The Taylor Ranch: Cade (5 page)

She
sat on the closest chair.

“You
wear glasses now?” she pointed to the pair perched on top of his head. He’d
forgotten all about them.

He
pulled them down and put them on. They were purely for reading and he hated the
things.

“I
like them and they suit you.”

“April…”
“Are you going to let me explain to you why I married Ben?”

“
Jenine
should be here soon.”
 
Oops, little slip there, because
Jenine
had been his mother’s name. April knew that, and
what a coincidence that he was dating a woman with the same one.

“Cade,
stop it.”

She
stood and walked over to him. They were so close he could feel her sweet minty
breath on his chin.

“Well,
are you going to let me talk or what?”

She
was breaking away his barrier and he was too weak to resist.

“Maybe after I’ve done this.”

Cade
Mallory never learned his lesson. Two of his teachers had written that very
thing on his school reports.

He
leaned over and kissed April again, pulling her body in even closer than he had
when they’d met on the road. His cock beat a steady rhythm against her belly.
He should stop now but that would be next to impossible, because he’d been
without the warmth of her lips on his for what seemed like two lifetimes. She
wrapped her arms around him, opening her mouth to him, letting him slip his
tongue over her lips. The room was spinning and he wasn’t dreaming. Yeah, he
had lots of dreams where she was back in his arms. In that dream, Ben Parker
taking her away had been just a nightmare.

April
pressed her body into his, setting every nerve ending on high alert. His cock
grew stiffer, which told him they’d just passed the point of no return. Cade
pulled her blouse out from her skirt. She’d always been so feminine with her
fancy tops and dresses. A real lady, like his mother had been. He pushed his
hand up underneath its hem, gliding it over her soft, warm skin.

He’d
gone to heaven, and all without having to die for the privilege. He pulled his
lips away from her before putting his hands on either side of her face.

“God,
I’ve missed you like you wouldn’t believe.”

“You’ll
never know how I missed you. It was sheer agony every morning when I opened my
eyes,” April said.

Had he heard right?
Maybe this was
just a dream. He’d wake up and she’d be gone…but for now, he was going to enjoy
himself. He kissed her again, this time feeling her pull on the fly of his
jeans. If she wanted sex as much as he did––well, Cade didn’t think that was
possible.

“I
want you,” he said.

“I
want you too.”

He
didn’t care what she’d done to him. He’d make love to her first and pay the
price later.

He
ran his hand under her skirt, swiftly finding her panties. He guessed they were
lace. April had always loved lace. He yanked at them, feeling them give. He
hadn’t intended to rip them, but everything was happening so quickly. Shreds of
lace fell to her feet.

“I’m
sorry. I’ll buy you a new pair.”

“It’s
okay,” she said.

She
eased her hand inside his boxers, finding his cock in seconds.

He
groaned as she touched it as only April could. Her hand firm, just how he liked
it. Cade pulled up her skirt, taking a quick peek at the tight curls at the top
of her thighs. He’d even missed seeing them. He touched them, letting his index
finger get lost in their thickness, soon grazing her clit and hearing her draw
in her breath like she always had when he touched the little nub. April kissed
him, bit his bottom lip playfully as he pushed his finger through her folds,
feeling them turn hot and slippery.

“Do
it,” she whispered.

Cade
knew exactly what she meant without having to ask. Although they’d only made
love once before it had been so intense, that he knew her and her body almost
as well as he knew his own. He pushed his finger inside her. Her channel was
tight like she hadn’t had sex for a long time. He finger fucked her, hearing
her groan louder on each plunge.

“More,
lots more,” she said, holding onto this shoulders, almost riding his finger.
She pumped her hips, sending his finger deeper inside her pussy. The more he
pumped her, the tighter her pussy felt. Just how long had it been since
she
and Ben gone their separate ways? It was growing clearer
and clearer that April hadn’t been fucked for a very long time.

She
kissed him, wiggling her hips and forcing him to move his finger faster. She
dug her nails into his shoulders and then it felt like her pussy was crushing
it as it
pulsed
a steady beat. She cried out, her
bottom lip quivering like she was on the brink of tears.

April
almost slipped to the floor. He caught her in time, picking her up and carrying
her down the hallway to his bedroom. She put her arms around his neck, and her
eyes held the same dreamy look she’d had that day under the oak tree.

Condoms
.
He had an
unopened box in the bathroom cabinet. Why he kept some on hand he wasn’t sure,
because no one had even tempted him into taking her to his bed. April was the
only woman he wanted between his sheets.

He
placed her gently on the bed, pulling down her skirt and seeing the curls on
full display. She opened her blouse, slightly parting her legs as she did so.
Her cream bubbled from her pussy, so pretty and such a turn-on. Cade took off
his t-shirt and slipped off his jeans. He leaned over to help her take off her
bra. It fell away from her body and he pushed it to one side.

Her
breasts were bigger and more beautiful than he’d remembered. She’d grown up and
gotten more gorgeous while she’d been away. He cupped each breast in his hands.
The nipples were exactly as he remembered them, light pink, long, and made for
a man’s mouth to devour them.

Cade
leaned over some more and put his lips onto the right one. April ran her
fingers through his hair, lightly touching his scalp and sending tiny impulses
throughout his body.

“Cade,
you want me to tell you now?”

He
put his finger on her lips and shook his head.
“After we’ve
made love.”

She
nodded. If it was something awful like she didn’t love him, or he’d never be
good enough for her, he didn’t want to hear it until after he’d had the opportunity
to make love to her. To hear her sighs, feel his cock deep within her, their
bodies entwined like they had that day.

Doubly
stupid on his part, perhaps setting himself up for another round of misery, but
he couldn’t help himself. He stood up, preparing to fetch the condoms when
April reached out and pulled down his boxers, her hand mere inches from his
dick.

“I
have to go and fetch a condom, but I’ll be right back.”

She
nodded and he hurried as quickly as he could, running down the hallway to the
bathroom, reached for the box and being all fingers and thumbs about it. He
finally managed to pull out a foil package and headed back to his room where
April was lying on her side.

“Don’t
you guys usually keep those by your bed?” she asked as he ripped open the
package.

“I
haven’t had any use for them since you’ve been gone.”

He
sheathed himself and got onto the bed.

“I
can’t believe that.”

“It’s
true.”

He
kissed her, rolling her over on to her back.

“You’ve
been celibate all this time?”

He
nodded. April smiled.

“Why,
is that so hard to believe?”

“Not
at all…but I have too.”

“Well,
then we’d better do something about that,” said Cade.

Chapter Seven

He’d
obviously thought she was joking. She couldn’t blame him… how many married
women were celibate during their entire marriage? Still, she didn’t want to
stop and tell him she wasn’t kidding around and spoil the mood. And for all she
knew he could be joking too.
A good looking guy like Cade not
having sex since they’d parted company?

If
it was true she had to make it up to him, because it was probably all her
fault. April kissed him, parting her legs. He walked his fingers up her thighs,
looking at her like she was the most special woman in the world. Another thing
she loved so much about him. Cade ran his finger over her curls and she closed
her eyes, feeling him get between her thighs and then, heaven as his cock
pushed inside her, filling her, and reminding her that she was back with the
man that had rocked her world.

His
thrusts were steady and slow to begin with. It suited her fine because she was
tense and tight, but then she wanted more. She reached up and ran her fingers
over his lips as he moved faster and his thrusts became more urgent.

Wouldn’t
life be wonderful if they could stay like this forever?

Cade
smiled at her. She’d always believed he could read her mind. If only he’d
really had that ability he would have known the truth and wouldn’t have been
hurt. But then again, he might have tried to stop her.

April
dug her fingertips into his biceps as her pussy began pulling with its own
faint heartbeat.
 
The first time they’d
made love he’d brought her to climax in record time, and it seemed he hadn’t
lost his touch.

Sinking
her fingers deeper into his skin, she raised her butt to meet each of his
thrusts, groaning as she did so. The sensation began in her toes, traveling all
the way up her calves and thighs, and then to where it mattered the most, her
pussy.

She
clung to him, lifting her shoulders off the bed, hugging him as he too found
release. He wrapped his arms around her, both of them breathing heavily, hearts
pounding so hard, April could hear his as well as her own.

“That
was off the charts,” he whispered in her ear.

“Way
off.”

They
parted and Cade slid out of her, resting his body by her side.

“Were
you joking with me?”

She
thought that maybe he’d forgotten what she’d announced right before they’d made
love, but he obviously hadn’t.

April
sat her head down on his shoulder, remembering how they’d laid cuddling and
talking after they’d made love that day. Cade would tell her about his dreams
for the future, owning a ranch one day just like her father. Giving his mother
a better life than the one fate had given her, but then she’d passed away two
weeks later. He ran his finger up and down her arm and she realized she hadn’t
responded to him.

“No,
I wasn’t messing with you and maybe now you’ll let me tell you what happened.”

She
turned over onto her belly so she could see him. She wanted to look at him when
she told him the truth.
To see his reaction and hopefully see
the relief in his eyes too.

“You
probably know Ben comes from a family with lots of money.”

He
rolled his eyes. She put her hand on his arm.

“And
no, like I told you before that’s not the reason I married him. Dad had run up
a lot of debt.”

“Your dad?”
April nodded. She’d also found that hard to believe when he’d sat her down and
told her just how bad things were.

“He’d
taken a huge hit from his divorce with my mother and never really recovered. He
also had lingering legal fees from when he fought the custody battle for me. He
didn’t want Mom to take me away and that’s what she was planning to do. I guess
it was just to spite him as a last act of bitchiness toward him.”

“I
had no idea.”

“Me
neither, but I’m glad he won because I don’t think I could have tolerated
living with my mother without my dad being around.”

“Okay,
so what does that have to do with you marrying Parker?”

“Dad
was up to his eyes in debt and was thinking about selling the ranch but times
were tough, people weren’t buying, and the bank was about to foreclose on both
the ranch and house.”

“Geez,
I had no idea, why didn’t he say something?”

“You
know what a proud man he is. He’d kept all this from me until…”
She looked down, remembering the horrible evening when her dad called her into
the living room and she saw Ben Parker sitting there.

“Ben
had heard about Dad’s dilemma from one of his bank buddies. He’d been to dinner
with us couple of times.”

April
hung her head down. Neither she nor her father had any idea what he was
planning.

 
“He offered to give Dad the money on the
condition that I marry him.”

“Wait
a
minute,
your dad sold you to Parker?”