pulling a condom from the beach bag.
“Shelby said I should always be prepared and gifted me a box.”
“You can thank her for me,” he said, watching her open the condom and then helped her put it on him.
He kissed her again as he moved between her legs and let her take the lead.She stroked his sheathed length as he balanced most of his weight on his forearms.
“My body seems to know exactly what it wants from you,” she said as she moved the tip of his cock through her folds.
“Show me,” he encouraged her, kissing each of her breasts and teasing her nipples with his teeth.
