Loving You: A Cowboy Romance (Texas Hill Country Romance Book 1) (17 page)

When he felt the palm of her hand on the back of his, he dropped the fork, turned his hand over and grabbed her hand and squeezed it before looking up into her eyes.

“Can I ask a favor of you?” she asked.

“Of course.”

“For the remainder of the time I’m going to be here…”

She paused feeling all nervous. He waited. She took in a deep breath,
just say it already. What’s the worst he could say? No?

“…Um, for the remainder of my stay, could we, um, be exclusive?”

Before he could answer, she continued “I’m sure you’re not looking for a girlfriend, I get that, and I’m not looking for a boyfriend…”

Ouch,
Cord thought. “Yes,” he said.

“Um, you’re clean, I’m clean...”

“Yes,” he stated again.

“So, I figured maybe… wait, what do you mean yes? Yes we’re clean or yes we can be exclusive?” she asked. She watched the corners of his mouth go up.

“You’re cute when you stammer,” he said, and she gave him a nervous laugh.

“Yes, Annie, to being exclusive, I’d love nothing more than not having to share you.”

“Oh, good.” And she breathed a sigh of relief. “I sure don’t want to share you, either. Now, um, at the risk of sounding naïve, can I ask you something?” she cautiously asked.

He raised an eyebrow.

“What is a devil’s threesome?”

He was astonished she didn’t know. “Two guys and a girl,” he said.

“Oh.”

“Ever fantasize about it?” he asked with a devilish grin.

And Annie had to be truthful. “Yes,” she said in a low voice.

“If you want, I can make that happen for you,” he said in an equally low voice. “You’d have a fucking incredible orgasm.”

She hesitated before saying. “Nah, I don’t think I can.”

“I wouldn’t judge you, Annie, if that’s what you’re thinking.”

“Well, there is that, but mostly I don’t think I can do it. I’d hate to have regrets afterward. So, yeah, I’m good with just keeping it a fantasy,” she said with finality.

Cord was surprisingly glad she didn’t want to do it.

Then she said something that totally blew his mind.

“I’m on the pill because I was getting really bad cramps every month from my period.” And she slowly smiled.

He smiled as he leaned back in his chair. “No more condoms?” he whispered.

“No more condoms,” she repeated and wiggled her eyes.

He burst out laughing. “Oh, check please,” he said as he rolled his eyes and tipped his head to the side, displaying a cute lopsided grin.

Annie giggled.

They did manage to feed each other a dessert of Bananas Foster, prepared tableside before Cord paid the bill and they left.

On the drive back to Fredericksburg, they were on a lonely, dark part of the highway and Cord had his hand clasped in Annie’s, on her thigh. It quickly became a favorite driving position for them. He was quiet, thinking.

“You, okay?” She asked him.

“What?”

“You, okay? I asked if I could change the channel on the radio and you totally ignored me.”

Cord looked over to her in the dim light of the car and grinned.

“Got to be honest, Annie, I haven’t heard much of what you said after you said no more condoms,” he said, and she burst out laughing. He slowed, then pulled the car over on the desolate road.

“Get out,” he said, and she was taken aback.

“Excuse me?” she said as he took the key out of the ignition.

He opened his door and ran around the front to open her door. He reached for her hand and she took it liking the look in his eyes. By the overhead light in the car, he watched her long sexy legs turn and she got up. He closed the door and moved her over a little, to the hood of the car, while kissing her deeply.

She felt a tingle course through her at the ferocity of that kiss.

He broke the kiss but kept his mouth on hers.

“Take off your panties,” he said all gravelly. He stepped back as she did what he asked her. He bent down to help her out of them and then put them up to his nose and inhaled deeply. They were so tiny, he rolled them up and stuck them in his shirt pocket.

“Turn around,” he said and she did.

“Now, raise your dress up to your hips.”

As she did, he placed his hands on hers to help her, not that she needed help with that task but he’d use any excuse to touch her.

She was breathing heavy as he guided her hands to slowly raise her dress. It was dark but he already memorized every curve, and every inch of her and he let out a sigh which she felt at the back of her neck. He moved his body into her ass and she sucked in a breath as the feel of his cock, through his pants, sent heat shooting through her.

He wrapped one hand around her and his fingers splayed her sex. The other hand was digging in at her hip.

She moaned and moved her ass into him as he played with her.

“So fucking hot,” he said on a breath. “Spread your legs.”

She did.

“Wider.” She did. And he rubbed her from front to back and was rewarded with the feel of her legs shaking and the feel of her silky moistness.

“Lean over and place your hands on the hood.”

She did.

“This is going to be so fucking fast. You ready?” he asked as he quickly dropped his pants.

“Yes, please Cord, I need you,” she begged.

He rammed into her so fast, on her plea, that the force of it lifted her legs off the ground and he had to squeeze her hips tight before she went over the hood of the car.

He drove in and out of her like an animal, and her encouragement of meeting him thrust for thrust only made him that much more obsessed.

In and out he pounded her, relentlessly.

“Play with yourself, baby. Come with me,” he managed to get out through his wild grunts. His hands were holding on to her hips. He knew she was on the edge. He could feel it in her legs and hear it in her voice as her whimpers became louder and higher pitched. All of a sudden she fell apart. Her body convulsed and her pussy muscles clamped around his cock, and without a condom the sensation sent him over the edge, too. He lost the little shred of control he thought he had and thrust three more times as his grunts became louder with each one.

He leaned over her and she felt his labored breathing at her neck, then he sucked her neck to leave a mark while his body finished convulsing as his seed shot inside her.

Spent that he was, he raised himself up taking her with him. He pulled out of her and turned her around. He kissed her more passionately than ever before and she returned that kiss.

He lowered her dress, then bent to pick up his pants and zipped up. His lips came back to hers for an open mouth kiss, then he pulled away and leaned his forehead into her forehead. They were both still winded. “That was incredible.” Annie said.

“Fucking fantastic,” he said. “Let’s get back to the pool house and continue this.”

She gave him no argument there.

When they got back to the B&B it was around 11:30 pm and they found Jake, Jennie, and Dan in the pool, swimming and frolicking about. Rory had Calista in his arms getting ready to throw her in. Oops, too late, he just did. And even before Annie spotted her, she felt Lisa’s stare, she sat on the top step of the pool.

Disappointment crossed Cord’s face and he reached in his shirt pocket and took out Annie’s panties. “Better put these on, your dress is so short you might give everyone a show, a beautiful show, but a show nonetheless if you go to sit down.”

He walked her to where some bushes gave them a little privacy.

She smiled up at him and he held her as she put them on.

“How was San Antonio?” Rory asked as he put his hand out to shake Cord’s and Cord had to remove his hand from Annie’s back to shake it, then placed his hand right back there again.

“Hey.”

“It was beautiful. The place is pretty and the food was fantastic,” Annie answered.

“Where’d you go to eat?” Dan asked.

Cord told him, and they all talked about their favorite places to eat over there, and Bohanan’s was pretty much everyone’s favorite.

Lisa was very quiet. Cord turned to her and caught her eyeing Annie with disdain. He dropped his hand from Annie’s back and walked over to her, refusing to believe she would cause Annie harm.

“Hey, darlin’, what’s doing?” he asked her.

“Hi, Cord,” she said, solemnly smiling up at him.

“How’s the water? Cold?” He asked with that sexy smile of his. He knew he was the cause of her sadness but he didn’t know what to do. He really had no other feelings for her other than being a friend.

“No.”

He heard a shriek and knew it was Annie.

“Hey, Cord, you dare me to throw Annie in the pool?” Dan asked, with Annie in his arms.

“Put me down, Dan, you’re all wet,” she said laughing and struggling to get down. “You’re getting me all wet, too,” she innocently said.

“That’s the idea,” he said with a grin.

At hearing that little play, Cord looked back to Lisa with a fake smile before he went to help Annie.

“Put her the fuck down, Dan,” Cord said.

“Geez, Cord, I was just playing, man,” Dan said as he put Annie down.

Cord grabbed her hand.

Annie felt tension between the two friends and her eyes grew wide.

Jake had gotten out of the pool and he, along with everyone else, felt that tension. “Hey buddy, want a beer?” he asked Cord, clearly trying to diffuse the situation.

Cord looked to Jake then to Dan, then back to Jake. He dragged Annie and walked over to Jake who held out a bottle for him.

“Geez, Cord, you used to be so much fun. What gives? She’s just a girl. We used to share girls all the time, man,” Dan said, just as Cord was taking a sip of beer.

At the last part of that statement everyone’s eyes turned to Cord and Cord’s eyes bored into Dan.

He started to walk to Dan, but Jake grabbed his wrist, and Rory jumped out of the pool to be ready to restrain Cord if need be.

“It’s cool, man,” Jake said to Cord. “He’s had a few too many beers tonight. You know he gets crazy.”

Cord looked down to where Jake held his wrist then to Annie who gave him a warm smile as she brought her hand up to cup his chin gently. He leaned into her soft touch and physically began to relax. He looked to Jake and nodded.

Jake knew Cord had gotten it under control and removed his hand from Cord’s wrist.

“She’s not just a girl,” Cord said to Jake. “You’re not just a girl,” he turned to Annie.

Jake said ‘I know’ and Annie smiled at him.

Jake resumed talking and laughing to get things going along. Dan turned and walked out the gate without even saying goodnight.

“Is he going to be all right to drive home?” Annie asked Jake.

“Yeah, he’ll be fine.”

Jennie walked over and handed Annie a towel, then she put her arms around Jake’s waist. He kissed the top of her head.

“You, okay, Cord?” she asked him.

“Yeah, sweetheart, I’m good.”

Jennie looked at Annie and her eyes sparkled. She was clearly excited. She grabbed Annie’s hand and dragged her over by the lounge chairs. Calista and Lisa walked in that direction, too, knowing why Jennie was elated.

“He said yes,” Jennie said to Annie.

Annie smiled. She knew she was talking about Jake going with her to her family reunion.

“That’s great, honey. I knew he would come around.”

“You said you would talk to him. Thank you. What did you say to him?”

“To be fair, I think we all talked to him, but Cord and I told him to open his eyes more or less. He’s crazy about you, you know.”

“You think so?”

“Know so,” both Annie and Calista said together.

They were seated and the boys came over. Cord squeezed in behind Annie on the chaise lounge and pulled her to him. That was one of his favorite positions, too, and so it became one of hers also.

It got quiet, then Rory chuckled, lost in thought. They all looked his way.

“What’s so funny?” Jake asked.

“Calista and I almost got caught doing it last night.” They all laughed.

“Really?” Jennie said.

“Yeah. Rory’s dad walked in while we were on the couch fooling around,” Calista said.

“Hah! That’s nothing,” Annie said laughing.             

“What do you mean?” Rory asked.

Annie looked to Cord who was grinning.

“Annie and I were in the middle of doing it in my kitchen when my mother and father walked in on us.

“Ahahaha,” Jake laughed. “Oh shit, I haven’t heard that one. When did that happen?”