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Holding her in my arms after what we’d just—

Fuck, I hadn’t let myself go like that in… years. And she was the last woman in the world I ever expected to with, no matter my stupid fantasies.

I dropped my head back against the headrest.

This was a part of myself I’d pushed down successfully for so long. Why the hell did it have to bust out now? This goddamn woman. She’d pushed my buttons at every turn from the very beginning.

It was still no excuse. There was a reason I’d held myself back from pursuing anything with her. It was impossible.

But really, it was fine. We hadn’t really done any damage. One wild fuck during a storm could be forgotten.

She’d wake up tomorrow morning and we’d put on our clothes and go back to hating each other. Everything would be normal again. We’d both forget this ever happened.

I could forget the warm grip of her body on my cock and the sweet way she’d given in to my every command. I could.

Or at least I could bury it down with all the other shit from my past that I never let see the light of day.

I’d be fine.

Everything would be fine. Just like always. Just like I always made it.

I closed my eyes and tried to drift. It was uncomfortable and cramped in the cab but at least outside the rain had finally slowed. Still hadn’t stopped, but it had slowed as the sun set and full dark settled all around us.

I should’ve made her drink some water before I let her fall asleep. I’d make sure she did when she woke up.

My cock was thick and hard underneath her—I wasn’t sure how it was supposed to be anything else with a hot, gorgeous woman sprawled across me.

But eventually I was able to drift off. I didn’t know how long for when suddenly Ruth was stirring on top of me and sitting up.

And then freaking out.

“Holy shit. Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit,” she just kept saying over and over. She tumbled off of me.

“What?” I asked. She just kept saying, “holy shit,” though, and before I could stop her, she’d opened her car door and was scrambling out.

“Ruth, Jesus, where the fuck do you think you’re going?”

“I’ve gotta pee,” she shouted back at me.

“Do you even know where you’re going? Take your phone at least for a light!”

“I’m fine!”

I huffed out a frustrated breath, then followed her anyway. She could get over me seeing her piss. I wasn’t letting her out of my sight. We were basically in the middle of the woods, and this was bobcat country. I’d seen one out on the ranch a couple months back. She’d lived here all her life so she knew it too.

There was barely a sliver of moonlight out so I was only moving by the sound of her footsteps and the rustle of bushes near the edge of the road.

“I won’t look,” I said.

She shrieked, jumping up. “Jesus, I told you to stay in the truck!”

“Actually, you said you were fine, and I determined you’d be safer if I came along. The buddy system is best in the wilderness.”

She scoffed. “I’m barely fifteen feet from the truck!”

“And I feel better when I’m close.”

“Jesus, you really are a control freak.”

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