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“I’ve been watching you two for some time now. I’d have to be blind not to see how fond you are of each other. According to the rules, I should have stepped in and put a stop to it, but knowing you, Jo, I figured it would make you more likely, not less, to pursue the relationship behind my back. So I watched and I waited and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw you taking it slowly and really getting to know each other before giving in to any…,” he clears his throat, “animalistic urges.”
He chuckles at that last remark, slides into his Jeep, and takes off so fast he leaves a rooster tail of flying gravel behind him. Chance leaves the road, choosing instead to make his way through the scrubby field paralleling it.
“Uh, did your dad just give us his blessing to uh…”
“I’m not sure about his blessing, but encouraging us to share a Quonset, and probably a bedroom, certainly gave us permission and opportunity.”
I’m still in shock over the story of how he was so near death when they rescued him. That it was my own stepfather who saved him? Isn’t that as close to a miracle as I’ll ever witness?
I lean forward and press my lips to that spot between his shoulder blades that I kiss whenever I’m on his back. I have a feeling it’s going to get a lot more kisses as time goes on.
We travel in silence, the moon lighting our way.
“What’s the hurry?” I ask when I notice his pace is quickening.
“I’m just wondering what a Quonset hut is like.” His voice is all innocence.
“Yeah. Maybe we should stop by the army work hut on the way there and grab a tape measure. I can’t wait to see how tall the ceiling is.”
“And how they decorated it,” he says without a trace of irony.
“And how comfortable the… kitchen chairs are. Since I’m certain we’ll be in the kitchen talking the rest of the night away.”
He laughs, then adds, “I wonder if it echoes. You know, with all that steel in there?”
He’s trotting now, his bounciest gait. Instead of gripping him tighter, I lean back just enough for him to feel my hardened nipples press against his back with every step.
“I know we were going to take it slow…” He extends his trot into an easy, rolling canter.
“We have very different backgrounds, Chance. By my standards, we’ve waited light-years.”
“So it wouldn’t be too forward for me to assume we might…?”
It’s so adorable that he can’t bring himself to even say the words. I need to let him know he doesn’t need to be shy with me in the bedroom.
“Might go all the way? Have sex?” I lean closer to whisper in his ear, “Fuck?”
He can’t control his whole-body shiver.
He doesn’t say a word, just pushes himself into a gallop.
“Say it,” I goad. “Say what you want.”
He’s silent for the longest time with just the sound of his hooves pounding into the soft dirt, the buzz of crickets a constant chorus.
“I don’t want tofuck,” he says that last word as though it’s a curse.
Have I shocked him? He knows my history. I didn’t keep it a secret. Does my slutty past disgust him? A pang of sadness shoots through me.
“I want to do so much more than that, Jo.” He reaches to grip my hand, twining his fingers with mine. “I want to rip your clothes off. Would that shock you?”
Oh, thank god. Though I love all his prey-animal ways, I’m so glad he’s going to be a predator in the bedroom.
“No, Chance. Tell me more.”
“I want to explore every dip and curve of your body. First with my hands, then with my tongue. I want to map your intimate details—inside and out.”
What a day filled with emotions this has been. From the poignancy in the ice cream shop with my dad, to the terror-filled gallop near the lake, to this sex-fueled gallop on the way to our Quonset. I’m getting hornier by the second.
