The Taylor Ranch: Cade (8 page)

“So
is every part of me intact? My leg feels like
it’s
burning.”

“That’s
because it’s broken in three places and you’ve got fifteen stitches in your
head, but the doctor said you were very lucky.”

The
only lucky thing was having April back and by his side.

“I
told the doctor I can take care of you and that you’ll come to stay with me and
dad until you’re all healed. That means I can make a fuss over you and it also
means you have to do exactly what I tell you.”

She
grinned at him. His ranch…

“Who’s
going to take care of the ranch?”

“Dad
and I are going to take turns making sure everything’s running smoothly.”

He
suddenly realized she had dark circles under her eyes and that her clothes were
crumped like she’d been in them for days.

“Is
it still Tuesday?” he asked.

“Nope,
it’s Wednesday afternoon.”

“Have
you been here all the time?”

“Almost.
Dad sat with me
for most of the night while you were in recovery.”

“Then
you go home and get some rest.”

“I’m
fine here with you.”

“April,
go home. I’ll still be here when you get back.”

“Okay,
but I’ll be
back
this evening.”

****

April
stopped by the bookstore and bought Cade a bunch of magazines and some
paperback books by an author she knew he’d always loved. She wasn’t sure if
he’d be allowed beer or if it would be a bad mix with the pain meds he was on,
so instead she took him a six-pack of root beer. He was watching TV and eating
a bowl of what looked like rice pudding when she went back to his room later
that evening.

“Hi,”
she said, leaning over and kissing his forehead, being careful not to disturb
the dressing and stitches on his head.

“I
have root beer, magazines and books for you.”

“Anyone
ever tell you that you’re one fantastic fiancée?”

He’d
heard what she’d told the paramedics.
My little white lie.

At
first she’d told them so she could be with Cade to make sure he was taken care
of because he didn’t have any other family, but when she’d ridden in the
ambulance with him, waited while he was in surgery, she’d realized she didn’t
have to wait a year to know that marrying him was the right thing to do. It would
never be a decision she’d later regret. If April had to choose between being an
attorney and being Mrs. Cade Mallory, the ‘Mrs.’ title was one she wanted more.

“Cade,
I don’t know what I would have done if you’d died and yes, you could have
easily been killed.”

“So
what about law
school,
and your independence?”

“I
can be a wife and go to school. Independence, well I think you’re going to be
the sort of guy who’ll give me lots of that.”

“Fall
wedding. Is that what you want?”

He’d
even heard that too. “I do, but I don’t think you’re going to be ready.”

“Sure
I will. I have you as my bride and I have to be in shape for the honeymoon. In
fact, you want to give me a little preview now. Little hand massage would take
my mind off the pain in my leg.”

“You’re
in the hospital, what if someone walks in on us?”

Cade
lifted the blanket. “I’m in such pain you wouldn’t believe it. I need some
loving.”

“You
are a bad boy, Cade Mallory.”

She
sat on the bed and pushed her hand under the bed clothes and up under the robe
they dressed him in.

“Cade,
you’re more of a bad boy than I thought.”

“Okay,
so I already have a hard-on. What guy could look at you and not get one of
those?”

She
moved her hand up and down his shaft.

“
Mmm
, I feel better already.”

“You
know I’ll make you return the favor when…”

He
pushed his hand up under her shirt and pushed her panties to one side.

“Cade,
what if a nurse or the doctor walks in here?”

“It
makes it all the more exciting, don’t you think?”

He
massaged her clit and she no longer cared if someone walked in.

“Let’s
see who comes first,” said Cade.

April
ran her fingers around the tip of his dick as he pressed harder on her nub.

“Baby,
get used to this because this is all it’s going to be until my leg heals.”

“Damn,
I’ll have to dig out that vibrator again.”

He
swirled his finger around and pushed it into her pussy.

April
groaned and guessed she’d be the first to have an orgasm.

Now
barely able to hold onto his cock, she moved her hips and rode Cade’s finger as
he plunged it in and out of her channel.

“How
many kids are we going to have?” he asked her.

“Enough to run a ranch when we’re old and
grey.”
She’d barely managed to get those words out when the room spun and she
climaxed.

“Something
tells me, you won,” said Cade. “Was it a good one?”

“You
have talented fingers, cowboy.”

She
ran her hands up his shaft again, seeing him relax his head back into the
pillow.

He
gripped the blankets and groaned as he found release. April leaned over and
kissed him.

“Wow,
Mrs. Mallory-to-be, you also have some talented hands. I’m going to enjoy that feeling
for the rest of my life.”

Mrs.
Cade Mallory. She liked the sound of that.

The
End

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