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herself from his heated gaze but he pulled her hands away and held them above her head. “You’re beautiful. Please don’t hide from me,” he said, his voice barely above a groan. He then dipped down to take her nipple in his mouth, causing Elissa to arch her back, increasing the pressure of his mouth.

Elissa’s hips moved erotically against him and he stood up to take off her jeans, discarding his in the process. The feeling of her smooth naked skin next to his almost sent him over the edge. He held her hands over her head, unable to endure her touch anymore without taking her immediately.

“Please Jake,” she whispered. “I want to touch you too,” she said.

“You can’t. Not tonight,” he said and ran his fingers down her waist, her leg, amazed at how soft her skin was behind her knee and down her calf.

He reveled in the softness against his skin and pulled her deeper into the realm of desire. When he finally entered her, Elissa was so on fire, she instantly climaxed, throbbing around him and pulling him along with her.

When they were sated, Jake fell on top of her, holding some of his weight with his elbows but his face was buried in her neck. He released her hands and she instantly wrapped them around his shoulders, loving the feeling of his muscles and his whole body.

After he caught his breath, he stood up. “I’ll be right back,” he said and walked out of the room, completely unashamed of his nakedness. A few minutes later, he came walking back into the room, her wine glass and a fresh beer in his hands.

He slipped into bed beside her and handed her the glass of wine. They laid in bed and sipped their drinks, laughing and talking about whatever came to their minds. It was nice to be able to enjoy someone’s company in a relaxing atmosphere, which isn’t to say that the sexual tension wasn’t just beneath the surface. Elissa couldn’t look at the man without thinking about sex and how incredibly masculine he was.

They made love three more times that night. Each time Elissa snuggled up to him in her sleep, she woke him up enough to be aware of her which meant that he made love to her again and again, always satisfying her more than she could ever have imagined. By dawn, she was exhausted and couldn’t lift her arms to hold him. He simply pulled her tightly against him and they fell asleep wrapped up in each others arms.

Monday morning, she woke to him kissing her neck and nibbling on her ear. “What are your plans today?” he asked.

Elissa rolled over onto her back, taking the sheet with her. He was already showered and dressed but she was still naked underneath the sheet. “Oh, I don’t know. I guess the same thing I’ve been doing for the past two weeks. I’ll help Ronny, make dinner, then hopefully fall asleep in your arms just like last night,” she said and reached up to touch his smoothly shaven jaw.

He kissed the palm of her hand and glanced down at the rough skin on her palms. “Why don’t you take it easy, give these hands a chance to heal a little more? I’ll take you out flying tonight and you can see the sunset from my favorite place. Deal?”

“What about my riding lesson?” she asked, pulling herself up into a sitting position. She had no intention of sitting around, waiting for her hands to heal. She wanted to be doing something. Everyone seemed so busy on the ranch, she didn’t want to laze the day away.

“No way,” he said. “These pretty little hands need to heal before you head back to New York,” he said, shaking his head. He didn’t want her to head back to New York and be embarrassed about what ranch life had done to her perfectly manicured hands. It might be too much of a memory to handle.

“What about if I wear gloves?” she asked. “And can I feed the new foal? What if the mother still can’t feed her? She’ll need help and you guys don’t really have the time.”

Jake thought about it for a long minute. “Fine. You can feed Mini but nothing else,” he said.

“Mini?” she asked, smiling at the name.

“Yeah, that’s what the guys started calling her apparently. She’s pretty small for a horse.”

“I like it,” she said.

“Good. Whenever you get down there, she’ll be ready for your