April, Dani - Raven's Ranch (Siren Publishing LoveXtreme) (15 page)

She ran her hands up his chest and across his shoulders. “I want us to be together. We’ll find a way to save the ranch so we can all live here together. I promise you.”

But Raven was worried. There was a lot going on at the ranch that she did not understand, and she would have to make it a point to find out. At least she had five guys to help her out now.

“Just work hard and do your best,” she told him. “That’s all you can do. The rest will take care of itself. And hey, at least you’re not a virgin anymore.” She laughed and nuzzled his chest.

He rose up to her and gave her a long, wet kiss on the lips. She returned it with equal passion.

“I hope I didn’t tire you out too much last night?”

Chip laughed, stroking her face with his hand. “I’ve got more energy today than I’ve ever had in my whole life thanks to you, Raven.”

Raven shared a last kiss with him then climbed off his body and from her bed. “Let me make you some coffee.”

Chip followed her from the bed. “Thanks, Raven, but I’ve got to hurry or I’ll be late. I’m just going to grab a shower and then head off.” He smiled down at her as she was stepping into her panties. “You want to come down to the shower with me?”

“I’d love to take a shower with you, but I think the other guys would be there and…”

“You’re just not ready for all of us at once yet, are you?”

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready for that, but we’ll see.”

Chip got dressed. Raven put on her panties and T-shirt. At the door, when he was leaving, she gave him one last kiss good-bye. It felt good to know that he wasn’t really leaving her. He would still be nearby and on their land.

“I loved our date,” he told her.

“Me, too,” she said. “I finally found a guy who’s good at shopping.”

He put his arms around her and looked down at her scantily clad body. “I hope I’m good at other things, too?”

“You were terrific. Now go on out there and work hard, cowboy. We’ll do it again next week.”

“I’ll be counting the seconds.”

After Chip left her trailer Raven found she could not concentrate on anything important that morning. She had almost literally screwed her brain out against Chip’s cock last night, and her mind was in a haze.

She made herself breakfast, and knew she was badly in need of a shower because she still smelled like the sex from the night before, but that would have to wait until after the sun came up and all her cowboys were safely out on the range. No sense tempting them needlessly with something she still wasn’t comfortable with—having sex with all five of them. Not yet.

She took a seat behind her desk and ate her breakfast, trying to sort through the piles of paperwork. She hadn’t gotten enough time to work here in the office since arriving on the ranch. She now had a plan worked out to try and save the ranch. Her offer to screw all the ranch hands was a desperate plan and it might not work, but it was all she had. So far things were going well, but she would have to spend some of her time here in the office as well if she truly wanted to salvage things.

Her trailer was the biggest in the lot and the only one with a back door. She opened the door and stared out at the long field behind her trailer covered with yellow prairie grass. Above, the deep purple sky of the dawn was a thousand miles away. What a beautiful spot this was, she thought as she sat there behind the desk and lazily ate her breakfast.

She checked the work schedule that was hung over her desk. None of the ranch hands had the day off. She felt relieved. After her sex with Chip last night had turned so intense she didn’t know if her pussy could take another pounding from one of her horny ranch hands today.

She spent half the morning setting up her new computer and establishing online accounts at several electronic cattle futures trading firms over the internet. Then she began setting up the ranch’s accounts in a spreadsheet. Just looking at the numbers, things looked pretty good. But Chip had said that they routinely lost ten to twenty percent of the herd before bringing them to market. That figure couldn’t stand or they would indeed lose the ranch. She wondered how her grandfather had ever run it so long with such dismal numbers.

Computers and accounting were not a challenge to Raven, and she soon had her little office in complete order. The ranching angle of it was another story. She knew nothing about the day-to-day operations of the ranch, and resolved to change that as soon as she could.

The Internet was a great place to start, and she spent the rest of that day locked inside her trailer and on the internet on her laptop reading online articles about ranching. Most of them were only high level, but at least she would have a little more knowledge and was determined to gain a lot more.

As the day wore on and slowly turned to night, she became sleepy and decided getting to bed early would be the healthiest thing for her. Before she went off to bed she glanced up at the schedule for tomorrow. Bran had the day off tomorrow. Bran would be her next date.

The giant awaited her.

Chapter Twelve

Early the next morning there was a hard knocking on her trailer’s front door. Raven was in a sound sleep, her dreams lusty as they always seemed to be now that she had five handsome men wanting to screw her brains out every day. Groggily, Raven plucked herself up out of sleep and focused on the knocking at her door. A quick check of the digital alarm clock at her bedside told her it was only four in the morning.

Raven went to the door, still half asleep, wearing only her tiny T-shirt and panties. Bran was at the door. He wasn’t dressed as a cowboy today but wore gym shorts and a muscle shirt, his huge body well sculpted beneath his clothes.

“Rise and shine, sleepyhead,” he told her, his normally deep voice sounding playful.

Then she remembered this was Bran’s day.

“Hey Bran, it’s pretty early,” she told him, not sure she liked being disturbed at this hour. But his body was so gorgeous under his gym clothes that maybe she didn’t mind that bad.

“Raven, it’s four in the morning already. This isn’t early for the Lazy L.”

She opened the door for him. “You’re not a man to waste any time, are you? Do you want to come in?”

“No, I was hoping you’d come out with me.” He noticed her skimpy attire then. His eyes caressing her body with their stare, he cleared his throat. “I’ll take you down to the showers, and then I’ve got a day planned for us.”

Raven hesitated.

“Don’t worry about the other guys being around,” he reassured her. “I have certain advantages being the biggest and strongest guy on the ranch. I cleared the other guys out about an hour ago. They’re all gone for the day. Nobody’s going to bother you.”

“Except you.” She arched an eyebrow at him.

“I’m not going to bother you either. The idea of having sex in that cramped shower isn’t exactly my cup of tea. If and when you and I ever hook up, I’ll make sure it’s in a more romantic place.”

Raven believed the words of the big man standing in her doorway. She also realized that she was already half naked before him and he seemed to be behaving as a gentleman.

“Just let me grab my things,” she told him. “I’ll just be a minute.”

“I’ll wait for you down at the showers. I’ll guard the entrance so no ornery cowhand gets any ideas about coming inside and spying on my fair lady.”

Raven laughed and went to get her towels, deodorant, toothbrush, and the rest of her things she had to lug down to the showers each morning.

“Also, if you have a bathing suit or something comparable, pack it along with you. I’m taking us to a place today where we’ll get to do some swimming. I hope that’s okay?”

“Sure. I love to swim,” Raven yelled to him from the back of the trailer. “I just got a new swimsuit the other day. This’ll be my first chance to test it out.”

She decided she would dress slightly different today. Instead of her usual jeans she picked out a short denim skirt and a pink tank top to go with it. She even selected a cheap but rather pretty bracelet and necklace. Beneath the outfit the new red bikini would serve as underwear. After a brief debate with herself and much staring in the mirror she decided her cowgirl boots would go nicely with the skirt and actually made her look very sexy. At least she hoped she looked sexy, and now that she had men interested in her body, she was feeling sexier all the time.

She didn’t get dressed in the trailer. Instead she brought the clothes with her to dress in the shower building. She didn’t really feel like she had to be modest around Bran, so she kept her panties and shirt on to walk out to the shower and meet him in front of the building.

True to his word, he was standing guard outside, and although she knew he was lustily eyeing her body, he did not try and follow her into the stalls.

“Get a move on,” he told her, his deep voice carrying authority. “I’ve got a busy day planned for us.”

“Hold your horses, cowboy,” she drew out her words, taking on a mocking tone. “I just want to look good for my man.” She realized her voice was that of a craven slut, and she had to laugh at her own performance. Apparently the big man brought out a hidden side of her she never knew existed.

Once Raven got in the shower she realized that she actually did feel reassured with Bran standing guard outside. This was the first shower she had taken on the ranch without fear of someone coming in accidentally and finding her naked and dripping wet. She could relax, enjoy the shower, and get herself extra clean. This was going to be an interesting day. She wondered what the giant had in mind for them to do that day. She was rather on the small side, and he was a hulk. What could they really do together? Anatomically speaking, it might be difficult.

Raven hopped inside of Bran’s truck. He got one look at her in the short skirt, pink halter, cowgirl boots, and over-the-top jewelry and let out a low growl from his deep lungs.

“God damn!” he swore and didn’t hide the fact that he was openly staring at her body. “There ought to be a law about a woman looking as sexy as you do right now.”

“Why, Bran, I think you like me.” Again there was that wanton slut’s voice, and Raven could hardly keep from laughing. This was so unlike her.

“My mind’s not going to be on my work today, but on that cute little ass.”

He reached into the back of his truck and pulled out a new cowboy hat. It was white and tall, just like the other guys wore. Only made by a better brand. “Here,” he told her, giving her the hat. “I almost forgot. I got you this. No rancher should be without one.”

She took it from him and placed it on her head. She loved the way it felt, and knew it really went nicely with her new boots. She looked at herself in his rearview mirror. She got a warm feeling inside.

“Thank you, Bran,” she said, adjusting it on her head to get it at just the right angle. “I love this, and you’re right, a rancher shouldn’t be without one of these.” Then she became serious and turned back to him. “You’re not working today, are you, Bran?” she asked, her voice returning to normal.

“Actually I am. You see, if we’re going to save this here sorry old ranch of ours it’s going to take just about a twenty-four-seven effort on all our parts.”

“Thanks, Bran,” she told him sincerely. “I don’t want to get in your way.”

“I didn’t think you would until I saw you in that outfit, but my God, you look good enough to eat.”

“You can always take me back to my trailer.”

Bran considered this a moment. She had just been joking, but she saw that he was really thinking about doing just as she had suggested. She was surprised to find how much she really wanted to spend the day with him, and hoped that he would let her.

“All right, I’ll take you along.” He finally made up his mind.