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They crunched through the fresh powder, their boots leaving deep prints. The winding trail dipped and rose over rocky terrain. Daphne frequently stumbled on hidden roots and stones.
“Is this what you mountain men do for fun?” she panted, sweat beading her forehead despite the cold. “Hike until your lungs explode?”
“Aw, come on, it’s not that bad,” Carter cajoled with a grin. He seemed immune to both the cold and the challenging terrain.
Daphne just emitted a strangled wheeze in response. They had only been hiking for ten minutes, but each step already felt like torture. She’d be lucky if she survived this wilderness trek.
“Please tell me there’s a Starbucks around the next bend,” she implored. “My kingdom for a caramel macchiato!”
Carter laughed heartily at her dramatics. “Almost there, just over this ridge.”
Daphne lasted another five minutes of silence before she once again submitted to verbal protest.
“I think we’ve hiked far enough for my first day. We should go back before the snot in my nose freezes and I die due to a lack of oxygen.”
“Nope. I can still see my house, which means we’ve hardly walked a mile.”
“A mile!” Daphne exclaimed. “Good Lord, it feels like five already. Believe me, stumbling over rocks and maneuvering a very uneven path is hard work. I won’t need to exercise for a week after this!”
She cried out in surprise as the next moment, Carter pinned her against the thick trunk of a pine tree.
“What are you... ohh! Lordie me. Carter, stop! You can’t do that,” she exclaimed as she clawed at his arm, not being very effective in stopping his hand from slipping down the front of her leggings to rub a finger against her clit, setting it to throb almost immediately.
“No? Just who is gonna stop me, little Lovebug?” he growled in her ear as he slipped a finger inside her wet channel. “Definitely not your eager body, right?”
“Right,” she gasped as shards of pleasure exploded inside her when he pumped two fingers inside her while toggling her clit with his thumb.
Nudging her chin up for a kiss, he lingered as if to savor the familiar scent before closing the gap that separated their lips. A sense of calm washed over her as he brushed his fingers over her eyebrows and murmured as if to himself, “You are so beautiful and so passionate. I truly am a lucky man.”
“Carter... I... ooohh!” she screamed as he pumped deeper, faster, and pushed her over the edge. Ripples of pleasure washed over her as she climaxed. Clinging to him, she rode the wave, gasping for air as he continued to feed the orgasm, forcing her to come... again and again.
“Let that be a lesson, Ms. VW Bug,” he growled into her ear. “I react instinctively to a buzzing bee irritating my ears.”
Daphne smiled saucily as he withdrew from her and fixed her clothes. Her eyes danced with glee.
“Oh, I'll be sure to remember that, Sheriff, especially when I have an itch that needs to be scratched again.”
Carter’s brows gathered in an ominous frown as she laughed gaily and skipped away, satisfied at the thunderous expression on his face.
Let that be a lesson, oh high and mighty sheriff. Now, you’ll never know whether or not I hadn’t been planning for this exact outcome!
Not that she could ever have conjured up he would have such a reaction, but she was glad she now knew. Sheriff Carter Scott had just unknowingly handed her an entire seductive arsenal to ploy him with.
Carter soon caught up with her. Without a word, he dragged her against him and planted a hard, passionate kiss on her lips.
“Don’t think you outwitted me, Lovebug. Remember, I always give as good as I get. Now, you owe me one.”
“And I’ll be too happy to pay any debt you demand, oh high and mighty lord.” She laughed as he wrapped his arm around her waist.
“Oh, thank the Lord!” Daphne cried in relief twenty minutes later when the lodge finally reappeared through the trees. Her legs shook like jelly as Carter led her gratefully back inside to the warmth and comfort of his beautiful home.
“Don’t expect me to thank you for taking me on a hike,” she said as she caught him watching her with an expectant smile. “I’m going to need a year to recover from this ordeal!”
Chapter Twelve
Mid-afternoon, a few miles from Carter’s house on the way back to Provo on the Springville Road...
The sun shone brightly overhead as Daphne and Carter drove back to Provo, still basking in the afterglow of their intimate time together earlier. As the miles flew by, Daphne felt as if they had formed an unbreakable emotional bond, their souls intertwined.
