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“I didn’t plan this.” His voice came out more of a growl. “I don’t have anything.”
She rose on her knees. “I don’t care.”
He pressed his cheek against her chest, then pulled her upright. With his hand trapped inside her, she shifted back and forth. He brought his other hand up to cup the back of her neck until their gazes collided. “I care.”
“I’m protected. Girl stuff,” she said on a pant. “I’ve been on an IUD since I was twenty.”
“You can’t—”
“I’ll chance it.” Her dark eyes were wide with intent. “I trust you.”
He shook his head. The one thing he’d wanted was to feel her wrapped around him without any barriers. And here, he could have that. He flicked his thumb under her clit. “I want to. God, I want to. But I don’t want to take any chances with you.”
He changed the angle of his fingers and felt her body free-falling into orgasm. She stilled completely, her thighs quivering around his wrist.
He was already halfway gone over her; there was no way he could survive knowing just how perfect she felt. How could he ever walk away from her, then?
She screamed out her frustration, and he took every grinding punishment she could give him until she finally shuddered to a halt. Her chest heaved, and a fine sheen of sweat slicked her beautiful breasts.
He reached behind her to undo the belt and cradled her when her arms came up around his neck. She rested her cheek against his shoulder and sighed.
Nothing about Kendall was what he expected. She was one of the warmest and most giving people he’d ever been in contact with. Without guile, she was everything he hadn’t known he wanted.
The playful edge they’d started with was as distant as the little town they were headed for.
She sat back on his lap. She brought her hands up to his face, then ran her thumbs over the hollows of his cheeks. “I’m not sure where you went at the end of that, but I just wanted to apologize. You were right. I was in the moment and shouldn’t have demanded that. You were only being safe.”
If only it was because of safe sex. He wasn’t sure he could hand her any more of himself.
He gently pulled her bra forward and snapped it closed in between her breasts. “I knew you’d be mad at yourself after the lust faded.”
She quickly did up the buttons that survived. “Right. Of course.” She climbed off his lap and twisted the denim skirt around and down until she was covered.
Already he wanted to jam it up and lap at her pussy until she screamed again. Until he could drive into her and the ache in his chest dissipated. Instead, he slid behind the wheel and dug for his keys. His belt lay discarded between them, the mangled end of the strap reminding him just how amazing she looked as she came apart in his arms.
The ride back to the ranch was a quiet one. Kendall’s silvery profile was pensive. Their agreement to have a fun road trip was falling by the wayside. The flash of her phone’s screen lit up the interior of the truck.
“Son of a—” She tapped the screen a few times and lifted the phone to her ear. “Bells?”
He tried to listen but got distracted by Kendall’s body language. She curled in on herself, her arms tight across her chest as she leaned forward to listen. Most of her side of the conversation was mumbles and yeses and nos. Whatever was going on, it wasn’t good.
His fingers ached by the end of the ride. As they were pulling up the drive, she finally hung up.
She pinched the bridge of her nose and took a deep breath. “How much time do you have left on this job?”
He parked and turned to her. “If I push it, I’ll be done by Sunday.”
“I’d appreciate anything you can do to get us on the road by Monday. The hot water heater went, and our usual handyman is working on it, but it might be above his abilities. I’ll need to get a plumber in.” She fiddled with her phone, flashing the screen on and off.
“I’m good with them.”
She looked up. “I can’t ask you—”
“Ask me to what? Work on my house? We’re partners in this now, Kendall. “
“I know, but this isn’t your problem.”
“It is. And even if we need to buy a new one, it won’t be half as expensive if I get one from our wholesaler and do the work myself.”
