Whitley threw her head up and looked over at Reed, who winked at her. Her cheeks instantly turned red.
She slowly let a smile play across her face. “It’s all in the hands. The more gentle and attentive, the more you get from them. ”
Reed’s smile dropped, and I busted out laughing. I walked up, took her into my arms, and turned her to face me.
“Do you want to see what a fifty-thousand-dollar racehorse feels like between your legs?”
Whitley glanced down at the dress she was wearing. Then, she looked at my boots.
“Can I wear your boots?” she asked with a slight smile.
Fuck yeah. I love her more and more.
Whitley ended up riding Blaze all the way back to the stables. Lucky had decided to keep him at my ranch instead of taking him to his place. That was fine by me. Whitley had instantly fallen in love with Blaze, and I wanted to keep that smile on her face for as long as I could.
I pulled up, parked, and jumped out of my truck. I just leaned against it, watching Whitley take care of Blaze. She had the saddle off in no time flat. I watched as she brushed out his coat and then picked up each foot and picked out his hooves. I was getting turned-on more and more from just watching her with the horse. I couldn’t wait to give her the surprise I had gotten her.
She took Blaze by the lead rope and walked him around for a bit before handing him off to Mitch, but not before she had given Blaze a good hug and scratch behind his ears.
“Jesus, dude, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you look at a girl like the way you’re looking at Whitley. And I know for a fact that it has nothing to do with what I drove up on. ” Reed punched me lightly on my left arm.
I smiled, but I couldn’t pull my eyes off of her. She had made her way into the stables, and I was guessing she wanted to see the other horses. Once she rounded the corner and was out of my sight, I turned to look at Reed.
“Fuck. I’ve never in my life felt like this, Reed. I mean…” I let out a small laugh and shook my head.
Reed smiled and slapped my back. “Well, damn, it’s about fucking time, dude, about fucking time. ”
I knew the grin on my face was goofy as hell. I wanted to shout how much I loved her from the top of the world.
“I love her, Reed. ”
He snapped his head and looked at me. “What? Layton, y’all hardly know each other. I mean, I get that you’re probably having mind-blowing sex, which, by the way, is great for you but sucks for me since I can’t even remember the last fucking time I had sex—”
“Reed. ”
“Oh, right. But lov
e, Layton? Are you sure?”
I glanced back at the stables and watched as Whitley walked toward us with a huge smile on her face.
“I’ve never been more sure of anything in my entire life. ”
“Then, I’m happy for you, Layton. I just want you to be happy. ” Reed pushed off my truck and kicked the dirt.
I smiled as she got closer to us.
“Oh my God, you have a beautiful buckskin filly in there that Mitch said was a gift for someone. ”
I smiled and nodded. “Surprise. ”
Whitley looked at me funny and tilted her head.
This past week, she had told me that she always wanted a buckskin, so she could name it Tinker Bell and give it the barn name of Tink.
“Layton…you didn’t…” She had a shocked look on her face.
I let out a laugh and nodded. “What can I say? Blaze seemed to be in love with that filly. I couldn’t very well part them, now, could I?”