The Payment (6 page)

What she saw next sent her heart racing and
the air leaving her lungs. What she saw between his thighs stood
out thick, long and stiff. Dear God, if he put that thing inside
her, he would surely split her apart. She only just finished the
worrying thought when she saw him step into the water.

Unable to make herself move she could only
stand there and watch him come closer. Each step he took she grew a
little more breathless, her stomach started to flutter and warmth
spread through her limbs. She started to tremble at the thought of
touching such perfection.

Dane stood proudly before his wife; he
gripped his hands at his sides as her hot gaze slipped over him
scorching him with their intensity. He forced himself not to rush
forward, snatch her up, and ravish her. However when her gaze
stayed glued to his arousal, he couldn’t remain standing here
another moment. He stepped into the water and prayed she wouldn’t
run screaming back to camp.

He let out a harsh breath when she remained
standing in the water. Once he reached her, his arm snaked out and
wrapped around her waist pulling her up against his body. The feel
of her wet slick silken skin against his own made him groan.
Wrapping his other hand around the back of her head, he lowered his
mouth to hers, and the rip-roaring fire that struck him when their
lips met shook him to his very core.

A soundless sob tore from her as she felt
herself hauled up against her husband. India sagged against him
closing her eyes when she felt the heat of his flesh against her
own. When his mouth covered hers, she couldn’t think, all she could
possibly do is let the most powerful rush of rapture tear through
her.

Dane kissed her relentlessly. His hunger for
her so immense he found himself unable to control it. His hand came
up and cupped her breast. He caught her husky cry in his mouth, and
he held her a little tighter when her tongue started to dance with
his. After kneading her breast, his thumb grazed over the nipple
and felt it respond. Taking his mouth from hers, his lips slipped
down her throat and captured the pert tip of her breast inside his
mouth.

India whimpered and her hands slid up his
chest and around her neck. She needed to hold on to him before her
legs finally gave out on her. She arched back when his hot mouth
suckled at her breast, her fingers slid through his hair. The next
moment she felt herself lifted off her feet and she clung tightly
to him unable to stop the powerful thing growing between them.

Lifting his wife off her feet, Dane
continued to pleasure one breast then the other. His hand slid down
her hip and finally between her thighs. He parted the folds of her
womanhood and growled around her breast at finding her already damp
with need. Gently, he let his fingers caress between the slick
folds. He continued to stroke her until she whimpered and pressed
herself harder against his fingers.

Oh my God, India felt herself spiraling out
of control, she could do nothing but hold on to the broad shoulders
as she felt herself on the verge of something so powerful she
couldn’t understand what it might be. All she knew is that she
wanted it to continue.

Reluctantly lifting his mouth from her
breast, Dane let his mouth play along his wife’s jaw, the side of
her mouth. “Wrap your legs around me.” He whispered harshly as he
removed his hand from between her thighs. His hand went behind her
knee and placed her leg around his waist. When she lifted the other
one, he adjusted her and eagerly his mouth fell on hers. As his
tongue wildly swept the inside of her mouth, he thrust deeply
inside of her burying himself to the very hilt.

Her mind muddled, India was unaware of what
she did, all she knew is she wanted this rapturous torturous ache
building inside of her to go away. When she felt the tearing pain,
she lifted her mouth away from his and gave a short cry. Her
clouded eyes went to his, and she gazed at him with surprise and
hurt.

When he saw the pain in her beautiful eyes,
Dane silently cursed himself for hurting her. He never meant to be
so rough, but he grew so mindless with his need to be inside her he
lost control of himself. “Sh sweetheart, the pain will go soon I
promise.” He whispered as his mouth went back to hers, and he
kissed her gently. His whole body trembled with the fight to keep
himself from moving inside her.

It became nearly impossible; she gloved him
so tightly in her hot slick tight sheath. His hand slid down and
cupped her bottom while he fought against the needed to move
himself inside her, his mouth continued to play with hers in
tenderness.

India closed her eyes as the pain slowly
eased, she could feel herself adjust and expand around the hardness
buried inside her. She continued to clutch tightly to his broad
shoulders. She squirmed slightly, her eyes shot open in surprise,
and she pulled her mouth from his.

Dane grinned when his wife eyed him with
shock. “Now my beautiful stubborn wife I’m going to show you one of
the reasons why I wanted to marry you.” Before she could speak, his
mouth covered hers in a hot wild kiss as his hands lifted her up
and bought her back down on his hardness.

India thought she might faint from the
overwhelming pleasure shooting through her, it felt so tremendous
it overwhelmed her. Then suddenly everything faded from her mind as
her husband continued to stroke himself inside of her.

After plundering his wife’s mouth Dane
lifted his head and drew in a harsh breath before he dropped his
mouth to her breast. He took the tight nipple into his mouth as he
continued to bring her up and down the length of his erection. His
own hips thrust up as he drove himself deeply inside of her.

Her hand clutched in his hair India’s arched
back as she felt the momentum build inside of her; each thrust
inside her seemed to send her closer to erupting. When he drove
inside her once more, she felt herself shatter, suddenly a
cascading waterfall of blissful rapture consumed her, and she cried
out as she shook from the force of it.

When his wife tightened around him, and she
flooded him with her glorious heat, Dane lifted his mouth from her
breast and watched as she became consumed in her first climax. Her
beautiful eyes were now black, her lovely face flushed and her lips
full and pouting from his kisses.

His mouth covered hers ravenously as he
drove himself into her again and felt his own climax consume him.
The rush of his seed spilling out of him so powerfully made him
weak kneed, and nearly stopped his heart. He pulled his mouth from
hers and drew in swift harsh breaths. Weak and his body shaking, he
carried them back to the bank. Going down on his knees, he laid
down with his wife lying on top of him.

My God, he never experienced such
overwhelming ecstasy before. His arms tightened around his wife,
holding her tightly against him. He felt too drained to do anything
else but lay here and enjoy the best experience of his life.

Too mindless to do nothing but lay over her
husband; India could still feel the little explosions of pleasure
going off inside of her. She closed her eyes and just let herself
float dreamily, her senses too muddled to do anything else.

ELEVEN

Only when he felt his flesh start to turn
chilly did Dane move. His hand slid over his wife’s back and he
waited for her to lift her head. He didn’t know how she would
react, and he felt a little worried that she might just start
screaming or shoot him for practically forcing himself on her. He
grimaced. Hell, what else could she expect? Seeing her naked, he
couldn’t have stopped himself.

Reluctantly lifting her head, India’s gaze
met her husband’s. She felt embarrassed and ashamed over her wanton
behavior. However, when she saw the wariness and guilt in his eyes,
she let out a breath. She hid her surprise over why he felt the way
he did, but it also pleased her.

“
Are you all right sweetheart?” Dane
asked when she lifted her head and looked at him. The breath he’d
been holding slipped out of him, and he lifted his hand and cupped
her cheek when he saw her eyes held no anger.

“
Yes well that certainly took me by
surprise.” India whispered and felt her face warm, but she smiled
when he chuckled.

Dane pulled her mouth to meet his. “Mmm
surprising but very, very satisfying.” He whispered before his
mouth covered hers in a gentle kiss after lifting her mouth away he
grinned at her. “Now though it’s time we return to camp, and I just
hope our dinner isn’t ruined.”

Dreamily, India slid off him and a little
embarrassed over her nakedness she quickly found her clothes and
started dressing.

His hopes now high, Dane picked up his jeans
and pulled them on, he couldn’t be happier or more relieved. His
wife did seem upset or angry, and he now felt a little optimistic
that their marriage just might work after all. Hell, he hoped so;
he wanted her even more now after making love to her. Well shortly,
he would know whether they might possibly have a future or not.

Finished dressing, India turned back to Dane
and saw him staring at the creek waiting patiently for her to
finish. A small smile carved her mouth. She couldn’t help thinking
that after the intimacy they just shared, it seemed a little late
now for such discretion. “Shall we go back now?” She asked as she
bent over to pick up her bags.

Dane spun around, his eyes moved over his
wife quickly and grinned, he reached out, scooped up the bags
before she could, and started to walk back to camp. There were so
many things he wanted to say and ask her, but he would wait until
they finished with supper.

For a moment India watched her husband walk
away and admired the sight of his firm buttocks incased in his
tight denims. Letting out a sigh she slowly followed. She knew now
after having shared such intimacy that he would never let her go,
and she suddenly realized she didn’t want to leave. She didn’t know
how deep this attraction is between them but for the moment, she
grew resigned to the fact that she wanted to give their marriage a
chance.

Back at camp, Dane placed her bags down,
hunkered down in front of the fire, and grunted when he saw their
dinner was still edible. He pulled the pot off the fire and went to
reach for the plates. Surprised when his wife handed them to him
with a spoon, he gave her a quick grin took them and dished up
their dinner.

After handing her husband their plates, she
sat down on the stump. When he handed her a plate of beans, she
took it with a shy smile. Nervously, India quickly ate her dinner,
she wanted their future discussed and decided.

Swiftly finishing his own meal, Dane placed
the empty plate down beside his right boot before he turned to his
wife. “India I know how angry and unhappy you are over being forced
into this marriage. I can understand why you ran away, but I want
you to decide what you want. Decide to give our marriage a chance,
to have a future together because I don’t want to continue the way
we have been.”

He looked away and dragged his fingers
through his hair before he turned back to face her. “I know what I
did earlier was wrong, and I should have waited but hell. I’ve
wanted you from the moment, I first saw you, and I truly want our
marriage to work.”

While her husband spoke, India could see his
sincerity and she heard his honesty and knew it must be hard for
this rough cowboy to say such things. Her head tilted to the side,
she gazed at him thoughtfully. It pleased her that he now gave her
a chance to decide what she wanted, and it made her heart flutter
over hearing him say he wanted their marriage to work and have a
future together.

She already made her decision. However, for
a few moments she contemplated a future with this man and grew even
more positive, it would be the right choice. Placing her plate down
on the ground, she rose to her feet and went to stand in front of
him holding out her hand. “I would like that also Dane I would like
for us to give our marriage a chance and have a future
together.”

His heart pounding in his chest when his
wife didn’t speak up, warily he watched as she stood up and came
towards him. His heart soared when she stood in front him and held
out her hand. When she started speaking, his own hand lifted and
taking hers, he held it tightly. When she finished talking, he gave
her hand a little tug, and she tumbled onto his lap.

Wrapping his arms around her, his mouth went
to the corner of her mouth and nibbled tenderly. “I promise
sweetheart you will never regret it.”

A little gasp escaped her as she found
herself sprawled over his thighs. India wiggled into a better
position and sighed in pleasure as his lips played at the corner of
her mouth. She lifted her arms and wrapped them around his neck.
“Mmm,” Was all she managed to answer as she felt herself once again
yearning for the pleasure that this man could give her.

Not needing another hint when he heard his
wife’s soft reply Dane lifted his head, rose to his feet. He
carried her over to the bedroll. He knelt down and placed her upon
the blanket; lying down beside her, he took her into his arms and
his mouth claimed hers in a hot consuming kiss. His heart felt
light and he has never felt happier now that his wife finally
agreed to give their marriage a chance.

He broke the kiss and his mouth hovered over
hers. His hand came up and buried in her hair. “This time, my
beautiful wife, I’m going to take my time. I’m going to love you
long and slow.” He whispered before his mouth once again covered
hers in a hot consuming kiss.

India gave a soft whimper in anticipation,
her tongue danced with his as she felt the fire inside her gather
momentum. The future, their marriage no longer mattered to her.
What mattered is finding the blissful rapture in her husband’s arms
once more.