Cowgirl Up and Ride (Rough Riders #3)(69)

“I’d like that. Mama would too.”


“Good. Then when we’re alone we can gossip about Keely’s latest cowboy on a string and you can tell me exactly how my sexy, gruff brother-in-law deflowered you.”


“Macie! How’d you know?”


“I didn’t until you just told me.” She laughed again. “You’re so easy to tease. Oops, Carter’s bellering at me, gotta go.”


The rest of the morning zipped by. AJ fixed lunch, and settled her mother down for her afternoon nap and a massage. She packed more boxes, pleased by how much she’d accomplished. She’d gone into the garage to find a crowbar, when she heard a vehicle pull up. After stepping outside, she blocked the bright sunlight with her hand and squinted at Cord’s 350 diesel.


He climbed out and the truck door slammed.


“Cord? What’re you doing here?”


“AJ. My dad asked me to stop by and give Flo some papers.”


Disappointment made her shoulders sag. He wasn’t here just to see her. “She’s sleeping. Since she hasn’t been sleeping well, I don’t want to wake her.”


“I understand.”


“You want to leave the papers with a note?”


“How long before she wakes up?”


“Probably an hour.”


He frowned. “Huh. Is Jenn around?”


“No. She and the kids are in town. Why?”


“So you’re all alone?”


“Yeah. Why does that—”


Cord crushed his mouth to hers and pushed her into the barn.


This was what she wanted. Darkness, heat, need. Cord devouring her. Kissing her like she was everything. His rough hands racing all over her body as if he couldn’t decide which part he wanted to touch first.


He ate at her mouth and trailed his teeth down her throat. “Drove me insane when you weren’t there this mornin’. Why didn’t you wake me?”


“Was I supposed to? I don’t know anything about morning after stuff like that. I saw the clock and panicked. You said no overnights and no one knew where I was.”


“I wanted you. I woke up wantin’ you. Seein’ the imprint of your head on the pillow.


The room smelled like you. Sunshine. Sex. The scent of your sweet juices was still in my beard. Made me instantly hard, rememberin’ tastin’ you. Feelin’ your hands on me. That naughty mouth suckin’ me dry. I’ve spent all goddamn day hard as a posthole digger.”


“Cord—”


“Right now, AJ. I wanna pin you against the wall and f*ck you hard enough to rattle the stalls. Then I want to bend you over the railin’ and take you from behind, sinkin’ my teeth into that spot at the base of your neck that makes you scream my name.”


AJ swallowed. “Um. Let’s start with just one and work our way down the wish list, okay?”


Cord slanted his mouth over hers. Somehow he lifted her and wrapped her legs around his waist, all while kissing her, all while walking backward.


She opened her eyes. They stopped outside the tack room.


After setting her on her feet, he grabbed her wrists and held them above her head.


“I’m tyin’ your hands. I can do whatever I want and you hafta hang there and take it like a good girl.”


“But—” Crap.