Chapter Fifteen
“What’re you doin’ here, Jake?” Marcy Gilroy was covering the gift shop while the usual gal took a break. Ain’t it your day off? And why are you such a mess?”
“I know, I know, I’m tryin’ to be quick so nobody sees me. You got any candles? Like, little ones?”
Marcy gave Jake a sly smile. “Well, in fact, we do sell a set of sandalwood-scented tea lights. They come in a pack of twenty, though.”
“I’ll take two, and you got any chocolates?”
“Well, look who’s all Mister Romantic all of a sudden! We’ve got the complete Lover’s Package that’s got all this in a basket for $59.95. It’s got a nice bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon in there too, to go with the chocolates. And there’s some bubble bath and lotions in there.” She pointed out the baskets on one of the lower shelves.
“Can you put it on my bill?” he asked as he sauntered out the door, basket in hand. He was happy to see that Jamie was still in the dining room talking with the hostess, trying to convince her to have the chef cook the fish they’d caught earlier in the day. He figured he could get into her room before her and set up things.
Using her extra key, he entered her room and immediately got the hot water running in the oversized tub. He poured in the lavender bath salts and began arranging the tea-light candles all over the bedroom and the bathroom. After he lit them all, he opened the wine and poured two generous glasses of the cabernet. He had just sat down in the steaming water when Jamie entered the room.
“They said dinner won’t be ready for at least an hour–mmm! Look at all this! And what do I smell? Lavender? Jake?” She peeked into the bathroom to see Jake’s lower half covered in bubbles. “Oh, my God!
Jake smiled at the astonished look on Jamie’s face. He was pretty confident Chad had never done anything like this before. “Get naked and get in!”
She immediately began stripping as quickly as possible, muttering, “I’m so dirty.”
His eyes roamed over her body as she shed her boots and western shirt. When she shimmied out of her tight Wranglers and pushed them down her thighs, she could sense his eyes on her. “Just what are you looking at, cowboy?” she said playfully.
“The most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen,” he said sincerely. A slight blush broke over her face. She’d never been comfortable with her body … ever … but, gradually, he was changing her attitude, slowly building her confidence. She kept her eyes on his as she unlatched her bra, freeing her large breasts. He spoke when she slipped the tips of her fingers through the tiny elastic of her thong. “Slowly, baby, nice and slow.”
He’s making me feel like a little girl again. When she slid the thong down her alabaster thighs, his gaze instantly drew between her legs. “Was that slow enough?” she whispered sexily as she stepped out of her little black thong.
He grinned. “If I didn’t want you in this tub with me so badly, I’d ask you to do it again,” he teased.
She giggled and then walked towards the tub. “Now watch where you step … yes, whoa!”
Jamie did a pretend fall and landed on Jake’s furry chest, creating waves in the tub that extinguished several of the candles. He wrapped his arms around her, and they shared a long hot kiss. She sensually pushed her breasts into his chest. She felt so comfortable with him now and loved using every part of her body to tease and excite him. Once they broke the passionate embrace, she turned and sank into the tub with his muscled arms still around her. She loved feeling his already semi-erect cock press into the cleft of her ass. “I think someone else is happy to see me too,” she said softly. She reached up and turned the water off. It was now at a dangerous level with both their bodies in the tub.
He moved his hands lower and gently squeezed her breasts, then the tips of his fingers brushed over her hardening nipples. You can touch me like that forever, she thought.
“Do you even know how perfect you are, Jamie,” he whispered into her ear.
She closed her eyes and concentrated on him. His hard body against hers, his hands on her breasts, she’d never known intimacy like this with anyone; she didn’t even know it existed until she’d met him. “You make me feel perfect,” she said sensually. Jamie let out a little moan when his hand gently cupped and squeezed the globes of her ass. “That feels so good,” she whimpered.
He gently kissed her neck, and when his hand moved between her legs, she wantonly opened them, giving him better access. She let out a little moan when he eased a finger inside her vagina. He slowly moved it in and out while his thumb caressed her clit. “Oh, God, Daddy,” she cooed. His other hand moved from the cheek of her bottom to the crack of her ass. When she felt his finger slide over her asshole, she tensed up. Before Jake, no man had ever played with this most intimate part of her body. When they’d made love the day before, he’d inserted his finger into her rosebud, which had only heightened everything he did with her. As he continued to move his finger in and out of her ass while rubbing her clit, she felt like she was slipping in and out of consciousness, but she needed more. “Do it again, Jake, please,” she begged.
He kissed and then lightly bit her earlobe. “Are you sure you want that, little girl?” he teased.
She was taking deep gasps of breath, and she wasn’t entirely sure that her brain could form a coherent thought. “Please, Jake, I need it,” she mewled.
When he eased about half of his finger into her asshole, her body violently convulsed as wave after wave of her orgasm pulsed through her. When her tremors began to subside, Jake continued playing with her body, which sent her reeling again.
Pushing his middle finger deeper into her asshole, he withdrew the fingers of his other hand from her pussy and slid his entire hand sensuously over her lower abdomen. Jamie whimpered again when his hand and fingers explored her firm breast, gently kneading and rubbing the soft skin. Jake spent minutes on each breast as he kissed and nibbled her neck.
Some sense of muscle control returned to Jamie’s wet-spaghetti body, and she had to follow her single overriding thought, I have to touch my clit, or I will die.
She began moving her arm clumsily, but Jake stopped her with a single word: “No.”
She stopped but was confused. Why won’t he let me touch myself? “Jake, Daddy … please!”
“You aren’t ready yet,” he whispered as he wiggled his finger in her asshole.
“Trust me,” she begged. “I’m beyond ready!”
“Cup your breasts, then, if you need to touch something.” Looking over her shoulder as she lay back on him, he watched her hold her own breasts and pinch her nipples.
“Daddy,” she moaned. “Do you … do you want to put your cock … in my …” Before she met him, the thought of having anal sex had never really entered her mind. However, it felt like every nerve ending was on fire, and the only thing she wanted in that hedonistic moment was more.
Jake smiled for a moment, then tenderly kissed her shoulder. “Where should I put my cock, Jamie?” he said sensually.
A deep blush broke over her face. It was difficult for her to even think it, much less say it out loud. “In my … my ass,” she whispered.
“Yes, baby. I very much want to do that. Have you done that before?” he asked softly.
“No, I haven’t, but I … I’m ...” Her voice faded as she wasn’t sure what to say.
“It’s okay … you can tell me,” he said soothingly.
“I’ve never been with anyone as … you know … as big as you.”
“Do you think I’d ever hurt you?”
She thought for a moment. “No, I know you’d never hurt me, that’s not it at all,” she said honestly. “I know you’d never hurt me on purpose.”
“So it’s … the pain that you’re afraid of?”
“Yes,” she paused for a moment. “But I want this, just as much as you do, okay?”
“I’ll go very slow, and if it’s too much, I’ll stop. I’ll never hurt you, Jamie, ever.” He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her tight into his body. In his arms … feeling his body pressed tightly against hers, this was quickly becoming her happy place … her safe place.
“I know you won’t, I trust you, Jake, and I want to give you something that I’ve never given to anyone else.”
Jake had planned a long relaxing bath with her but decided this sudden change of direction shouldn’t be stopped. “Let’s … ummm … let’s go to the bedroom, shall we?” He rose up out of the tub and helped her to her feet. When they stepped out of the tub, they dried each other off and made their way back into the bedroom, the wine bottle and glasses in their hands. “So … ummm … how do we do this?” she asked.
He looked earnestly into her eyes. “I’ve got a little bear grease. That should work, right?”
Her mouth dropped. “Bear … what?”
He burst out into a fit of laughter, and she playfully punched his shoulder. “I’m nervous enough, and this isn’t a good time to tease me,” she joked.
He pulled her into his arms and they exchanged a hot little kiss. “Sorry, babe. If we’re going to do this, we are going to need some lube, though,” Jake said.
“I have something that I think … you know … that I think will work.” She walked over to her giant suitcase, pulled out a tube of Astroglide, and then handed it to him.
His eyes widened. “Okay, I have to ask. You told me that you’ve never had anal sex, yet you brought lube with you here?”
A slight blush broke over her face. “Yeah, maybe it’s better if you don’t ask,” she said softly.
“Listen, Jamie, I’m sorry, it’s not my place to get into your business, or …”
She raised her hand and placed her fingers over his lips which silenced him, then she took a deep breath and tried to figure out how to proceed. “I … ummm … sometimes I need to … use it when I have sex with … you know.”
This information took him aback. Since they started having sex she’d never needed lube with him. He’d actually never been with any woman who got wet as quickly as she did. Then he considered who she was talking about. Chad was an asshole in every other respect, so Jake decided it shouldn’t be too surprising that he couldn’t perform well in the bedroom.
“So … ummm … what do we do next?” she asked.
“Will you get on your hands and knees for me?” Jake tossed the bottle of lube on the lower part of the bed where he could easily reach it.
“Yes,” she whispered. She moved onto the center of the bed, grabbed a pillow, and rested her head on it. Slowly she opened her legs and raised her ass into the air, presenting herself to him.
His eyes traveled lustfully over her body, concentrating between her legs. “Do you have any idea just how stunning you are?” he said huskily.
She could feel her face heat up in a crimson hue. She had absolutely no idea how to respond to that. “I’m … ummm … I’m just me,” she whispered. She looked over her shoulder and her eyes met his.
“Little girl, wars have been started over women that look like you.”
She giggled. “So I’m Helen of Troy now?”
“Yes, you are, to me.” He loved the way her body glistened in the room’s soft light, and he knew the wetness between her legs wasn’t the result of the water in the bathtub. “I wish I could freeze this moment in my mind forever, how you look right now,” he whispered.
She thought for a moment. “Maybe we can.”
Chapter Sixteen
“What do you mean?” Jake asked.
She reached over to the nightstand and grabbed her iPhone. After she opened up the camera feature, she handed it to him. “My phone will take better pictures than your old flip phone,” she gently teased.
He laughed. “I don’t even know if my phone has a camera, and if it does, I have no idea how to use it.”
She giggled. “Just touch the white button.” She slid back into the middle of the bed, opened her legs, lifted her ass up again, and hid her face deep in the pillow. She heard the little camera sound go off several times. Of course, she’d never contemplated letting anyone take pictures of her, especially not like the ones he was taking. However, she couldn’t remember when she’d been this wet and aroused. When a few seconds of silence passed and she no longer heard her phone she flipped over and sat up on her bottom with her legs crossed. Jake was scrolling through the camera.
“Well, whaddya think?” she whispered.
“I’m going to start calling you Venus, in addition to Helen.”
He handed her the phone, and she scrolled through the pictures he’d taken. Her pale skin seemed to glow in the room’s soft light, and her vagina glistened with moisture. Her little puckered asshole looked so dainty and petite, and she wondered if Jake would really be able to get himself inside her without splitting her in two. She thought her bottom looked a little too big compared to her slender waist, but she knew Jake loved how she looked so it didn’t bother her quite as much now. Then she handed the phone back to him. “Take a couple more, just like this.”
“Honey, it will show your face and I don’t want to …”
“What are you going to do, post them on your website, the Cowgirl Sluts of Montana?” she teased.
He looked at her sternly. “Jamie, you know I’d never …”
“I know you wouldn’t, I trust you, okay?”
“Okay, good, but you’re not a slut.”
She gave him a beautiful smile and opened her long legs wide. “Yes, I am, I’m your slut, Jake.”
Her daring openness shocked both of them. Looking at his sizable excited cock and the camera in his hand, she felt this wave of sluttiness overtake her. He spoke to her as he took pictures of her playing with her breasts, “Yes, baby,” then she took one of her nipples into her mouth and began to suck on it, “Beautiful.” He kept taking pictures when she moved her hands between her legs and inserted them deep into her vagina. “Oh, my fucking God.”
The candlelight reflected off the pre-cum oozing from his penis. “Jake,” she said quietly, holding out her hand. He smiled and handed her the camera but then seemed visibly shaken when she pointed it at him. “Hey! I’m not sure I’m comfortable with … you know …”
She giggled. “Seriously? You’ve taken how many of me? I’d love a few of you, Jake. C’mon, you’ll be fine, I promise.”
“Well … I mean … I guess so. But I’m not posing.” He refilled his wine glass, took a drink from it, and then looked at her.
“Perfect!” She managed to capture his sensual smirk as he looked directly into the lens, and the shadows cast by the candlelight perfectly highlighted his cowboy physique. Of course, his massive erection figured prominently in the photo, also.
“Now turn and look out the window.” He grumbled … but then acquiesced. She clicked the camera several times, and then he turned to look at her again. “Fantastic. Your ass looks amazing, Daddy.”
He grinned. “It’s an old worn-out ass.”
“It’s a sexy ass, and you’re not that old,” she purred as she clicked more pictures.
“Okay, that’s about enough of this,” he said while laughing. She dropped the phone on the bed as he pushed her onto her back and kissed her passionately. He adjusted his position, took his cock in his hand at the base, and rubbed the head up and down the lips of her vagina, splitting them. Then he eased himself inside her, and she let out a low, deep moan. He established a slow, steady rhythm, and she put her hands on his shoulders as she moved with him in perfect harmony.
“I thought,” Jamie whimpered. “I thought you were going to … do it in my bottom.”
“We’ll get to that, I promise.” He buried his cock fully inside her and she gasped at that sudden full feeling she loved. Every time he enters me … I could just … oh, fuck, here he comes again … in and out, Daddy, more … God, I can’t take much more of this.
Jake loved how she thrashed underneath him, shaking her head side-to-side as he firmly made love to her. Her breathing increased as she dug her nails into his back and wrapped her legs around his hips. Her loud moans would have concerned the neighbors, but they were all downstairs at dinner. Knowing she was getting close, Jake used his finger to tease her juicy asshole, wet from her vaginal secretions.
“Oh, Daddy, yes… are you going to …” She looked away, seemingly embarrassed.
He continued circling her asshole with his finger. “Am I going to, what, Babygirl?”
“You know, put your … cock in there?”
“Jamie, you have to say the words, say the bad words.”
“Jake, come on,” she mewled. “Just fuck me … there, okay?”
Jake tried to imitate a buzzer on a game show. “Ehhnnn! Wrong answer.” He pressed his finger forward, felt some resistance, and then felt her open up.
“Oooo, yes … like that …” She looked up at his face bathed in candlelight. His normally weathered face seemed … soft and maybe … loving? He would never hurt me. He slowly slid his finger in and out of her anus, taking infinite care. “Okay, Daddy. I want you to fuck my ass.”
“You’re so close, but be more specific, hon.” He wiggled his finger inside her.
What? Oh, he told me to say the bad words. “Fuck my asshole, Daddy. Take me, make me yours.”
“Now you’re talking!” Keeping his cock inside her, withdrew his finger from her and leaned over to grab the bottle of Astroglide. Spreading it liberally on his first and middle fingers, he worked them back over her asshole again. The lube worked as advertised and allowed the tips of his fingers easy entry.
“Jesus,” she moaned, sounding surprised. “Is that your whole hand?”
He laughed. “Not quite. Why don’t you flip over like you were before, okay?” He pulled everything out of her as she lay on her front with her knees holding her ass up while she grabbed a pillow to hold on to and maybe bite. Jake poured the lube directly onto and into her asshole, his fingers gently entering her again. With his left hand, he lightly strummed her clit and pussy lips. “That’s my good girl … you’re doing fine … that’s two fingers, halfway in … almost there, baby … almost there.”
Jamie felt no pain, just … pressure … where there usually isn’t any … but it feels … pretty nice. She thought of the pictures Jake had taken of her in this position a few minutes ago; her ass wantonly sticking up in the air with her legs spread wide like a common … whore? Maybe I am a whore, but I’m Jake’s whore, and I love it. And maybe I love him, too? I wouldn’t do this with someone I don’t… love. Oh, Jesus, he’s going deeper, oh, Jesus.
He carefully probed her rectum, gently stretching her and preparing her for his cock. He knew he was a couple of inches longer than average and pretty thick, so he wanted to make sure she was ready for him. After a few minutes, he felt her sighing gently, and he saw that she had relaxed her death grip on the pillow. I think … she’s ready.
He squeezed more lube into her asshole and worked it in with his fingers. Then he liberally drizzled it over his massive cock, stroking it with the wet fingers he had just pulled from her bum. He glanced up and saw her asshole closing. Damn, I have to find her camera for when I pull my cock out of there.
After drizzling more lube on her asshole for good luck, Jake moved in behind her and rested the tip of his hard cock on the entrance to her rosebud. “Just say stop if it hurts, okay, honey?”
Jamie nodded and tried to relax. Her eyes opened wide as he began to enter her. The stretching was intense … but there wasn’t any pain … and he stopped pushing forward and just let her adjust to this new feeling. He took his time and spoke softly to her, praising her and telling her how beautiful she was as he advanced a few millimeters at a time. She lost her breath for a moment when he slipped the head past her sphincter muscle. “Was that,” she started to ask, gasping. “Is it all the way in?”
“That’s just the head, honey. Are you all right?”
She pondered that question for a minute. Am I all right? Well, there’s a cock in my ass, and I don’t know whether to scream or enjoy it. I seem to be a proper slut now, but I’m Jake’s slut, so it’s okay. “Yes, I think so.”
As Jake continued his slow, inexorable journey, Jamie closed her eyes and tried to focus her thoughts. But Jake was also strumming her clit, and she felt herself slipping into that state of being he had brought her to so many times this week, that hedonistic sex fog where every raw nerve of her erogenous zones fired bolts of electricity through her body. Anywhere Jake touched her felt perfect, and anything he did she only wanted more of.
Jamie was positive he was all the way in when he called out, “That’s about halfway, hon.”
She gritted her teeth as little pain sparks flew now and then the deeper he went. Jake paused when she flinched and only continued on when she nodded her head. The pain grew but was in contention with the pleasure her pussy generated. Finally, she felt his warm thighs pressed against her own.
“That’s it, hon. I’m entirely in your ass. Are you okay?” She turned her head back to look at Jake and nodded yes to him, a tear running down her cheek. “Oh, honey! You should have said something if it hurt that much! I could have–”
“Shhhh!” was all she said, halting his speech. “Just … give me a moment or two, okay?”
“You take all the time you need, hon.” Jake didn’t mind the pause. He was having trouble maintaining control of himself with the thought of what he was doing, fucking this gorgeous young woman … in her ass! After nearly a minute, Jake had just gotten over his near-orgasm issue when Jamie pushed back against him. That’s a good sign, he thought.
He moved forward into her and heard Jaime say, “Oh, my fucking God,” in response to his efforts.
He established a slow, gentle rhythm, just moving his cock back and forth less than an inch while he continued to strum her clit. As she relaxed more, he gradually increased his stroke until his cock was traveling nearly its full length.
“Yes, Daddy!” Jamie gasped. “Feels so good … don’t stop … don’t stop … whatever I do.”
Jake grabbed her hips and drilled his cock inside her as hard as he could. Jamie’s scream was cut off as she buried her head in the pillow, but she also rocked back on her knees, which Jake took as confirmation that she was okay. The muffled groaning of “Don’t stop … God … don’t ever stop,” affirmed his earlier thought. He pounded her ass hard, slamming his weight into her thighs while she yelped with each stroke. His fingers went from strumming her clit to just squeezing her pussy and shaking her, the palm of his hand mashing her clit roughly.
“Fuck, yes! Fuck me, Daddy! Fuck my ass.” His cock felt like a freight train as he continued to fill her up. She gritted her teeth between squeals, trying to hold off her orgasm, but it was an exercise in futility. “Jake … fuck … I’m almost … there.”
“Yeah … fuck, yeah … me too … I can’t … hold out … fu-u-u-u-uck!” Just as thick heavy spurts of semen flooded deep into her bowels Jamie’s world went into darkness as a powerful orgasm overwhelmed her. When her senses began to return she discovered that Jake had collapsed on top of her and was pushing her body deep into the mattress. Both of them struggled to get control of their breathing, and she felt him lose rigidity inside of her. He moved to her side and pulled her securely into his arm.
“Was that okay? Are you alright, baby?” he said soothingly.
She giggled. “God, it was amazing, Jake,” she whispered while still trying to get her breathing under control. You could do that to me for the rest of my life, she thought. I wish … I wish you were with me the rest of my life.
He pulled her in closer, crushing her breasts into his muscled chest, and she gently kissed and licked the sweat off his neck. “What’s on the agenda for tomorrow?” he asked.
She’d spent the day trying to keep that depressing thought out of her mind. It would be their last day together, and she didn’t want this perfect fairy-tale week to end. “I’m not sure yet, I only know that I want to spend it with you,” she said softly.
Chapter Seventeen
The next evening…
Jake reached up and sensually took Jamie’s large breasts in his hands and squeezed them. Her hands were on his chest as she moved his large cock in and out of her vagina. Even though she loved every time they’d coupled, this was now her favorite position. She loved controlling the angle and the speed, and Jake’s cock was so thick it perfectly caressed her clit with every movement. Additionally, unlike Chad, Jake had terrific control and gave her the time she needed to achieve release. She’d already come twice, but when she heard his breathing change, she knew he was close and she wanted to get there again with him. She squeezed his cock hard with the muscles in her vagina, milking him. “Oh, God, honey … I’m there … I’m there,” he groaned.
Her body began to violently convulse as her orgasm overwhelmed her. She collapsed on top of him; he wrapped his arms around her and thrust deep into her one last time … and then powerful torrents of his semen flooded her womb. He held her tight in his arms as their sweat sensuously mixed together. She rested her head on his chest and listened to his strong heartbeat for several moments. This was quickly becoming her safe space. She’d never felt so cherished and adored; he made her feel so safe, protected, and … loved? His voice broke her out of her reverie. “I think we’re getting pretty good at that,” he whispered.
She giggled. “Yes, we are.”
She slid off of him, he pulled her tight into his body, and then he wove his hand through her fiery red locks. “I’m sorry about earlier. I didn’t mean to … you know … get you into trouble with the other guests.”
It had been an interesting day. She’d received a few dirty looks from her neighbors down the hall at breakfast and throughout the day. Being quiet during sex had never been an issue in the past, but that was before she’d met Jake. She snuggled in closer to his body. “I like your cabin a lot better than my room. No one can hear me when we’re out in the middle of nowhere.”
He laughed. “Maybe I should have put my hand over your mouth or something,” he teased.
She blushed and then gave him a beautiful smile. “I think I would have just bitten your hand.” They shared a few moments of comfortable silence and basked in the afterglow of their lovemaking.
“You did really well today, you sure you’ve never shot a handgun before?”
“No, I haven’t, not until today, anyway. But I … you know … I had a pretty good teacher.”
“I’m going to have to start calling you Annie Oakley in addition to Helen of Troy from here on out.”
She beamed. It was as if she could do no wrong in Jake’s eyes. Unlike Chad, who usually tried to belittle her, Jake didn’t see everything as a competition. No matter what they did together, he was nurturing and supportive, and it only made her not want to leave and return home tomorrow. “The shotgun was a little different. I didn’t hit many of those little clay targets and … you know … my shoulder is still kinda sore.”
“Hey, you hit quite a few of those clay pigeons, you did great for your first time out.”
She thought for a moment. “I never imagined that I’d actually like shooting guns, but it was kinda fun.”
“You’re a natural, honey, and I would dare anyone to break into your apartment.” She lowered her head, her eyes becoming misty when he mentioned her apartment in California. She wanted to stay with him in Montana, but her career and life with Chad were her realities. Spending the week with Jake had been the perfect romantic diversion, but she had her life there, and he had his life here. She knew that he cared about her, but she wasn’t entirely sure that he wanted more, and she wasn’t going to make demands of him.
“I guess I … you know … need to think about buying a gun since I can use one safely now.”
He took a deep breath. He’d been dreading this moment all day, talking to her about her leaving Montana and returning home. “It’s going to be difficult … tomorrow … I mean, you know?”
She wiped some of the tears out of her eyes. “I don’t know if I want to go home, but I have to.”
“Will you be able to work everything out with Chad?”
“Honestly, I’m not sure, but I … guess I have to try.” That was a little white lie or maybe even an outright bold lie. Nothing felt right to her anymore. For the last couple of years, she’d been certain that Chad was the one. Now, she wasn’t so sure. For the last week, Jake had given her everything she didn’t even know a relationship could be. She couldn’t help but think that returning home would be settling for something less. She looked up at Jake, his unfocused eyes staring off into space. “Penny for your thoughts, Cowboy?”
He shook his head and flashed her a warm smile. “I … don’t even know where to start. I … ummm … this has been … well, I like you a lot.”
“Oh good, I’m glad to hear that!” she joked.
“You’re a very special woman, you know?”
Jamie rose up on her elbow. “Go on, let’s hear about this special-ness of mine.”
He rolled his eyes a little. “You’re much stronger than you realize. You’ve got a heart of gold; I can see that by the way you treat the horses and interact with everyone here. And for some reasons I can’t understand, you seem to find me tolerable.”
“Jake, I could tolerate you forever.”
“It’s the same for me, hon. You know, most people, when they find out who I am, they … treat me different. Like, they want to be able to say ‘I know a famous person’ or somethin’. But you … you don’t seem to care.”
“Well, that’s just because I never saw your shows. After I binge them at home I’m sure I will be more star-struck.”
They both chuckled. But then Jake had to bring down the room. “Honey, I’m just too old for you. I’ve only got a few good years left, ya know? Maybe five, ten at the most?”
She ran her hand over his muscled chest. “I don’t care about that … any of it,” she whispered.
“Well, you should. It isn’t fair to you. At some point, I’m going to start going downhill. You want to push me around in a wheelchair? Change my diaper? I can’t have that, I don’t want to do that to you.”
“I’m not worried about that … any of it. We would have the most amazing romance ever. I don’t care if it’s for five years or twenty. I would take it and … you know … I’d be happy.”
Jake thought for a while. “You want to live in the bunkhouse? I can’t move to California, I’ve got no work there. You’re already supporting Chad, I couldn’t have you support me. It’s just … not in my nature.”
“I know … I know,” she whispered. “I’ve run this through my head a hundred times. And I come up with the same ending … nothing.”
“Jamie, you are …” He stopped talking as his throat tightened up. He cleared it and charged ahead. “You’re very … special to me.” His voice cracked on special, and he barely got the other two words out.
Jamie saw the tears in his eyes and kissed him hard, a long, deep soul kiss. Their arms wrapped around each other tightly, squeezing each other to where it was almost hard to breathe. They finally came up for air, both of their faces damp with tears. “You’re pretty fucking special to me, too, Cowboy.” She planted little butterfly kisses on his nose and cheeks, continuing up to his forehead. “So, what are you going to do after I leave? I mean … you could always go back to the Doc or … you know … that bitch Bonnie,” she gently teased.
He laughed. “Doc Liz will never get her claws into me and … ummm … Bonnie was a mistake, a one-nighter that I should have never let happen.” Everything he wanted, everything he’d ever dreamt of, was lying in bed beside him. Of course, he could never tell her that. He just … couldn’t do that to her – saddle her with an old man who would start breaking down soon.
“I’m sure there’ll be others, that little town doesn’t seem to have a shortage of red-haired women.”
He laughed. “I dunno. Like you said, I might have to go out of state to find someone.” He was going to miss her sense of humor most of all. “There’s… there’s really something here, with us, I mean. Isn’t there?”
“There’s a lot here.”
“But …”
“Yeah,” she agreed. “But.”
“Speaking of butts …” He moved his hand over her firm round bottom and she let out a little moan.
She felt his big erection press into her thigh. She took his cock into her hand and began to gently stroke it. “What do you think we should do with this big thing?” she purred.
A lustful smile broke over his face and he eased her onto her back. He rolled on top of her, took his cock in his hand, and pushed himself inside of her, and she let out a deep moan. God, I’m going to miss this, she thought to herself as the pleasure overtook her.
Chapter Eighteen
“I’m drivin’ the van today, Jimmy.” Jake held his hand out for the keys.
“But Mr. Gilroy said–”
“Never mind about that. Darryl will find you somethin’ else to do. Go on, now.”
Jimmy slunk away with his hands in his pockets and shoulders slumped; the drive to the airport was a cushy four-hour journey away from the hard work at the ranch.
“You can sit up front with me if you like, Miss Jamie.” Although most of the guests had a pretty good idea about the goings-on between Jamie and Jake, he still tried to act decorously around them. She smiled sweetly, her bloodshot eyes blinking back tears.
“Thank you, Jake,” she whispered as she settled into the van’s front seat.
As Jake drove down the long straight highway, the chatter of the other passengers died down; most were a bit tired from their week of ranching and not looking forward to their journeys home. Jake flipped the satellite radio on to a country station that blared out the chorus of a song by Kellie Pickler:
Cause I’ll be there, in the back of your mind
From the day we met to the very last night
And it’s just too bad, ’cause you’ve already had the best days
The best days of your life
Jake had to blink away tears. Kellie was right; Jamie would be in his mind, probably for the rest of his life. These last seven days absolutely were the best days of his life. Nobody had ever gotten to him like Jamie did, really gotten their claws into him.
“Can you change the radio?” Jamie asked, jolting him out of his thoughts.
“Sure,” he answered quickly, touching a button on the screen. An old-timey country song by Ray Price came on.
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
“Jesus, sorry,” he hit another button and found the classic rock channel. Jake recognized that the song playing was actually titled The Breakup Song.
Jake hit another button and found the classical music channel. He breathed a sigh of relief as some music by Franz Lizst filled the van. “I hope everyone is okay with this,” he announced. His tone and timbre made it clear that Jake was telling the riders what they’d be listening to and not giving them a choice. He looked over at Jamie and saw her looking straight ahead, her eyes unfocused. He spied a small wet spot on her left breast; then, it grew as a tear rolled off her cheek.
Why did I let it get this far? She’s really hurtin’, just like me. A sign flashed by: Bozeman 89. Jesus Christ, Jake, he scolded himself internally. Can’t you even manage to utter a single sentence? Something to soothe her?
He gripped the wheel, unable to think of anything to say or do. The wide-open countryside flashed by–the majestic snow-capped peaks, rivers and creeks roaring from the snow melt, and lush flower-filled meadows bursting with the spring growth. Jake wanted to notch up the cruise control to make the ride end sooner, but he was traveling with four other ranch vans and decided not to make a race out of it.
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At the Airport, Jake helped the other passengers get their bags ready for departure, receiving some decent tips from the guests. Many passengers from the other vans came over to say goodbye to Jake, most tipping well also. After many hearty handshakes and big bear hugs, only Jamie remained on the sidewalk.
“Don’t you go finding someone prettier than me,” she said shyly.
“How could I ever?” The most beautiful woman on Earth who doesn’t know how perfect she is, he thought.
“I don’t … Jake, I don’t know how to say goodbye to you.”
Then don’t! Don’t go! Stay here! his mind screamed at him. But, he knew he didn’t have the right to be that selfish. Letting her go was a much better option than ruining her life. Again, his mind went back to last night, everything they’d discussed, and their very limited options. Every fiber of his being wanted her to stay, but she was young and engaged while he was broke and lived in a shack. What could I possibly offer this beautiful woman? he thought, even though he knew there was something between them, they both felt it. He hated bringing up Chad, but he wanted to be supportive, even if it wasn’t in his best interest. “You’re a strong woman, and you can make it work with him, I know it.”
“I’m not that strong,” she whispered.
“You’re the strongest woman I know, honey,” he said honestly.
Tears were streaming down her face, and he pulled her into his arms, and they shared a deep, passionate kiss. Many of the other guests watched their tender embrace, and a few of them were a little misty-eyed. Neither Jake nor Jamie noticed, though. It was as if the entire moment was only about them. “Please don’t ever forget me,” she whispered.
“I never will and I couldn’t if I tried.” They shared one more little kiss and a lingering hug. It took every ounce of strength for each of them to release the other. She grabbed her suitcase and wheeled it towards the main airport door. She turned and gave Jake one final look after wiping the tears away from her face. She managed a little smile that he quickly returned. Then she stepped into the airport and checked in for her flight.
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To be continued
