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I sigh and eat what I can, my body craving him and not so much food. I don’t know how, all we’ve done on this trip is have sex, but I can’t get enough of him. It’s like this itch that can only be scratched by him and his cock. Or his hands. Or his mouth.
When I drop my fork to signal that I’m finished eating, he picks me up and walks me to the large sofa in the living area. He sits me on top of him and makes me ride him while he sucks at my breast, my orgasm slow and long as it blends with his.
When we’re done, he holds me against his strong chest and twirls a finger in my wild hair, breathing me in as we sit in comfortable silence.
“I have to go home in a few hours,” I say, breaking the peace as his hand is still twirling in my hair.
“Mmm-hmm,” he grunts, not saying anything else as I laugh nervously.
“So, that means I need to pack up and get ready to leave,” I say, but he kisses my lips to silence me.
“We have a few hours, Red, enjoy them,” he murmurs, but I can’t.
I’m too nervous about what will happen outside of this hotel room.
“Hunter?” I whisper.
“Yes, flower?” he groans, his lips traveling up and down my throat.
“What happens when we go back home?” I ask, hating the tremor in my voice.
“I’m still going to fuck you, if that’s what you’re wondering,” he growls, and I chuckle.
“I gathered that, but how will we keep that from everyone? I mean you have to admit, my whole staff hates you and won’t even let me near you, not to mention, your father looks at me like they all look at you. How will this even work?” I ask as he pulls back, meeting my eyes with such ferocity in his.
“No matter what anyone says or thinks, you’re mine, Ali. No. Matter. What.” he says, each word growled in between a hot kiss to my throat before his lips claim mine.
That’s the last thing we spoke about. The rest of the day was spent in bed until we had to pack up and go our separate ways. I left the retreat with a smile on my face, but a strange, twisting feeling in my heart.
* * *
When I get back to Cannon Falls, I can see Indian Summer is long gone and winter is ahead. I have plenty of winter clothes, but I don’t really have any sweaters or hoodies to work in. Most of them are cardigans and nice blouses that I brought with me, and I don’t want to get them dirty, so I stop at the boutique on my way home.
I glance at Hannah on the way in, not missing the glare that’s plastered on her made-up face and aimed towards me as I grab some plain sweaters and a couple of hoodies. We don’t say anything as I check out, but as I near the door, she stops me.
“By the way, Ali, how was your weekend with Hunter?” she asks, an icy chill spreading down my spine as I turn and look at her cocky smile.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I say, gripping the door handle as sweat beads and pools in my palms.
“I think you do. I mean, that’s why he canceled the date he and I had on Friday, because he had to drive up to Yellowstone and stay at the retreat your staff booked for you? Marley told me all about the surprise, but she never mentioned that Hunter was going with you. I thought you all hated him,” she says, arms crossed and eyebrows raised as the smirk stays on her lips.
What the fuck? They had a date? How did she know he was even there?
“Did you follow him, Hannah?” I ask, gasping the words as she shrugs.
“Just wanted to make sure he was okay and all, since he canceled on me, but I guess he was, since he was preoccupied,” she says cryptically, my hand gripping the door handle tighter as a myriad of emotions surge through me.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Hunter Brooks was not with me this weekend and that’s because I don’t want to see him. Maybe you should call and reschedule that date,” I say, wincing inwardly at the words as heartbreak and worry seep into my bones.
“Yeah, I think I will. God knows he loved it the last time we hooked up. Thanks for the suggestion. See you around, Ali,” Hannah laughs, that same smirk plastered on her painted lips as I leave the store and drive home in tears.
32
When I arrived home,I had to do my best to hide the fact that I was crying and plant on the fakest smile I could muster up as I walked inside. Claire didn’t seem to suspect a thing as I chatted with her. We sipped tea and made small talk before I excused myself to shower and finish researching about the cows, dying to escape so that I could deal with my turbulent emotions.
I scrub every inch of my body, wanting to wash away the memory of Hunter’s skin against mine and the amazing weekend of bliss that we shared together. I scrub until my skin is nearly raw and red, my eyes blurred with unshed tears as Hannah’s words from earlier play on a continuous loop in my head.
I should be glad that Hunter canceled their date to come find me, but I’m also hurt that he made a date with her after what he said to me at the party days ago. He made me feel like I was special, like no one else mattered, things that I knew better than to believe, but I let my stupid heart fall for them anyways. If I’m being honest, I let my stupid heart fall for him and that was the biggest mistake of them all. There’s no way I can love Hunter Brooks. There will never be an us even if there wasn’t the threat of another woman, simply because our worlds have been made to go against each other. We were made to hate each other from the start.
