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“I just hope we’re not too late.”
“There is a long way to go Wildflower, we’re not selling anytime soon. There is one more ranch that is a few miles down which we may be able to convince not to sell.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. It’s pretty run down, but the potential is amazing. They used to raise bulls and also had horses. Their son was killed in a road traffic accident. He wanted to be a bull rider and damn, he would have been the best there was. Wrapped up in grief, they slowly sold the bulls off and now they’re living out the last of their days on their empty ranch.”
“That’s sad.”
“It is, their son was their world. No one should have to bury their children.”
I rub out the ache in my chest that presents itself, Riggs’ grip tightening on my waist.
“What’s the ranch called?” I ask.
“Crooked Creek.”
“As in Crooked Valley?” my eyes widen and Riggs nods. “I would love to buy it. Could you imagine… one of our favorite spots and I get to live there and wake up every day to that view…” I pause for a moment, my heart galloping in my chest, “with you.”
“Wouldn’t it be amazing,” his voice is low and I begin to see the glisten in his eyes seeping its way back in.
“It really would be.” I blissfully exhale.
“Anyway…” he pauses, his hands trailing down, his fingers playing with the hem of my sage green dress.
“Anyway,” I smirk, craning my neck to look down at him, my arms wrapping loosely around his neck. His finger dips under my dress, grazing under the curve of my ass and teasing at the crease.
“God I love you bare underneath your dress.”
My insides quiver, his fingertips teasing in featherlight strokes against my sensitive skin.
“Not here,” I rub my lips together, my eyes not leaving his for a moment as I place my hands on top of his and lift them from my body and I miss the feel of him instantly. I reluctantly slip away from him, my fingers linking between his before it’s just our tips brushing.
“I want so much more than the secret hook ups,” I feel my cheeks flame under his intense gaze and suddenly I feel embarrassed.
“Fuck Aspen,” he rasps pushing to his feet and closing the gap between us in two steps. His large hand moves from his side where I have watched him pick a bit of thread in the seam of his jeans and lifts it to my face, his knuckles brushing across my cheek bone and my eyes flutter shut, my heart stammering in my chest.
“Open your pretty honey eyes, baby,” and I do as he asks, our souls entwining as I feel the burning desire that penetrates through me. Our gazes lock and I could lose myself in his beautiful eyes forever.
“I don’t want the hook ups and the secrets. I want you Aspen and I want all of you.”
I blink to try and clear the blurriness that is misting my view.
“I want all of you Riggs, I’ve been without you for too long and now being back here with you…” I whisper, his hand clasping my cheek now, his thumb brushing across my full bottom lip.
“It’s always been you Aspen, from the first time I saw you when we were kids. Beautiful golden hair that was always braided, sun kissed skin and freckles that I used to trace with my eyes because I loved every single one. No one has compared to you, my heart has always beat along to yours, Wildflower.”
I pull in my bottom lip with my teeth as he pours out the words I have longed to hear from the moment I met him on his ranch all those years ago.
“I’m waiting for something to mess this all up,” I admit, fear crippling me and anxiety wrecks my stomach.
“Darlin’ nothing is going to mess this up,” he presses a soft kiss in the center of my forehead and I let my eyes close as I place my hands over his chest to feel the steady rhythm of his heartbeat under my fingers. I wish I could stay here and in this moment forever.
The sound of a door slamming has me jumping back, Riggs rubs his hand over his bearded chin and I go back to sitting on the edge of the sofa. We wait and listen and I hear Austin thumping down the hallway.
My gaze shoots up at Riggs and I twist my lips to try and fight my smile. He smirks at me, his hands on his hips and all I can think about is how much I want his hands on me. Touching me, teasing me, pleasuring me in a way he never has before.
I snap from my thoughts when Austin barrels through the double doors, a wide grin on his face as he looks between me and Riggs.
