Total pages in book: 80
Estimated words: 77730 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 389(@200wpm)___ 311(@250wpm)___ 259(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77730 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 389(@200wpm)___ 311(@250wpm)___ 259(@300wpm)
“Or ride.”
She held up her hand to stop me. When I did, the gelding bumped into my back.
“Excuse you,” I said, glancing back at him.
“My mother rode horses nearly up until I was born. Same with Nathan.”
She stopped right in front of me, and I grinned down at her. “How about we make a deal? After a certain point, you only ride horses we know and trust.”
Her hands smoothed over my chest and slid up and around my neck. “I can get on board with that.”
I lifted her, and she wrapped her legs around me.
“I missed you,” she whispered against my lips.
Smiling, I replied, “It’s only been a couple of hours since you saw me.”
Kissing along my jaw, she softly said, “That is entirely too long. I keep thinking about this morning.”
My dick instantly went hard. “You mean when I woke you up by kissing you?”
She giggled. “That, but I was thinking about what happened right after you woke me up. When you slid inside me and made love to me.”
“Mmm, that was nice.”
“Do you think it would be safe to fool around right now?”
Laughing, I pulled my head back to look at her. “Here? Your dad is around somewhere.”
“He’s taking care of Luna after her training session. He’ll be tied up for at least another thirty minutes. Nathan is heading to town with my mom. Come on, let’s be daring.”
“You want to have sex with your father only feet away?”
She raised a brow. “Are you scared?”
“Hell yes, I’m scared!”
Laughing, she kissed me. When the gelding bumped us and caused me to stumble, we both laughed.
“See, even he wants us to have a bit of playtime.”
I glanced around and spied a door. On the other side was a supply closet. “What about him?” I asked, motioning to the stage-five clinger at my back. “He won’t leave my side. Follows me everywhere I go.”
Lily removed her legs, and I slowly slid her down my body.
“Well, I don’t think he’ll fit in that small room.”
I laughed and the horse nickered, causing Lily to laugh again.
“Hey, kids?” Tanner called out as we both turned to see him approaching us. “Want to grab some lunch in town?” He pointed to the horse that was practically on top of me, then grinned.
With a chuckle, I said, “Yeah, he’s for sure a lover.”
Tanner smiled. “Good to have one that isn’t scared to death. What do you say? Lunch?”
Lily and I exchanged a resigned look before she faced her father. “We’d love to, Dad.”
A wide grin appeared on Tanner’s face. “Great! I’ll call your mother and see if she and Nathan can join us.”
“Sounds good,” Lily stated. “I’ll help Maverick get this guy settled in.”
“Put him next to Tesoro. I think the two of them would get along great. I’ll meet you up at the house.”
“Will do,” I replied as I took Lily’s hand in mine, and we walked toward the gate.
The gelding followed us the entire way, and into the area of the barn where the stalls were located. Some horses were out to pasture, the ones that loved the cold. But our newer residents, and those who were spoiled rotten, like Tesoro, were more than happy in the barn when they weren’t feeling the desire to be out to pasture.
“He is the sweetest horse. I’ve never seen a horse follow someone quite like this,” Lily noted as I opened the stall and motioned for him to go in. When he did, then turned to look at me, Lily and I both smiled.
“I’ll grab him some grain while you get his water.”
After filling up his water and putting a bucket of food in the stall, I gave him a good rubdown, then headed out and locked the stall door. “He’s going to be special; I can feel it.”
Lily walked up next to me and admired the gelding. “How do you do it?”
“Do what?”
“Know these horses like you do? It’s like you communicate with them in a way none of us can.”
“I guess you can say we do communicate, in our own way. I can relate to the ones who have been tossed aside or neglected. I understand how they feel, and I’m guessing maybe they can sense that. All they need to realize is that there’s someone out there who will love them enough.”
I could feel her gaze on me, and I turned toward her. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
She lifted a hand and cupped the side of my face, causing me to lean into her touch. “I love that. What you just said.”
Kissing her on the forehead, I whispered, “I love you. And you also have a gift with these horses, Lil. I hope you know that. They do things you ask them to do that I’m not sure they’d do for me, your dad, or Nathan. Although, Nathan has his own way with these horses, as well.”