in your mouth.”
“I’ll
try not to.”
He
didn’t try and kiss her. She didn’t try and kiss him but instead went inside
and waved as he got into his truck.
She
wasn’t fooling herself to think that the fuck in the elevator was going to be
the start of a relationship. Connor wasn’t the settling down sort of guy. She
was realistic enough to know that.
She
flicked on the light and walked toward the bedroom. That had been an off the
charts orgasm. Her first quickie and she liked it. Maybe it was the naughty
aspect of doing it in an elevator.
She
slipped off her dress and looked in the mirror.
Holy
shit, she hadn’t picked up her panties when they got off the elevator.
****
Connor
hadn’t realized he still had Jennifer’s panties in his jacket pocket until the
next day when he was at his parents’ ranch and reached in there to put away his
truck keys. In the heat of the moment, and their hurry to exit the elevator,
he’d spotted them sitting in the corner. He picked them up, stuffed them into
this pocket, and forgotten to return them.
Maybe
he’d send her some of the edible ones from Katy’s store. Maybe he’d be the one
to eat them. He felt a slap on the back and turned to see his father standing
behind him. Connor continued to finger the panties. Maybe he was a sexual
creature because it was in his DNA from Sarah, Jon, and Shaun.
“You
ready to go for a ride?” asked his dad.
“Sure.”
Connor
followed his father into the stables where they quickly saddled up two horses
and were soon riding out to the main pasture.
“You
think you’d be up to running this place and being sheriff,” his dad asked him.
“I
don’t know. I don’t suppose I’ll have to because you’re running it right now.”
“If I couldn’t do it anymore.”
Geez,
was he having an affair? Was he going to run off and leave them high and dry? The DNA thing again. The men of this family couldn’t keep it
in their pants.
“I
have something to tell you all. I wasn’t going to, but your mother’s forced my
hand.”
“So
it’s true you are seeing someone else?”
“Don’t
be so ridiculous. I don’t know how this shit started, but I’ve asked your
sister to join us in an hour’s time. We’re going to sit down and the three of
you will listen to what I have to say.” He raised his hand. “And the only woman
involved is my…”
Connor
turned to look at him.
“You’ll
have to wait.”
Now
Connor was intrigued. So it hadn’t all been in his mom’s imagination. Something
was going on with is dad.
“I
hear you took the Nealon girl to dinner last night…yes, your aunt Betty has a
big mouth. Runs in your mother’s side of the family.”
“Yeah,
we went to Missoula.”
“You
think she’s the sort you’d like to settle down with? Her ancestors are good
ranchers. Not the richest by far, but her great granddaddy had some of the best
cattle around the county. All good at working with cutting
horses too.”
“Guess
it’s too early to tell.”
He
hadn’t even given that any thought. All he could focus on these days was
becoming sheriff.
“Sheriff
will need a wife. A rancher will need a wife. You better hurry up and get your
shit together, son.”
Connor
knew where he got his open your mouth first think about what you’ve said later,
from.
“I
know you wouldn’t want me to rush into anything, marry someone who I knew
wasn’t right for me.”
“That’s
true. You have to marry with your heart and not your head.”
His
father suddenly leaned over like he’d had the wind knocked out of him. He
almost slipped off his horse but managed to hold onto its reins.
“Dad,
you okay?” Connor slid out of the saddle and rushed over to him, holding him
up.
“Fine, son, just a little indigestion.”
“Are
you sure?”
“Get
back on that horse and let’s continue with our ride. It means a lot to me. Father and son doing something without the women.”
Connor
knew his father wouldn’t take no for
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