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“Stay,” he pleaded with her. “Don’t leave me again; please?”
“I have to work. I can’t just sit around on my butt all day and do nothing. I need to go out there and build a career so I can support myself.”
“I have money.”
“And it’s your money!” She took a deep breath and settled. “I’m sorry.” She turned back to the dishes in the sink and finished washing the last plate. She let the water out, dried out the remaining droplets in the sink with the dishcloth, but she made no effort to move. She just stood there, staring off into space.
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A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery He stood from his chair and walked over to her, placing his big body behind her smaller frame.
“What are you running from, Zoe? What are you so afraid of that staying isn’t even an option for you?” He placed one big hand on her hip as the other trailed a feather line up her arm. He pulled her body back the half inch it took to make her rest completely against him, trapping her between his body and the sink. He lowered his head, letting his breath fan against her ear and he could feel her trembling against him. “Tell me?” He said those words so softly, his voice a husky deep tone laced with arousal. They needed this conversation, but standing there with his body pressed against hers he realized how much he ached for her.
They were taking things slow which meant she slept in the guest room and they hadn’t made love. He wanted to, but he wanted to wait for her to come to him.
“I don’t want to be her.”
“Who?” He slid his tongue over the curve of her ear and she trembled on a sharp exhale. “Who?”
“My mother,” she finally said breathlessly.
“You’re not her.”
“If I let you support me,” she trembled once again in his arms as his hand on her hip slid to her belly.
Slowly he let his fingers caress her, and learn her body through her clothes. “If I let you support me then I am.” She managed to say as she placed her hand over his. She wasn’t trying to stop his movements. In fact, he felt her press her fingers into his, applying pressure, pushing his hand toward her body, not pulling it away. She liked his touch and knowing that put a smile on his face.
“You’re not her, and my helping you wouldn’t make you her. I want you here. I don’t want you to leave. And if that means opening a bakery on my property so you’ll stay here then I’ll open one.”
“I won’t have any business,” she reached one hand down to his thigh and caressed his leg through his jeans as her head fell back against his chest. “I’ll still be a burden.”
“The ranch hands can start buying some of those treats they love. I’ll start buying them if it makes you feel better. But make no mistake about it,” he moved his hand up over her breast, squeezing gently, caressing her softly. “Your being here is all I can think about. You would be contributing something much more important than money. Please think about it, Zoe.” He placed a succulent kiss on her neck as he let his hand caress her breast. He took the other hand off the counter because he no longer needed it there. That 48
A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery hand was needed in far more interesting places so he brought it to her body, sliding it down to her center and caressing her.
“Oh,” she moaned.
“Stay with me, please?”
“Dean,” she panted.
“Please? At least think about it,” he sucked and licked her skin, needing her so desperately he thought he might explode on impact.
“Tell me you’ll think about it. Please think about it?”
“Dean…”
“Say yes,” he squeezed both regions harder, eliciting a sharp cry of arousal from her. “Say yes.” He needed to hear those words. He needed to know she wouldn’t leave him. God, he needed her.
“Yes!”
Maybe it was manipulative, maybe he should have had this conversation without touching her body the way he was touching it, but he couldn’t
“Stay,” he pleaded with her. “Don’t leave me again; please?”
“I have to work. I can’t just sit around on my butt all day and do nothing. I need to go out there and build a career so I can support myself.”
“I have money.”
“And it’s your money!” She took a deep breath and settled. “I’m sorry.” She turned back to the dishes in the sink and finished washing the last plate. She let the water out, dried out the remaining droplets in the sink with the dishcloth, but she made no effort to move. She just stood there, staring off into space.
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A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery He stood from his chair and walked over to her, placing his big body behind her smaller frame.
“What are you running from, Zoe? What are you so afraid of that staying isn’t even an option for you?” He placed one big hand on her hip as the other trailed a feather line up her arm. He pulled her body back the half inch it took to make her rest completely against him, trapping her between his body and the sink. He lowered his head, letting his breath fan against her ear and he could feel her trembling against him. “Tell me?” He said those words so softly, his voice a husky deep tone laced with arousal. They needed this conversation, but standing there with his body pressed against hers he realized how much he ached for her.
They were taking things slow which meant she slept in the guest room and they hadn’t made love. He wanted to, but he wanted to wait for her to come to him.
“I don’t want to be her.”
“Who?” He slid his tongue over the curve of her ear and she trembled on a sharp exhale. “Who?”
“My mother,” she finally said breathlessly.
“You’re not her.”
“If I let you support me,” she trembled once again in his arms as his hand on her hip slid to her belly.
Slowly he let his fingers caress her, and learn her body through her clothes. “If I let you support me then I am.” She managed to say as she placed her hand over his. She wasn’t trying to stop his movements. In fact, he felt her press her fingers into his, applying pressure, pushing his hand toward her body, not pulling it away. She liked his touch and knowing that put a smile on his face.
“You’re not her, and my helping you wouldn’t make you her. I want you here. I don’t want you to leave. And if that means opening a bakery on my property so you’ll stay here then I’ll open one.”
“I won’t have any business,” she reached one hand down to his thigh and caressed his leg through his jeans as her head fell back against his chest. “I’ll still be a burden.”
“The ranch hands can start buying some of those treats they love. I’ll start buying them if it makes you feel better. But make no mistake about it,” he moved his hand up over her breast, squeezing gently, caressing her softly. “Your being here is all I can think about. You would be contributing something much more important than money. Please think about it, Zoe.” He placed a succulent kiss on her neck as he let his hand caress her breast. He took the other hand off the counter because he no longer needed it there. That 48
A Rancher’s Love ~ Capri Montgomery hand was needed in far more interesting places so he brought it to her body, sliding it down to her center and caressing her.
“Oh,” she moaned.
“Stay with me, please?”
“Dean,” she panted.
“Please? At least think about it,” he sucked and licked her skin, needing her so desperately he thought he might explode on impact.
“Tell me you’ll think about it. Please think about it?”
“Dean…”
“Say yes,” he squeezed both regions harder, eliciting a sharp cry of arousal from her. “Say yes.” He needed to hear those words. He needed to know she wouldn’t leave him. God, he needed her.
“Yes!”
Maybe it was manipulative, maybe he should have had this conversation without touching her body the way he was touching it, but he couldn’t
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