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hours.”
Once they were in the truck, he said, “Where to?”
“Cut through town and head south on county road 19. I want to show you one of my favorite places.”
The day wasn’t too hot and the recent rain kept the dust on the gravel road down.
“Turn here.”
Carson thought he knew all the nooks and crannies of Campbell County, but he’d never been here before. A wide meadow stretched to a line of trees. Given the healthy state of the trees he suspected a stream lay on the other side. “What is this place?”
“A picnic area.”
“How’d you find it?”
“On accident. I took a wrong turn and ended up here. I’ve been here half a dozen times and never seen anyone else around.”
He faced her. “You want to be alone with me, Caro?”
Her cheeks didn’t flush like he’d expected. Her direct gaze and bold statement, “More than anything,” burrowed right into the heart of him.
“Let’s go.”
“Grab the blanket,” she said and hopped out of the truck on her own. She paused at the edge of the clearing and glanced down at her clothing and shoes. “I didn’t think this through.”
“Gimme a moment.” Carson tromped out in the field, searching for a flat place with no rocks. He kicked a couple of small ones away and spread out the blanket. Then he returned to her and lifted her into his arms.
Carolyn didn’t shriek a protest; she just curled her body into his and held on.
He gently lowered her onto the blanket. When he looked at her, she wore the oddest expression. “What?”
“That was the most romantic thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Carson McKay should’ve just handed his heart over right then.
Instead he leaned over and kissed her. When he finally released her mouth to take a breath, he stretched out beside her, his head propped on his elbow.
She’d slipped her shoes off and sat in a tight ball with her arms wrapped around her legs.
“Something wrong?”
“Do you think this is weird?”
“Us bein’ together?”
“Us being together on a blanket in a field out in the middle of nowhere?”
“I don’t know if it’s weird, but I can say it’s the first time I’ve ever done something like this.”
Her head turned so fast he wondered if she’d given herself whiplash. “It is? I mean, which part of it?”
“All of it. After I’ve been working outside all day I tend to stay indoors if I have free time.”
“So the last thing you’d ever want to do is lie on the hard ground, surrounded by weeds and bugs while the sun beats down on you?”
Carson pushed up and sat on his haunches. “No, the last thing I want is to see that pinched look on your pretty face. Tell me what you want from me, Carolyn. And don’t be shy.”
She blurted, “I want to roll around on the blanket with you and make out. But I have these stupid stockings on and I don’t want to snag them and this sweater is scratchy, and it was really forward of me to ask—”
He put his fingers over her lips. “Problems that are easily fixed. Nothin’ is gonna happen out here that you don’t want to happen. Okay?”
“What if I don’t know what I want? You have so much experience with this—”
“Whoa. Hold on. Is that why you’re with me? Because you want me to give you some experience?”
“No, I’m here because I like being with you. When you kiss me…I feel things I never have before and I don’t know what to do or how to act on those feelings.”
Sweet Jesus she was killing him. Killing him. He’d never been interested in virgins. He preferred women with experience—that way there was no misunderstanding that a quick fuck wasn’t a relationship.
But when he looked at her? Kissed her? Thought about touching her? He had the fierce need to be the only man who ever put his hands on her. The only man who’d put his mouth on her. The only cock that she’d ever know would be his. And he’d be the only man who’d ever hear the noises she made when she came.
“Carson? Say
Once they were in the truck, he said, “Where to?”
“Cut through town and head south on county road 19. I want to show you one of my favorite places.”
The day wasn’t too hot and the recent rain kept the dust on the gravel road down.
“Turn here.”
Carson thought he knew all the nooks and crannies of Campbell County, but he’d never been here before. A wide meadow stretched to a line of trees. Given the healthy state of the trees he suspected a stream lay on the other side. “What is this place?”
“A picnic area.”
“How’d you find it?”
“On accident. I took a wrong turn and ended up here. I’ve been here half a dozen times and never seen anyone else around.”
He faced her. “You want to be alone with me, Caro?”
Her cheeks didn’t flush like he’d expected. Her direct gaze and bold statement, “More than anything,” burrowed right into the heart of him.
“Let’s go.”
“Grab the blanket,” she said and hopped out of the truck on her own. She paused at the edge of the clearing and glanced down at her clothing and shoes. “I didn’t think this through.”
“Gimme a moment.” Carson tromped out in the field, searching for a flat place with no rocks. He kicked a couple of small ones away and spread out the blanket. Then he returned to her and lifted her into his arms.
Carolyn didn’t shriek a protest; she just curled her body into his and held on.
He gently lowered her onto the blanket. When he looked at her, she wore the oddest expression. “What?”
“That was the most romantic thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Carson McKay should’ve just handed his heart over right then.
Instead he leaned over and kissed her. When he finally released her mouth to take a breath, he stretched out beside her, his head propped on his elbow.
She’d slipped her shoes off and sat in a tight ball with her arms wrapped around her legs.
“Something wrong?”
“Do you think this is weird?”
“Us bein’ together?”
“Us being together on a blanket in a field out in the middle of nowhere?”
“I don’t know if it’s weird, but I can say it’s the first time I’ve ever done something like this.”
Her head turned so fast he wondered if she’d given herself whiplash. “It is? I mean, which part of it?”
“All of it. After I’ve been working outside all day I tend to stay indoors if I have free time.”
“So the last thing you’d ever want to do is lie on the hard ground, surrounded by weeds and bugs while the sun beats down on you?”
Carson pushed up and sat on his haunches. “No, the last thing I want is to see that pinched look on your pretty face. Tell me what you want from me, Carolyn. And don’t be shy.”
She blurted, “I want to roll around on the blanket with you and make out. But I have these stupid stockings on and I don’t want to snag them and this sweater is scratchy, and it was really forward of me to ask—”
He put his fingers over her lips. “Problems that are easily fixed. Nothin’ is gonna happen out here that you don’t want to happen. Okay?”
“What if I don’t know what I want? You have so much experience with this—”
“Whoa. Hold on. Is that why you’re with me? Because you want me to give you some experience?”
“No, I’m here because I like being with you. When you kiss me…I feel things I never have before and I don’t know what to do or how to act on those feelings.”
Sweet Jesus she was killing him. Killing him. He’d never been interested in virgins. He preferred women with experience—that way there was no misunderstanding that a quick fuck wasn’t a relationship.
But when he looked at her? Kissed her? Thought about touching her? He had the fierce need to be the only man who ever put his hands on her. The only man who’d put his mouth on her. The only cock that she’d ever know would be his. And he’d be the only man who’d ever hear the noises she made when she came.
“Carson? Say
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