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His hands are still tucked into his jeans. “Not much, actually.”
I walk to him, unable to stay away, and my hand glides up his chest. Frustrated that I’m so much shorter and can’t look him in the eyes well, I step onto an ottoman and grin.
“Hi.”
“Hello there,” he says. His eyes are full of humor now, but he still hasn’t touched me.
“You were really far away.”
“I’m right here.”
I lick my lips and watch his throat work as he swallows hard. My hands move behind his head, and I lean in for a long, tight hug.
Finally, his arms circle around me, and he returns the embrace, and we stand here like this for a long moment, just soaking each other in. It feels amazing.
“Thanks for earlier,” I murmur. “For calming me down.”
It’s a wonder that all it takes to calm my nerves is just one touch from him.
“I want you,” he says simply and kisses my cheek. “The wanting you never stops, and it’s not just sexual, although there’s a lot of that. I like having you here, in my home, in my space.”
He pulls back far enough to look me in the eye.
“I’m glad you came today.”
“Me, too.” I grin, and before I can kiss him, we hear a car making its way down the driveway. “They must be here.”
“They can wait.” His mouth covers mine, softly at first, and then grows with urgency. He nibbles and urges my lips apart so he can stroke my tongue. One hand moves down to cup my ass and the other to my hair where he makes a fist, and it about makes me beg for more.
I know he loves my hair. He never stops touching it.
But he steps away from me just as Jake bounds up the stairs to join us.
“Isn’t it rad?” he asks with a grin. “The others are here, Ry.”
“I heard them, thanks. Let’s go ride some horses, shall we?”
“Hell yeah,” Jake says and hurries off ahead of us.
I lick my lips and still taste Ryan there, and he watches the gesture, then takes a long, deep breath.
“Stay the whole day,” he urges me. “We’ll come back out here tonight.”
“I’d like that.”
He takes my hand and kisses my knuckles, links our fingers, and leads me back downstairs. When we walk out the front door to meet Chase and Summer, Summer’s eyebrows fly into her hairline in surprise.
“Hey,” she says, giving me the look that says you have to tell me everything that’s happening. “You’re here.”
“I’m here,” I agree with a laugh and hug her close. “I’ll tell you later.”
“Better,” she whispers before pulling away. “Jake, you’d better have my back today. And my ass, because if I fall, I don’t want to break it.”
“You won’t fall,” Jake assures her with a smile. “I’m putting you on Lullaby. We named her that because she’s slow and goes at her own pace. She’s an easy-going girl.”
“Thank God,” Summer says with a relieved sigh.
“It’ll be a quick ride today,” Ryan says, “but there are some water bottles and sunscreen down at the stables. Are you guys ready?”
