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then, but I have a better idea of how randy you are now."
"Randy, am I?" he asked. "I'll show you randy!" He grasped her waist, maneuvering her off the seat beside him and onto his lap, one knee on either side of his thighs.
She squealed. "No. This cannot end well!" What was he thinking? Surely he didn't think they would make love right there in the woods for anyone to see.
"Oh, it'll end very well..." He pulled her head down to his, kissing her passionately.
"Lewis, no. This isn't a good idea. We need to go home if we want to make love."
"Why? There's no one here."
Ruby couldn't let loose of her inhibitions enough to let him do anything more than kiss her on the open road. "What if someone comes by? Please, Lewis. Let's just go home. We have a nice bed waiting for us there."
He sighed. "How long is it going to take you to get over your inhibitions?"
She shook her head as she climbed off his lap and back onto the seat beside him, snuggling into his side. "I don't think I'll ever be that uninhibited. I'm sorry. It's just not in me."
"That's too bad." Lewis wasn't truly angry with her, but he was frustrated. He wanted her, and she was his wife. "I guess we're going home then."
"Sounds lovely," she said, meaning it. She enjoyed making love every bit as much as he did.
He pulled the horses back onto the quiet country road and drove them toward town a great deal faster than they'd left. Randy didn't even begin to describe him.
*****
Lewis worked on inventory the next day while Ruby watched the counter and helped customers with their purchases. It was the first time she'd worked the cash register for more than an hour, so it was a strange experience for her.
Penny sat in Ruby's usual corner, working the sewing machine and talking to the cowboys who wanted shirts made. When the stage coach driver brought in the mail and dropped it in a big bag on the counter, Ruby immediately sorted through it, startled to find a letter from David in with the rest.
She traced her name on the envelope before slipping it into her apron, unread. She had no time to mess with letters from old beaux while she was supposed to be working.
She looked up to find Tino Hayes standing in front of her. "Any mail for us?"
Ruby flipped through the letters. "Here's one from Fort Worth." She handed him the letter with a smile.
"It's from my brother." He tapped it against his leg. "You doing all right, Ruby? Cassie's been worried about you. I think being pregnant is making her worry about all her little chicks more than usual."
She smiled. "I'm doing really well. Lewis is a good husband."
"I'll tell Cassie that when I get home this evening. It'll make her happy."
"I'd appreciate that, Mr. Hayes. Tell her I miss her. How's she been feeling?"
"Ornery," he said without missing a beat. "She's ready for that baby to come."
"I'm sure she is! She must feel like she's got a kicking watermelon inside of her." Ruby had never really been around pregnant women, but she'd heard enough stories that she had an idea of what it would be like.
He laughed. "I think that's a pretty apt description. We're both ready for that baby to make an appearance."
"I'm happy for both of you," Ruby said softly, wondering idly when her turn to be a mother would be. She could be carrying right that moment. It was the first time she'd really thought about the consequences of her nights with Lewis. She smiled, liking the idea of having a baby soon. One that looked just like his papa. She was startled to realize she had real feelings for Lewis. She wasn't sure it was real love yet, but it was definitely growing. He was good to her.
"Thank you! I'll give Cassie your best."
"I appreciate that." She was still staring off into space, dreaming about a tiny little version of Lewis when Penny waved her hand in front of her face.
"We need to eat some lunch. I'm
"Randy, am I?" he asked. "I'll show you randy!" He grasped her waist, maneuvering her off the seat beside him and onto his lap, one knee on either side of his thighs.
She squealed. "No. This cannot end well!" What was he thinking? Surely he didn't think they would make love right there in the woods for anyone to see.
"Oh, it'll end very well..." He pulled her head down to his, kissing her passionately.
"Lewis, no. This isn't a good idea. We need to go home if we want to make love."
"Why? There's no one here."
Ruby couldn't let loose of her inhibitions enough to let him do anything more than kiss her on the open road. "What if someone comes by? Please, Lewis. Let's just go home. We have a nice bed waiting for us there."
He sighed. "How long is it going to take you to get over your inhibitions?"
She shook her head as she climbed off his lap and back onto the seat beside him, snuggling into his side. "I don't think I'll ever be that uninhibited. I'm sorry. It's just not in me."
"That's too bad." Lewis wasn't truly angry with her, but he was frustrated. He wanted her, and she was his wife. "I guess we're going home then."
"Sounds lovely," she said, meaning it. She enjoyed making love every bit as much as he did.
He pulled the horses back onto the quiet country road and drove them toward town a great deal faster than they'd left. Randy didn't even begin to describe him.
*****
Lewis worked on inventory the next day while Ruby watched the counter and helped customers with their purchases. It was the first time she'd worked the cash register for more than an hour, so it was a strange experience for her.
Penny sat in Ruby's usual corner, working the sewing machine and talking to the cowboys who wanted shirts made. When the stage coach driver brought in the mail and dropped it in a big bag on the counter, Ruby immediately sorted through it, startled to find a letter from David in with the rest.
She traced her name on the envelope before slipping it into her apron, unread. She had no time to mess with letters from old beaux while she was supposed to be working.
She looked up to find Tino Hayes standing in front of her. "Any mail for us?"
Ruby flipped through the letters. "Here's one from Fort Worth." She handed him the letter with a smile.
"It's from my brother." He tapped it against his leg. "You doing all right, Ruby? Cassie's been worried about you. I think being pregnant is making her worry about all her little chicks more than usual."
She smiled. "I'm doing really well. Lewis is a good husband."
"I'll tell Cassie that when I get home this evening. It'll make her happy."
"I'd appreciate that, Mr. Hayes. Tell her I miss her. How's she been feeling?"
"Ornery," he said without missing a beat. "She's ready for that baby to come."
"I'm sure she is! She must feel like she's got a kicking watermelon inside of her." Ruby had never really been around pregnant women, but she'd heard enough stories that she had an idea of what it would be like.
He laughed. "I think that's a pretty apt description. We're both ready for that baby to make an appearance."
"I'm happy for both of you," Ruby said softly, wondering idly when her turn to be a mother would be. She could be carrying right that moment. It was the first time she'd really thought about the consequences of her nights with Lewis. She smiled, liking the idea of having a baby soon. One that looked just like his papa. She was startled to realize she had real feelings for Lewis. She wasn't sure it was real love yet, but it was definitely growing. He was good to her.
"Thank you! I'll give Cassie your best."
"I appreciate that." She was still staring off into space, dreaming about a tiny little version of Lewis when Penny waved her hand in front of her face.
"We need to eat some lunch. I'm
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