“I love you too. ” I would never get tired of saying it to him or hearing it from him.

“Ellie are we going too fast sweetheart? I’ll slow things down if this is moving too fast for you. The last thing I want to do is spook you. ”

I hugged him closer to me and leaned up to kiss him. “I love that you worry about me but trust me to let you know if I think we are moving too fast okay. ”

“Okay…. but really all I want to do it sneak away and go up to your room for a little bit and make out with you!” Gunner said has he wiggled his eyebrows up and down.

I let out a giggle and slapped his arm. “Behave Drew Mathews!”

He leaned down and the heat from his breath against my skin was pure torture. “Fuck it turns me on when you say my name…. ”

Oh…. there went that ache between my legs. I desperately wanted to ease it now that I had a taste of what an orgasm felt like. I made sure to give Ari an earful first thing this morning when we woke up and I told her what happened with Gunner the night before. I thought her scream was going to wake everyone in

the house up! She hopped onto my bed and told me to spill…. so I did! Turns out miss smarty pants has only ever had one and it was self-induced while she was dreaming about Jefferson. EEWWWW that much I didn’t have to know but it was already out of her mouth before she could take it back.

Gunner was yawning like crazy. I knew he was tired. Emma said he and Jefferson both got up at four am to work on the fence.

“Gunner babe, why don’t you go to bed you’re exhausted. ” I said as I looked up into those beautiful blue eyes.

“Will you come with me?”

“Ahh no…. . ”

“Can I come lay down with you then?” Gunner whispered.

“NO!”

Then I noticed Jefferson stand up and shake Garrett’s hand. He leaned down and kissed Emma goodnight and gave Ari a head nod with a faint goodnight. He walked up to me and kissed me good night has he slapped Gunner on the back.

Then it was like dominos. They all started dropping. Garrett and Emma excused themselves and said they were retiring to their room. Drake said he was going to kick his son Dewey’s ass…Gunner must have told him about this afternoon down by the river. Ari headed up right after Dewey left and all that was left was Gunner and me. I could see he was fighting to stay awake just to be with me. I started to fake yawn and said I was really tired. That was all it took. Gunner jumped up, turned everything off down stairs and we walked up the stairs hand in hand.

In my mind I imagined we were married and there was a little girl with curly hair running up the steps in front of us with Gunner promising to read her a bed time story. The thought made me smile and I glanced over at Gunner. He looked so tired.

What would life be like for him if he worked here full time? Would he always be so tired? God he even looked handsome when he was dead tired. Oh how I loved him.

Gunner walked me to the bedroom door and leaned down to kiss me. He deepened the kiss and it nearly took the breath from my lungs. He pulled away and pushed a piece of hair behind my ear.

“Ellie……. ” That was all he said to me but it meant so much more. I could feel it in my heart. I smiled at him and I instantly got lost in his eyes. It was like he was trying to memorize every bit of me to take with him.

He leaned down and gave me a kiss that he pulled away from too damn quick. He turned and headed to his room.

I opened the door and stepped inside and as I closed it I leaned back against the door. My heart was beating so fast I could hear it in my ears……. This man has bewitched me……. I will forever be his…. . God I hope he doesn’t get tired of me or fall for someone else. I would be devastated. This felt too perfect, too right…. I was just waiting for the floor to fall out from underneath me. It was bound to happen…I just wish I knew when.

You will never be wanted by anyone……

CHAPTER FORTY FOUR

Jeff……

Fuck! I could not sleep at all. All I could think about was Ari…. . Ari in her bikini…Ari out of her bikini……Ari riding on that damn horse and racing with me…. Ari smiling as she was just letting go while riding. It was clear to me she loved being on a horse and she was a damn good rider. We argued most of the damn day and I blamed myself for that. I just couldn’t help it. She was so fucking cute when she was mad. Even though we fought most of the day…. the normal conversation we had while we sat along the river letting our horses cool down was probably the best damn twenty minutes of my life. We didn’t fight, didn’t call each other names…we just talked. She told me she wanted to live in the country, on a place not as big as the ranch but with plenty of land for horses. My heart soared. I planned on buying the property that backed up the Mathews ranch. It wasn’t anything like this ranch, only 250 acres but I had been talking to Garrett tonight and the family that owned the small ranch was desperate to sell it. I guess their grandparents owned it and they just wanted it gone so they could keep up their city lives in Austin. There was a small ranch style home on the property, two wells and three tanks. Perfect for horses and a few cattle and Garrett already said I could let my cattle grace on the Mathews ranch as well as the horses. It was a dream come true. I hadn’t even told Gunner about it yet.

On the trip back from the stables I decided I was going to talk to Ari. I needed to see if we could make a go at being something more than friends. Especially now that I knew she wanted the same life I did. I planned on talking to her after dinner. I was going to just tell her how I felt and pray she felt the same way. I dared to let myself get excited.

That was until I saw her bouncing downstairs right before dinner with Ellie and get so excited when a text message from the cheating bastard Jason came through. Her excitement sent a clear signal. She obviously loved him. Fucking prick didn’t deserve Ari…. she was way too good for him and he would end up cheating on her just like he did with all the other ones.

I tried to clear my thoughts so I could get to sleep. After tossing and turning damn near all night the clock read 4:30am when my eyes finally closed.

The next morning I woke up to find Garrett and Ari sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee. Where the hell was everyone else?

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