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“That’s…are you sure, Belle? I don’t want you to have regrets over me. Not ever.”

“I’d already started to think about another job before last week. Being with you, being reminded about what’s truly important is what helped me make my choice. I have no regrets. I do however, have until January second for vacation. I took those days as well and I’ll be able to cash out a lot more. So you’ll kiss me at midnight and I’ll wake up in your arms in the new year and every day after that too.”

He picked her up and swung her in a circle, laughing. “Let’s grab some of your stuff to move into our place. Thank God Brian will be out soon so we can have it all to ourselves.”

When she fell asleep that night, nestled into his side, she was tired, but not the kind of tired she’d come home with. A good kind of tired from a day filled with joy and laughter.

The sound of an alarm brought Belle out of her deep sleep.

“Shh. Go back to sleep, Belle. It’s early.”

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She started, adrenaline shooting through her system, waking her up. When she rolled over she was face to face with none other than a very naked, very sexy Rafe Bettencourt.

Her fiancé. How cool was that?

“Morning, gorgeous. It’s only four-thirty. Go back to sleep.” He leaned in to kiss her lips softly but she grabbed his shoulders, holding him to her.

With a groan, he pulled her against his body, making her well aware he was very happy to see her.

“Well that’s a very fine good morning. You going to get up and check on cows with me?”

Belle saw the flash of his grin in the low light.

“No, you’re going to fuck me so I have a nice memory in my dreams until I wake up at a decent hour.” She stretched into his body and he traced a fingertip over her lip and down the line of her neck.

“Well what’s stopping you?” She sat up. “Wait, I’ll be right back!” Belle hustled into the bathroom, took care of business and brushed her teeth before getting back to him.

“Crap it’s cold.” She shivered, her teeth chattering.

“I know, I just turned the heat up. Come here and let me warm you.” A large, warm hand grabbed her hip and pulled her toward its owner. Rafe kissed down her neck and across her collarbone, his hands gently kneading her shoulders, turning her into a puddle of goo.

“You’re good at that,” she sighed, running her hands up his arms, over his biceps.

“And my God do you have an amazing body.”

He laughed softly, just before tracing her left nipple with the tip of his tongue.

Pleasure, slow and warm, oozed through her system as he sucked the nipple into his mouth, his teeth grazing it lightly.

Her hips rolled without conscious thought on her part, seeking contact with him.

“Patience, Belle. You’re so soft and sweet. We have a lifetime of morning sex before the sun rises.” He kissed the sensitive skin between her breasts, the dark silk of his hair tickling her nipples.

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“Fuck patience, Rafe.” She shoved his shoulders and rolled atop him with a laugh of triumph as her hair surrounded them both.

“Any more fantasies you want to share?” He waggled his brows in the low light.

“Do you really want to talk right now?” She looked down at him, chest heaving. Her pussy hovered over his cock, sliding along the shaft. Little bursts of pleasure skittered through her as the crown nudged over her clit.

“We’ll talk later. Give me what you’ve got, Annabelle Louise.”

Rafe gave over to her ministrations without a fight. If Belle wanted to be on top he certainly had no problem letting that happen. She liked to be in control and also liked it when he was. He could definitely be just fine with that kind of easygoing attitude from his sweet control freak.

Her hair slid over his face and neck as her lips and tongue drew over the tendons in his neck. She scooted down, the molten heat of her pussy teasing over his cock until he thought he’d die.

He gasped when the edge of her teeth scraped over his nipples, first one and then the other. She teased the other with her fingers while her mouth kept him hypnotized.

Admittedly, he’d never thought of his own nipples as much of an erogenous zone but after several interludes with Belle, he’d totally rethought that.

He marveled at the curve of her spine as he stroked over each nub of her vertebrae with his fingertips. So soft and yet he knew she was sturdy and strong.

The heat of her mouth slid down his chest and over his stomach. He couldn’t help but hiss in surprise and pleasure when she nipped at his belly button. She drew her hair across his lower stomach and then across his cock.

He still couldn’t quite get over how wild she was in bed. Just thinking about it during the days made him hard, made him want to drop everything and find her, see what they could get up to.

Reaching back, he stacked the pillows behind his head so he could watch as she lowered her mouth over his cock. He centered all his attention on how she took him into her mouth. When she looked up and locked eyes with him as she continued to suck his 78

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cock, a gasp burst from his lips at how exposed he felt. The moment was intensely intimate.

“Belle, honey, that feels so good.” He let himself be lured by her eyes, by the way her mouth looked as she swallowed him, by the way her pale skin contrasted with his as she held the base of his cock.

He sifted his fingers through her hair, loving the way it felt, cool and soft. The room was warming up from the heat and what the two of them generated together.

Too close. He didn’t want to come anywhere but deep inside her. He touched her shoulder. “Belle, wait. I don’t want to come right now. Come up here.”

With a frown she lifted and let go, leaving a parting kiss before crawling up his body. “I wasn’t done.”

“No you aren’t, honey. I promise you that.” He leaned over and turned on the bedside lamp and perused the line of her body in the brighter light the lamp provided. “So damned pretty. On your back, it’s my turn to return the favor.”

“You’d better finish the job though.”

He laughed. “Naked and sassy, my favorite kind of woman.”

Before she could reply, he slid down the bed and between her thighs, pushing her open and baring her pussy to his gaze. His mouth watered to see her like that, glistening and ready for him.

Petting over her closely trimmed curls, he lowered his face to her and she arched with a gasp. Her taste seduced him, spice and salt, sweet and tang. Uniquely her and totally delicious. He’d savor her for hours when he got home from work later but he had to have her right then or he’d die. He needed to make her come and slide deep. The memory would sustain him until he could sneak away later to be with her again.

As he licked over the furls of her pussy, he slid two fingers into her and hooked them, stroking her sweet spot as he drove her higher and higher.

“Yes,” she cried out. He heard her moans and the way her fingers dug into his shoulders, he knew she was getting closer.

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She writhed beneath him, whimpering and begging. The muscles in her thighs trembled against his biceps. One hand fucking into her, the other holding her open to him, he set to business, pressing the flat of his tongue over her clit and sliding it from side to side.

“Sweet baby Jesus on a skateboard,” she whispered as her body spasmed around his fingers and she came.

Her eyes widened as he slid the fingers he’d had inside her into his mouth and hummed his appreciation. “I can’t get enough of you, Belle. I know that I could take you three times a day until I die and it still wouldn’t be enough.”

“You’re really good at this stuff,” she said, breathless.

He rolled over and fished around next to the pillow and found the condom she’d brought back from the bathroom. “Always prepared. I love that about you.”

Belle took it from him and ripped it open, rolling the latex on his cock quickly. “I don’t think they had merit badges for this one. Soon, this won’t be necessary. I can’t wait.”

“Me either, honey. For now, ride me,” he urged, voice hoarse with desire.

She nodded and her eyes darkened as she straddled him and slid down the length of his cock.

Every nerve ending in his body sang out as her velvety heat surrounded him in a tight embrace. He looked up at her, at the gentle sway of her breasts as she moved up and down. She was a sight, half-closed eyes, full lips swollen from his kisses. Unbelievably beautiful.

Belle moved so she’d be able to run her hands over the hard belly. Christ on a cracker, the man had the hardest stomach and it was furry in all the right places. No waxing but he was nicely manscaped around his cock. The right mix of masculinity and thinking about who’d be down there. Well, hmpf, no one but her from now on.

“Belle? Are you okay? You look funny. Am I hurting you?”

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She looked down at him and laughed. “I’m fine. Just thinking about your body and how good you look naked. And how much I love you and can’t believe
the
Rafe Bettencourt is my boyfriend.” She laughed and he joined in.

“Well, I’m glad I please you. You’re a damned gorgeous sight yourself. And not your boyfriend, your man. Your husband if you’d just pick a damned date.”

“These things take time! They have to be planned. I have a lot of work to do. Don’t distract me, we’re fucking. I’ll think about the wedding later and if you suggest Vegas again, I’ll punch you.”

He put his hands up in defense. “No ma’am. I’m all yours.”

Needing him deeper, she brought her hands to her calves, arching her back and changing her angle. She knew it was good for him too by the way he groaned and reached up to caress her thighs, moved to take the weight of her breasts, such as they were, into his hands. His thumbs flicked back and forth over her nipples, making her pussy clench each time he did it.

He felt so good, deep inside her, stretching her and filling her all at once. His hands on her did all the right things. Or maybe it was just the fact that the moment was wish fulfillment of nuclear proportion. Whatever it was, it was hot and spectacular and nothing else she’d ever received for Christmas could match Rafe and his proposal.

He kept one hand on her breast while the other trailed down her stomach to the point where they were joined. Drawing the slickness from her pussy up, he slid a finger ’round and ’round her clit.

She’d thought she’d be incapable of coming again so quickly but apparently not.

“Come again for me, Belle. Don’t send me out into the cold without the pleasure of watching you have another orgasm. You’re so sexy when you fly apart.”

He said it right as he touched her clit with the tip of his finger, just a feather of a touch but enough. He arched up into her pussy deep and hard.

A ragged cry tore from her lips as she came, muscles pulsing and grasping at him. It pulled him down with her, the muscles in his neck corded, hips thrusting as he met her downstrokes onto him.

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She forgot everything but the way she felt with him there for long minutes.

“Holy crap,” he gasped as she collapsed down beside him.

“Yeah,” she croaked, her voice hoarse, mouth dry.

He got up and dealt with the condom, returning to her quickly. “I have to get moving, honey. I’m sorry. I wish I could stay here with you for the next few hours but we’re trying out some new equipment today.”

“I understand. I’m spending the day with my mom and sister. You need someone to scrub your back?” She winked and he laughed, pulling her to the bathroom with him.

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A few stolen intimate moments shared with a nameless beauty present a challenge no
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Jesse’s Challenge

© 2007 Nicole Austin

Book 3 of the Corralled Series

Jesse Powers feels like a fish out of water when he leaves the ranch and jumps feet first into the shark infested waters of big business wheelers and dealers. Homesickness rides the cowboy hard until a fiery uptown girl captures his interest and lassos his heart.

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