Holding You (Love Wanted in Texas #3)(46)

We’d only managed to make love twice since we had been home from college, mostly because I was splitting up my time between my father’s cattle ranch, and Scott’s breeding business. I wouldn’t change any of it though. I loved the work. It just kept me away from Lauren. Which really sucked. Tonight I planned on being with Lauren come hell or high water.

We drove along in silence for a bit before Lauren spoke. “We’re heading into town?”

“Yep.”

“Where to?”

Grinning, I kept looking ahead. I knew what she was doing. “You’ll see when we get there.”

Letting out a frustrated breath, she asked, “Have I been there before?”

Turning to her, I didn’t know the answer. It had never occurred to me that another guy might have thought of the same thing and taken her up there. I had almost taken Rachel once, but decided against it. I knew it was because I had always wanted to take Lauren. “I’m ah . . . I’m not sure. If you have, it wasn’t with me.”

Lauren’s eyebrows pinched together, as if the idea of being somewhere without me bothered her.

“Oh,” she said as she turned and stared out the front window. I could almost feel the anxiety practically pouring off of her.

“Have you been to this place with anyone else?”

“Nope.”

Peeking over to her, she was smiling.

We remained silent until I parked near the cities main water tower. Putting the truck into park, I reached into the backseat and grabbed the bag that contained everything I needed to complete this evening.

Glancing out the window, Lauren turned back to me. “W-what are we doing here? I thought we were going on an adventure.”

Giving her my best panty-melting smile, I nodded my head. “We are. There is a reason I told you to dress in sneakers, sweetheart.”

Jumping out of my truck, I jogged around it and stopped when I saw Lauren looking straight up. I wasn’t sure if it had clicked yet or not.

“Wow, look at the stars tonight. Even with the lights from town, you can still see the stars so good.”

Nope. She had no clue. Taking her hand, I walked over to the ladder. Pulling on my arm, Lauren attempted to get me to stop walking. “Colt. Oh my gosh no! We’ll get in trouble if we climb the water tower!”

Giving her a slight pull, I laughed. “No we won’t. Blake is working tonight and I gave him a heads up my truck would be parked here and that I was taking my girl on an adventure.” Blake was one of Luke’s best friends from high school. He was one of the sheriffs working for Mason County. And he owed me a favor. I saved his ass one night when his truck broke down and he wanted to take Colleen Mitchell out on a date. He begged to borrow my truck and I let him.

Stopping at the ladder, I held my hand out. “Ladies first.” I could see the excitement dancing in her eyes. Lauren started up the ladder as I followed. Once we got to the top, Lauren let out a gasp. “Wow, look at the stars from up here! It’s beautiful.”

Smiling, I dropped my head back. The light breeze blowing kept it cool, but not too cool. “Thank goodness you’re not afraid of heights,” I said with a chuckle.

Lauren nodded her head and said, “Yeah, you lucked out on that one.”

Reaching into the bag, I pulled out the quilt and spread it down. The lower deck of the tower was wide enough for us to practically lie down up here. Once I got it spread out, Lauren sat down and looked all around. “Colt, this is perfect. I feel like it’s just the two of us.”

Reaching down, I lifted her hand and placed the back of it softly against my lips. Using my tongue I drew a pattern onto the back of her hand. Lauren’s lips parted open as her tongue darted out to lick her lips.

Keeping my eyes on her, I kept up the motion. Lauren clearly enjoyed it. The moon was casting light onto her beautiful face as her eyes watched my tongue move across her skin. “Colt,” she whispered.

Slowly and gently, I placed soft kisses up her arm. Pulling her closer to me, Lauren straddled me as she wrapped her legs around me. “Don’t . . . let me . . . fall,” she said as her eyes met mine.

Smiling softly, I whispered, “Never.”

Lauren leaned in and took my lower lip between her teeth and gently bit down on it. Letting out a moan, my dick pressed between her legs. Lauren’s hand moved gently up and down my back as she rocked against me.

“Fucking hell, Lauren. I want you.” Slipping my fingers in her shorts, Lauren let out a whimper.

Moving faster, Lauren pressed her lips to mine again as our kiss turned hungry. I had no idea if anyone was walking by and if there was, could they tell what we were doing? Lauren began whimpering softly into my mouth.

“Oh, Colt. Colt, I’m going to come.”

Pulling her in closer, Lauren fell apart as I swallowed her moans. My dick was throbbing in my pants I wanted her so damn bad. This was about Lauren, not me. Pulling her lips from mine, Lauren dropped her head into the crook of my neck as she attempted to gain control of her breathing.

“I love you, Colt Mathews.”

Shutting my eyes tightly, I pulled my hand out of her shorts and I wrapped my arms around her tighter. “I love you too, Lauren.”

Sitting like that for about five minutes longer, neither one of us spoke. Lauren finally moved off of me and sat back down next to me. Her face flushed from her orgasm still. Letting out a nervous laugh she looked away. “I’m sorry. You just do things to me, Colt. Sometimes it feels like I can’t even control my own desire for you.”