Page 66 of The Cowgirl's Secret Love
“Want some more?” he asked.
“No. Yes.” She laughed. “Later?”
Curling his fingers inside her gently set off another scream. This time he took pity and slid his hand all the way free. “Later,” he agreed.
She carefully lifted herself then grabbed the spare blanket off the chair. She spread it over him before crawling onto the mattress by his side.
Flat on his back, there weren’t many options for holding her. But Finn opened his arm, and she curled up next to him, head resting on his shoulder, her arm draped over his torso. Both of them naked except for the hugely present cast.
They lay quietly for a moment. Finn pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “You okay with this?”
“The being naked in bed with you or the part where we got each other off in the middle of the afternoon?”
He went for honest. “Both. The orgasms are fun, but the being with you part is pretty damn important to me. Naked or not.”
“Yeah, right. Because I’ve been so much fun to be around lately.” Karen rumbled a little before sighing heavily. “Sorry I’ve been so damn grumpy.”
“Isn’t that my line?”
She laughed, but it wasn’t bright and clear the way he wanted to hear it.
“I don’t know. It’s just—” She took another deep breath then shook her head, her hair sliding over his chest and biceps. “We have a goal. To get the ranch up and running, and it’s agoodgoal. I’m glad to be able to help you with it.”
Her words said one thing, her tone another. For some reason it sounded as if working with him was an item she was determined to succeed at even though it wasn’t really what she wanted.
Not being able to look into her eyes sucked. Not knowing a way to reassure her he’d give up the entire damn ranch if there was something else she wanted.
But something told him to wait. He tightened the arm around her briefly. “I’m glad you’re here. Not because of the ranch, but because you’rehere.”
She softened a little at that, twisting her head to press a kiss to his chest. “Are naps legal on this particular ranch?”
“Definitely. Especially after a good workout.”
That got a soft snicker and then quiet. Finn held on as her breathing slowed and they both relaxed.
How the hell would he survive waiting another four weeks until the cast came off to take their relationship to the next level?
But as distracting as thoughts of sex were, he wondered what else he was missing and how to fix it. The miracle of having her trust him again had hit hard.
He still needed to up his game.
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It wasn’t as if they’d hit a turning point and it was now all naked fun and full-ondive into a relationshiptime.
Finn wouldn’t have minded, but he figured reality wouldn’t work that way. And even as he took the time to enjoy the brief nap cuddled up together, he thought she’d likely wake up and find a way to put distance between them again.
Frustrating as that was, Finn didn’t fight it. Not as if he could chase her down and demand she stop running from what was between them.
Still, he took the fact that she kissed him sweetly before getting out of bed and pulling her clothes on as a win.
Karen gave him a wink. “One of us has to get to work. My boss’s boss is a real hard-ass.”
Finn folded his arms behind his head and grinned. “You go on and tell Zach I’m his boss. I want to hear what he says.”
She took off with a wave.
He took his sweet time finishing getting ready to restart his day. Thank God for the strange extended clamp tool Zach had bought him that allowed him to get dressed in less than an hour.
