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I grab her behind her neck, pulling her forward till our lips crash against each other. My tongue is demanding entrance to her mouth and she welcomes it inside. I grip her waist beneath the water so tightly, forcing it to stay in place so I don’t take things too far. She moans into my mouth as I deepen the kiss. Fire shoots through my veins as her hips begin to move against me.
“What do they tease you about?” she says against my lips between kisses.
“About this.” I trail kisses down her neck as I tug her hair a little harder, pulling her head back so I have unfettered access. “About how much I want you. About the crush I’ve had on you.” I don’t know what I’m saying. I know I’m revealing too much, but I don’t care. In this moment, I want to reveal it all to her. I want to strip myself bare and tell her she’s the only woman I’ve ever loved.
“You want me?” Her words are breathy as she pulls me back to her mouth, her hand sliding down the front of me as she reaches beneath the waistband of my underwear and grips my cock.
It takes every bit of strength I have not to let her continue stroking me—not to pull her out of this tub and bend her over the edge and bury myself inside her.
“You can have me, Ranger.” She whispers the words in my ear and my eyes shoot open. I reach beneath the water and grab her hand, stilling her movements.
“Not yet—not like this.” I’m not sure what I mean, but I know I need more time. I need to figure out what’s going on with the ranch, if I’m moving to Texas, and if this is the right time for us.
9
DAHLIA
Iclose my eyes, dragging my fingertips over my lips, where they still burn from Ranger’s kiss. I can’t keep the smile off my face as I recall the way his body responded to my touch after his confession about wanting me—about having a crush on me.
I’ve known he finds me attractive, especially after the way he so blatantly ogled me at Brooklyn’s house when I was in my swimsuit, but hearing him say the words made it so much more real.
I slide my hand down my body as the warm water of the shower washes over me. My fingers dance across my lower belly, settling over my clit. I tease myself, circling my fingers lightly over and over again. I squeeze my eyes shut tighter, imagining Ranger’s hands on my body. I wanted to ask him why now wasn’t the right time, and when the right time would be, but I didn’t.
I’m so close. My fingers curl against the tiled wall as the heat builds in my body.
“Doll,” Ranger’s voice interrupts me as he knocks on the door, “I’m gonna start on dinner. Burgers sound good?”
“Huh?” I half-yell, half-groan the word louder than I’d intended. It almost sounds like the cry of a wounded animal erupting from my chest.
“You good in there?” He laughs.
“Yeah, yeah, just startled,” I pant, the moment now gone. “Fuck,” I groan, pounding the wall.
“What’s going on in there?”
“Just trying to masturbate,” I shout, half-joking.
“What?” I hear the handle jiggle as the door opens.
Instead of telling him I was joking, I pull the curtain back just enough to peek my head around it. “I said I was trying to masturbate, and I was about to come before you scared me.” His mouth falls open and I can see he’s trying to calculate if I’m kidding or not. “You got me all hot and bothered out there then wouldn’t finish the job, so I had to take matters into my own hands.”
He stands there, staring at me. I reach for the nozzle and shut the water off, flinging the shower curtain completely open before reaching for my towel.
“Jesus fucking Chri—” He covers his eyes, turning around.
“Didn’t realize my naked body was so offensive,” I tease, wrapping the towel around me as I squeeze the water out of my hair.
He stands in the doorway, his back to me as he shakes his head, looking up toward the ceiling. “I’m trying here—I’m fucking trying, Doll—but you’re going to kill me.”
“Don’t be so dramatic, Ranger. We both know you’ve pictured me naked a hundred times.” I expect him to walk away, but he slowly turns back around to face me, a touch of disappointment on his face when he sees the towel now covering me. I step out of the shower and reach for my brush, but he darts his hand out and grabs my wrist, stilling my movements. He slowly pulls me toward him, his free hand coming up to tangle in my wet hair.
“I have, but way more than a hundred times, honey. Is that what you wanted to hear?” His lips are an inch from mine, a seductive grin pulling at them as he leans in, running them up my neck and settling on my ear. “And I can tell you confidently that even though I only got half a glimpse of your naked body, it’s a million times better than anything I’ve ever imagined.”
He steps back, walking out of the bathroom and closing the door behind him.
After dinner, we settle back into the couch, the warmth of the fire enveloping us and casting an orange glow across the room.
“When you were talking earlier about the work stuff, you said that if Milly took over your dad’s seat, that would take care of one problem. What’s the other problem?”
