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He nodded. “But you were also completely on target when you said my distraction has been goin’ on since calving. This year it seems the more I do, the easier it is for others toslack off because they know I don’t leave stuff undone. And by others, I don’t mean Ky. Don’t know what I would’ve done if he hadn’t been around to help me out this summer.” Cord glanced down into the glass in his hand. “Before you ask, I haven’t said anything to my brothers. Doesn’t mean I won’t, I’m just—”
“Hoping that things will sort themselves out so you don’t have to confront them?” AJ interjected softly.
“Yeah. So darlin’, when I heard you talkin’ today, I understood why you hesitated in bringing up your frustrations with me. I’ve done the same damn thing with Colby and Colt. I really hate that you’re the one who’s suffered from me letting that situation slide.”
“And I really hate that you were so exhausted that you couldn’t even talk to me about all you were doing trying to hold everything together.”
The tears in her eyes hit him as hard as a hoof to the belly. “Darlin’, come here.”
She fit her body into his, finding the spaces that were empty until she filled them.
Cord rubbed his cheek across the top of her sweat-dampened head, releasing the berry scent of her shampoo and breathing her in.
“Will it be enough if I tell you I’m sorry?” he murmured into her hair.
“Yes.” She absentmindedly stroked his chest hair. “But maybe we oughta have a code word to indicate when we need to talk about serious issues.”
“Only if the word is blowjob. Cause darlin’, I promise every time you say blowjob, I pay close attention.”
She elbowed him. “I’m being serious.”
“So am I.”
“You’re pushing your luck, McKay.”
Cord rolled them closer to the fireplace, keeping her beneath him. After tenderly pushing her hair off her face, he said, “Am I still pushin’ my luck?”
“Only if you deny me an orgasm.” She stared back at him. “Cord, did that have a point?”
“Mmm-mmm.” He nuzzled her throat. “You thought I’d been withholding affection from you. So I wanted to show you what withholding something really felt like.”
“Then you’d act generous and finally allow me to come?”
“Ah ah ah.You’rethe one who claimed your frustration with me wasn’t about sex.” He teased the edge of her jaw with his teeth. “So I had my hands all over you, just bein’ affectionate, touching you in that intimate way that had nothin’ to do with sex.”
“I don’t think your definition and my definition of intimate are the same.”
He lifted his head and focused intently on her eyes. “And that, baby doll, was the point.”
AJ’s face softened. “Point taken, cowboy.”
“Good.” He rested his forehead against hers. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” She coasted her fingers down his back with such a light touch his skin broke out in gooseflesh. Then she slapped his ass cheeks. Hard.
“Feel better?”
“I’m waiting for you to make me feel better.” She widened her legs and arched her pelvis.
He eased inside her, watching her face. As many times as he’d made love to this woman, he never tired of that dreamy expression clouding her eyes. He still listened for the quick hitch in her breathing and groan of satisfaction as he filled her completely. He whispered, “Slow or fast?”
“Slow.”
The firelight flickered over their bodies in motion. And he built the rhythm that reminded them both, at least in this, they were always in perfect synch.
Cord and AJwere snuggled up in front of the dwindling fire. It’d cooled off in the past hour and he really oughta get up and restoke the fire…but that’d be too much trouble.
Suddenly AJ shivered and threw back the blanket. She hopped up and grabbed her glass of whiskey, knocking back the remainder. Then she stepped over him.
