Total pages in book: 23
Estimated words: 21188 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 106(@200wpm)___ 85(@250wpm)___ 71(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 21188 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 106(@200wpm)___ 85(@250wpm)___ 71(@300wpm)
It’s as if Brandon understands all of this and lets me have my emotional moment. The tears are not tears of sadness, but of joy. Because all of my insecurities are laid bare before him, and he loves me because of them, not in spite of.
“I remember the first time I saw you,” he says, rubbing warm circles on my back. “We played house in the barn that day with the little lamb, and I remember thinking you had the most beautiful laugh I’d ever heard. You did it with your entire heart, and all I wanted to do was listen to that for the rest of my life.”
The tears have stopped, and I smile against his chest, loving this confession.
“You made me a ring that day. Do you remember?” he asks.
I nod and let out a little laugh. I’d taken a piece of hay from one of the hay bales and tied it around his finger. I said if he was my husband, I wanted people to know it.
He reaches into his back pocket, and I’m suddenly surprised he’s still got his jeans on. I guess he didn’t need to kick them all the way off to do what we did earlier. The thought makes me blush, though I don’t know why.
I watch out of the corner of my eye as he pulls out a little piece of hay and places it on my left hand, where a wedding band would go.
“That can’t be,” I say in shock as I sit up. But looking down at it, I see it’s the very same one.
“I married you in my heart that day. I just had a little waiting to do. I wasn’t sure it would work out, I think mostly because I was afraid to hope for it.” He runs his fingers through my hair and leans up with me, kissing my lips softly. “You’re so fucking perfect, Dolly. And I’m going to spend the rest of my life being the man you deserve.”
11
Brandon
It’s the first light of morning and I’ve made love to Dolly twice already. I guess we never really stopped since last night, so I’m not sure if it’s included in last night’s total.
“Let me make you some breakfast,” I say, squeezing her ass and getting up from the bed.
She hops up with me. Both of us are early risers, no matter how little sleep we actually get.
“You’re going to cook me breakfast? I’m skeptical, to say the least.” She winks at me and pulls on some jeans and a T-shirt. I follow suit, knowing there’s work to be done on her farm today, and I plan on seeing what it is.
“Oh, you won’t be saying anything when your mouth is wrapped around my biscuit.”
She comes over and runs her hand down my chest and then cups the front of my jeans. Leaning in close, she looks up at me through her lashes as my cock hardens under her touch.
“Is that what we’re calling this beast? Biscuit? Because, to be honest, soon-to-be-husband, I’m kind of fond of Goliath.”
She kisses me on the chin before wiggling her cute ass out of the bedroom and leaving me laughing. Goddamn, do I love the tenacity that woman has. Tugging on my shirt, I go out to the kitchen and she’s already poured me a cup of coffee.
I sit down on the stool and pull her into my lap, kissing her neck. “This is heaven,” I say, holding her to me. I take a few moments just to enjoy her before I take a sip of my coffee. It’s got a little sugar and a lot of cream in it. Exactly the way I like it. I kiss her on the lips. She tastes like a warm spring day, and all I want to do is drag her back to the bedroom.
“I just wish I could have stayed in bed a little longer,” she says as I sit her down on the stool, then go over to get stuff for breakfast out of the cupboards.
I know Dolly has everything I’ll need in here because my woman loves to cook. But it’s my turn to take care of her instead of her always being the one to do it.
“What’s going on?” I ask as I mix up the dough.
“I need a new foreman. Mark has a family emergency and he needs to head back home. He said he’d give me a week, but I want to be able to cover it before then so he doesn’t need to worry about staying. He needs to go be with his family.”
Her words touch my heart, and it’s just another reason why I love Dolly so much. She always thinks of others before she thinks of herself.
“Well, the way I see it, you just got one when I put that ring on your finger.”