Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 99967 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99967 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)
He pulls out, and when his cum starts to leak out of me, he swipes his fingers through it and tucks it back inside me.
“I belong in there,” he says before helping me pull my leggings back up.
“Well, that will be fun for the next five miles.”
Blake finishes righting his clothes, then palms the back of my neck and pulls me to him, covers my mouth with his, and I immediately melt against him.
The mouth on this guy.
“I want you to feel me dripping out of you all day. Every time you take a step, you’ll know that I’m inside you. That you’re mine and only mine, sweetheart.”
“As long as there are no dirt and bugs.”
He huffs out a laugh. “Absolutely not. Trust me, baby.”
I do. I trust him more than anyone.
“Where have you guys been?” Birdie asks two hours later from a balcony at the lodge as we hike back. “You were gone forever.”
“Only a few hours,” Blake replies with a grin. “We went for a hike. What are you doing, cupcake?”
“I’m coloring out here because the baby is sleeping, and I’m always too loud. Can I hang out with you guys?”
“We’re going to get cleaned up, then we’ll come get you, okay?” Birdie immediately smiles and claps her hands.
I’m about to jog up the stairs to our floor when Blake takes my hand and stops me. He pulls me to him and cups my face.
“We don’t have to hang out with Birdie if you don’t want to.”
“I wouldn’t have offered if I didn’t want to. Birdie’s awesome. I like her more than most people. Hey, you should text Bridger or Dani and ask them if we can take her to the pool.”
He’s just staring at me, still breathing a little hard from the hike and covered in sweat.
“Blake? Are you having a stroke or something? How many fingers am I holding up?”
“I fucking love you.” He kisses me hard, then pulls me behind him up the stairs to our room.
“Because I like your niece?”
“Yeah, sugar. Because you like my niece. And for a million other reasons. Get in the shower, and I’ll call Bridge.”
I blink at him for a second, then turn for the bathroom. I can hear his deep voice talking on the phone as I start the water and shimmy out of my gross clothes. I’ve just started washing my hair when he joins me and takes over scrubbing my scalp.
“Oh, that’s nice. It’s always better when someone else washes your hair.”
“Are many men washing your hair these days, Harper?”
I squint one eye open and stare at him. “No, jealous man, I have a hairdresser. Cool your jets. Only you and Miguel wash my hair. Besides me, of course.”
He stares down at me, his hands pausing in my hair, and I crack a smile.
“Her name is Melanie.”
“Thank you.” He kisses my nose and returns to the task at hand. “I’d better check you for ticks.”
“I’m almost as scared of them as I am of bears.”
“You should be.” He kisses my cheek and leads me back under the water. “No Lyme disease for you.”
“I’d rather not. What did Bridger say?”
“He’ll meet us down at the pool in thirty, and that Birdie will love hanging out with us. She’s obsessed with the pool.”
“Dani said that she, as in Dani, doesn’t like water.”
Something sad moves over Blake’s eyes, and he reaches for the conditioner. “No. She doesn’t like water. It’s a long story, but the five Lexington siblings grew up in an extremely abusive situation. Their mom died when Charlie was just a baby. Holden was maybe ten, if I remember right. Their dad was a piece of shit who ended up dying way too painlessly. He tormented and tortured those kids all their lives. Holden would load the girls up and bring them to our ranch when things got really bad, and my parents would help take care of them.”
“Why didn’t the dad go to jail?”
“Because his best friend was the sheriff, and this is a small town. Twenty years ago, it was much smaller than it is now.”
“Wait, you said five kids? I’ve only met four.”
“Darby, the second oldest, is getting a degree in veterinary medicine in Colorado.”
“Good for her,” I reply. “That’s awesome. So the dad must have done something horrible with water?”
“He chose different forms of torture for each of the girls,” Blake says as he starts to clean my body. “For Dani, it was holding her under the water.”
“He waterboarded his own daughter,” I breathe out.
“Pretty much.”
“Fucking hell.” I lean my forehead on Blake’s chest and feel tears come to my eyes. “Blake, that’s unimaginable.”
“I know. She’s so strong. They all are. Dani and Bridger always had a spark, but the timing was never right. Until it was.”
“And now she’s safe and loved, and oh my God, I need to hug her again.”