Page 117 of The Brothers at Horseshoe Ranch

“Beau!”

“Get into bed with me,” I said softly, pulling her toward me.

“What?” She shook her head.

“Just fifteen minutes.”

“No, I can’t.”

“I know you want to, Olivia. Don’t you?”

“I mean, I don’t know.” She looked away.

“Come on,” I said. “It would have been nice if you’d actually spent the night with me.”

“That would have been a bad idea.” She grinned at me. “I don’t think we would’ve gotten much sleep.”

“Ah, maybe I would have liked to not get much sleep. Come on, Olivia. Fifteen minutes.” I needed to feel her body next to me. I just needed to taste and touch her one more time before I had to go off to work for the day.

It was a bad idea, of course. My mom could come to the door. My dad could come to the door, or one of my brothers. And I knew they wouldn’t keep their mouth shut, though I wasn’t about to tell Olivia that.

“Fine,” she said. “Just for a moment.” She pulled the duvet back, got into the bed next to me, and rested her head on my chest. I grinned as I ran my hands up the side of her legs. “What are you doing?” She shifted.

“What do you think I’m doing?” I reached up under her nightgown and moved my fingers up her inner thighs.

“Beau,” she said.

My fingers made their way to the apex of her legs. “No panties.” I groaned when I felt how wet she was for me. “You’re horny for me, aren’t you?”

She slipped a hand into my boxers and gripped my cock. “I guess you’re still hard for me.”

“You are a tease, aren’t you, Olivia?” I gazed at her, at the seductive look on her face, the way she was biting down at her lower lip. “Is that why you came here this morning, to tease me?”

“No.” She gave me a sly smile. “I honestly came to tell you that I don’t want your parents to know anything. You’re the one that wanted me to get into the bed with you.”

I grabbed her and rolled her on top of me. Her eyes widened, but she leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.

She was now sitting on my lap, and I could feel her wetness seeping through my boxer shorts. If I shifted even just slightly, my cock would fall out of the slit in the front of my boxers and be between her legs. With one move, I could be inside her. We both knew it. All it would take was a shift of positions and we’d be fucking. She sucked on my lower lip and moved her hips back and forth. I closed my eyes as I reached up to play with her breasts.

I wanted her so badly, more than I’d ever wanted anyone in the world. But I knew we didn’t have enough time, especially if I wanted to fuck her. I didn’t want it to be fast. I wanted to tease her for hours, just like she was teasing me. I wanted to hear her begging me and calling out my name. I wanted to prolong the sweet agony of making her wait. Because it wasn’t just her who’d be begging and hoping for it. I wanted her badly now, but I was patient. This was only the beginning. It might not be the best decision I was going to make in my life, but it was a decision I was definitely going to make.

“We should get out of bed,” I said reluctantly. “I have to take a raincheck on our ride today. I hope you don’t mind.”

She jerked back, surprised. “No, not at all. I understand.” She practically jumped out of the bed and ran for the door.

“I don’t think you do, Olivia. I have to check out the numbers on—” I paused as she opened the door. “We can go tomorrow.”

“Sure.” She nodded. “Of course. I’ll see you later.” She slipped out the door, and I cursed under my breath.

“Well, that was a train wreck.”

She’d obviously taken my words badly. We’d gone from hot to not in less than ten seconds, and I knew I was to blame. I didn’t have time to fix it right now, though. I’d had an idea for the ranch, and I needed to check on some things quickly. I didn’t want to say anything, because I wasn’t the sort of man to say something I couldn’t guarantee or didn’t mean.

I’d explain it to Olivia later, and hopefully she’d understand that the fact that I didn’t want to go riding with her had nothing to do with her. And the fact that we hadn’t had sex had everything to do with me working on a solution to both of our problems.

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Olivia

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