Holding You (25 page)

Grace:
Bitch, I saw you running with the rental car keys. Get your freak on!

Rolling my eyes, I deleted her message and walked out front. The valet came running over to me. “Yes, would you like your car?”

Oh shit. I didn’t think this through very well. “Um, no! I just need to get something out of it. We parked it ourselves.”

Giving me a smile he, asked, “The Tahoe right? It’s parked right next to our valet parking lot.”

Nodding my head, I smiled. “Okay. Great! Thanks so much.”

Giving me a sweet smile, the valet said, “Would you like me to run and get it for you?”

“No! It’s personal and all that.”

I took off running toward where Grace had parked the Tahoe. Calling back over my shoulder, I yelled, “Thanks!” Adrenaline raced through my veins as I thought about having phone sex with Colt.

Hitting the panic button to find the car, I heard the horn going off. Smiling, I hit the button again and skipped over to Tahoe. Jumping into the front driver’s side seat I looked around.
Nope, I’m gonna need more room.
Crawling over the console, I flopped down onto the back seat, opened up my phone and hit Colt’s number to FaceTime him. The moment I saw him my stomach flipped.

We stared at each other as we smiled. “Lauren, make sure no one can see you.”

Nodding my head, I looked around and slid further down into the seat so no one would see me.

Licking my lips, I whispered, “Touch yourself, Colt.”

MY DICK JUMPED
when Lauren whispered for me to touch myself. I’d never done anything like this before, I knew Lauren hadn’t either. There was something very hot about what we were about to do.

Reaching down, I grabbed my dick and began moving my hand up and down my shaft. Closing my eyes, I pictured Lauren’s lips wrapped around my dick.

I could hear Lauren’s breathing increase. “Does it feel good, Colt?”

Nodding my head, I moaned. “Lauren . . . touch yourself, too. I want to hear how wet you are.”

“Colt,” Lauren hissed and I imagined her hands slipping into her panties and between her lips. “How wet, Lauren?”

Panting, Lauren whispered, “Wet. Very wet. Colt, let me see you touching yourself.”

Moving my phone down, I showed Lauren what I was doing. I heard her gasp. “Hottest thing I’ve ever seen, Colt. Go faster.”

Fuck. Is she trying to kill me?
“Lauren, if I go faster I’m going to lose it.”

“Faster, Colt. I’m so close.” My eyes snapped open as I watched her. Desire washed over her face as I picked up the pace. “Yes,” she hissed through her clenched teeth. My heart was racing as I watched Lauren making herself feel good.

“Ahh . . .” Lauren said as she arched her body. I felt my balls sucking up and I was about to lose it.

“Lauren, baby, I’m going to come.”

Lauren’s mouth dropped open as her breathing increased more as I came all over my own stomach.

“Oh, God yes,” I moaned.

Lauren closed her eyes as she said, “Talk to me.”

“Baby, you look so hot touching yourself. I want to hear my name when you come, Lauren.”

“Shit! Colt! Colt! Colt! Colt!”

Smiling, I watched her come undone. I’d never seen anything so damn sexy in my life. Standing up, I made my way into my bathroom and grabbed a washcloth. Throwing it into the sink, I turned on the hot water. I couldn’t pull my eyes from Lauren. Her chest was heaving up and down still. Opening her eyes, Lauren looked at me and started giggling. “I can’t believe we just did that. We had phone sex!”

“FaceTime sex, really.”

Lauren was about to talk when I heard what sounded like someone knocking on the car window. Lauren jumped and screamed. “Fuck! I think it’s the valet,” she whispered.

Looking around, Lauren reached down for something, then opened the back door. I could hear a male’s voice talking to her.

“So that’s two free shows I’ve gotten from you in the last twenty-four hours.”

What the fuck did he mean by that?

“Um, Colt, I’m going to call you right back.”

Feeling a sense of panic, I yelled, “No! Lauren stay on the—”

Lauren disconnected the FaceTime and I stood there stunned. She hung up. She just hung up.

Pushing my hand over the top of my hair I let out a frustrated sigh and then hit her number.

Voicemail.

What the fuck?
Dropping my phone on the counter, I cleaned up and quickly put on a pair of pants. Grabbing my phone, I was about to hit Lauren’s number when my phone began ringing.

Swiping to answer, I practically yelled, “Why in the fuck would you hang up on me?”

“Colt, give me two seconds to get back into the hotel.”

“No, Lauren you were fucking giving yourself an orgasm when some asshole walked up. Was he watching you? It sure sounded like it and what does he mean this was his second free show? What in the hell have you been doing?”

Silence.

“Lauren! What. Is. Going. On. There?”

“Colt, shut the fuck up for thirty seconds!”

Stunned, I sat down on my bed as I attempted to calm down.

Hearing a door shut, Lauren cleared her throat. “He didn’t see anything, but it was obvious what I was doing, Colt. It was the same valet that helped us when we checked in. I had an . . . incident.”

Pinching my eyebrows together, I quietly asked, “What kind of an incident?”

“I got stung by a bee and I kind of panicked and pulled my shirt over my head in the front of the parking lot.”

Closing my eyes and shaking my head I tried to understand what she was saying. Looking out my window I felt sick to my stomach. “You did what? Why would you pull your shirt off? Did you have a bra on? Did that asshole see you in just your bra?”

Letting a deep breath out, Lauren sighed. “Are you finished asking me all your questions?”

Slowly taking in a deep breath, I blew it out just as slow. “I’m sorry, Lauren. It’s just I heard this stranger talking and I kind of freaked out and then you hung up on me. Why did you hang up on me?”

Letting out a gruff laugh, Lauren said, “You were on FaceTime naked, Colt. I didn’t want this guy seeing you.”

Oh. I hadn’t thought of that. Shit.

“Damn it. I’m sorry, Lauren. I wasn’t even thinking about that.”

“No kidding. I wanted to wait until I got to the hotel before I called you back. The stupid guy walked me back to the hotel.”

Balling up my fists, I had the urge to hit someone. Fucker. I prayed to God he hadn’t seen anything. “Did he, I mean are you sure he didn’t?”

Lauren remained silent for a little too long. “I can’t say a hundred percent, but he knew what I had been doing.”

“Fucking asshole. Don’t talk to him again, Lauren. Don’t even go near him.”

Letting out a giggle, Lauren said, “Why, Mr. Mathews, are you jealous?”

“No I’m not jealous. You’re mine, Lauren. I never want another man to see what’s mine. Ever.”

Letting out a slight moan, Lauren whispered, “I love you, Colt.”

My heart dropped at her whispered words. What was it about this girl? She had my stomach in all kinds of knots and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I love you more, sweetheart.”

“So, tell me about this stallion.”

Grinning like a fool, I started to tell Lauren all about what had happened. My adrenaline began pumping again as I talked about it.

“Wow. That’s awesome, Colt.”

Something was off in Lauren’s voice. I could hear it. “I can’t wait for you to take a look at him, Lauren. He’s amazing.”

“Yeah, I’m excited to see him. Listen, I better get to bed. We’re going on a train ride tomorrow, early.”

Yep. I could hear the disappointment in Lauren’s voice. I made a mental note to talk to Scott tomorrow about Lauren.

“All right, baby. I love you and I miss you. I hope y’all have fun tomorrow. No more taking your shirt off, okay?”

Laughing, she said, “Deal! Don’t get too crazy with that stallion either, Colt. Be careful, okay?”

“Always. Night, Lauren. Sweet dreams, baby, and I love you.”

“Sweet dreams, Colt. Love you.”

Closing my eyes, I could almost smell her perfume. Pulling the phone away from my ear, I set it on my side table. Dropping my head back, I let out a frustrated breath.

“Lauren,” I whispered as I formulated a plan to have her help me with the stallion. We were going to do this together and she was going to prove to her dad that she was more than ready to take over more control of her families breeding business.

Falling back, it didn’t take long for sleep to win me over.

WALKING INTO THE
barn, I saw Scott leaning against one of the stalls looking over a piece of paper. “Hey, Scott what’s going on?”

Glancing over to me, Scott smiled. “Colt. Thanks for meeting me down here.” He handed me the piece of paper and I began to look over it.

Shaking my head, I looked at him. “What is this?”

“This is your schedule for this summer. You are officially part of Reynolds Breeding, Colt. Welcome aboard son.” He held out his hand for me to shake it. I wasn’t sure how I should be feeling. I was happy but at the same time, I wasn’t sure how Lauren would react to this new development. “Jessie is booking your tickets this afternoon for the trips to Kentucky and New York. Those two are strictly for the racehorses Jeff and I are interested in.”

My mouth went dry. Scott wanted me to travel with him to look at potential racehorses. Holy shit.

“Um . . . I’m not sure what to say, sir. It is an honor that you would take me under your wing like this.”

Scott winked and motioned for me to follow him as he walked out of the barn. “Colt, I see great potential in you. The way you nailed it on the head with that stallion really proved to me that you know your shit. You were meant for this and I don’t want to waste a second with your training.”

Nodding my head, I swallowed. “What about Lauren, sir?”

Scott snapped his head over and looked at me. “Lauren? What about her?”

“Will she be joining us on these trips?” Glancing down I saw there were three trips planned. Two trips to Kentucky and one to New York.

Shrugging his shoulders, Scott let out a chuckle. “I guess if she wants to join us she can. I figured she’d spend some time with her mother learning the books and—”

Stopping, I closed my eyes. This could go two ways. Scott would listen and agree with me, or he would tell me to mind my own business about his family and his business.

“You have something to say, Colt?”

Opening my eyes, I nodded my head. I loved Lauren more than anything and if it meant walking away from the one thing I dreamed of doing for her love, I would do it.

“Yes, sir. I do have something I’d like to talk to you about. May we go to your office?”

Scott raised his eyebrow and nodded his head. “Sure. Let’s go.”

My heart was beating like crazy in my chest as I followed Scott to his office. Opening the door, we stepped in and I looked around. Pictures covered the walls. They were a mixture of Scott’s prized horses, pictures of Jessie and Lauren and pictures of all of us on trips we had taken together. Walking up to one picture, I smiled. The moment I saw her smile a warmth rushed through my body.

“You really love her don’t you, Colt?”

Smiling, I nodded my head. “Yes, sir, I love her very much.”

Turning, I looked at Scott. He had always been like a second father to me. Really, all of my father’s friends were like second fathers. Each of them had taught us boys lessons that I would cherish forever. Letting out a quick breath, I got ready to talk. My hands began to sweat so I rubbed them against my pants. “Take a seat, Colt and tell me what’s on your mind.”

Worrying my lower lip, I sat down. Clearing my throat, I looked Scott right in the eyes. “I want to start off by saying I hope you know how much it means to me that you have faith in me. I’ve always dreamed of helping you with your business for as long as I can remember. I feel like I have some fresh ideas to add to the smooth operation of the breeding business as well as the racing side of your business.”

Leaning back in his chair, Scott gave me a slight grin and nodded his head. “Why do I feel like there is a but in there somewhere, Colt?”