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“What a waste. You should spend more time out here because it’s magical.”
“It is when I’m with you Jackie.”
“Get over it Savage.” Jackie pulled her horse up and they raced back to the stable.
Jackie arrived back first and jumped off Princess Leia. She noticed a room off the stable was ajar. She pushed open the door to find Beau had arranged for a romantic rendezvous. Twinkling lights hung from the beams and rose petals laid on a bed covered with white cotton sheets and pillows. Beau touched her shoulders.
“I had this planned before the Sierra debacle. I wanted to make sweet love to you Jackie and not have sex as we did the other night. This is the man I want to be. A friend and a lover. I suppose I’m too late to prove that I’m more than just a wealthy cowboy who treats women as a commodity. I came up with this idea the night after the charity event but I guess I jumped the gun.”
A bottle of champagne sat beside the bed and soft country melodies poured from the overhead speakers.
“It would be a shame to let this go to waste.” Jackie smiled and removed Beau’s cowboy hat. He did the same to hers.
The mood was hurried in the wine cellar, which was the opposite of the slow pace in the stable. Beau took his time unfastening Jackie’s buttons and was sure to kiss each inch of her bronze skin as it was revealed. His hands moved into the waist of her jeans and he squeezed her ass as he pulled her in for a deep and deliberate kiss. Her blouse and pants lay on the straw covered floor and Beau gently laid Jackie on the bed. He joined her still fully clothed. He gently ran his fingers up her leg taking special care when he reached her upper thighs and beyond. Jackie moaned with pleasure as he covered her nipples with his mouth while moving faster with his other hand.
Jackie reached up and in a single motion pulled open the snaps on his shirt. Soon he was naked in bed with her as a musky sage scent wafted in the open windows. Their bodies rose and fell in unison as if they were born to be together. Jackie and Beau made love three times that afternoon. “My stamina has not been like this since I was 21 years old,” Beau said proudly.
Jackie climbed on top of Beau’s muscular body because she preferred even numbers and there was no limit on how much time they could spend in their love nest.
“Do you realize that my life is much more complicated than the moment I bumped into you?” Jackie purred as she rested her head on his six-pack abs.
“Complicated isn’t necessarily a bad thing Jackie and I don’t think it should be any other way for a complex and intriguing woman like you. Can you stay for dinner? You’re welcome to stay here the entire night and beyond if you can be convinced.”
“It has nothing to do with being convinced Beau because I would stay if I were a billionaire as you but I have to be at work tomorrow. The chamber of commerce is holding a breakfast meeting and I don’t want to let down the chamber. They help send a lot of business my way. If I succeed here it’ll get me noticed so I can reach my final goal.”
“I’m sure Colette can handle whatever comes up; besides, I’m on the board-of-directors at the chamber.”
“I should have figured that. Regardless Beau I have to leave this magical place.”
Beau and Jackie got dressed although they both wished they could linger in the barn. He walked her to her car.
“I’m disheveled,” Jackie said as she tried to run her fingers through her tangled hair.
Beau pulled her in and kissed her forehead as her cradled her in his arms. “I wish you never had to leave Jackie. It’s the first time I have ever felt this way. Even when my parents left me at boarding school, I didn’t feel the pain that I’m feeling now.”
“I feel it too Beau but I have to go.” Jackie jumped in her car and drove towards Cheyenne.
Beau walked out to the west porch. As he waited for the sun to set he thought of a plan to keep Jackie. He wasn’t falling in love with Jackie Keller. He did love her.
Jackie walked into the office on Monday morning feeling on top of the world but exhausted. The phone was ringing and Colette was frantic when she entered.
“I’ve been trying to reach you since last night. Corporate negotiations have taken place and they’re selling Clear Creek along with the property in Nevis. I didn’t even know negotiations were in the works for this kind of deal,” Colette spoke rapidly.
“This probably means the end of my road working for Dominion. I’m sure the new owners will bring in their own people. This sucks.”
“It gets worse. There is some big shot with the new company waiting for you in the conference room.”
“Wow. They’re wasting no time in showing me the door. My resume is in my personal file and you have the password. Will you start updating it for me? I’m gonna need it.”
Jackie stopped in the restroom on her way to the conference room. She shed a couple of tears, splashed water on her face and then proceeded.
She opened the door to find Beau Savage sitting alone at the long glass conference table.
“Sorry Beau. I don’t have time for you. My complicated life just got a whole lot more complicated. This room is being used.”
“Yes, I know. The new owner of the Clear Creek Resort and the Blue Gem Resort in Nevis is using it. I was itching to spend some money and now I need help managing my new properties. I know nothing about the hospitality business but I hear you do.”
“You’re my new boss?” Jackie gasped.
