Page 41 of Cowboys & Horses

I couldn’t argue his point because it was a valid one. “Who made you so wise?”

He chuckled. “I may only be thirty, but I’ve had my own rough dealings through life. It wasn’t until I took control of what I actually wanted that I felt truly liberated.”

I shrugged my shoulders. “Makes sense I suppose.”

He reached across, cupping my cheek with a gentle touch. “You have so much to give. You’re worth so much more than what you think you are. Don’t let anyone dampen your hunger for what you want.”

A ball of warmth burst inside me at his words. “I don’t know what I want...I don’t even feel like me anymore. I think that’s the problem.”

He moved a hand to my chin and ran his thumb over my lips. I met his eye contact only to be captivated by his twinkling eyes. “So, take it one step at a time. Don’t think of the future, your douchebag fella, or anything else. Just think of the here and now.” He lowered his voice and inched closer to me. “What do you want right now? Right this second? More wine? Food?”

I blushed, biting my lip as I shook my head.

“So, what do you want?” he whispered.

The words caught in my throat, my mind screaming at me to spit them out. My heart pounded against my ribs and my palms grew sweaty. Heated lust ravished every last cell within me, taking control and making me say and think things I never would have dreamed of before now.

“I want...” I paused to take a deep breath. Ben had always made the moves and I just went along with it. Having to tell this insanely hot guy I wanted him was a strange moment for me. “I want you to kiss me.”

He smiled, moving those delicious lips closer to mine. “I can definitely give you that.”

He moved his hands to roam through my hair slowly. The focus shining from his eyes made me feel like I was the only person in the world. He seated a delicate kiss on my lips, and a moan caught in my throat at the feather light tenderness. I parted my lips, wanting him to blend us into that blissful world he now had me yearning for.

He dropped a hand to my back, pulling me in closer as he deepened our kiss. I was so adrift in my ocean of ecstasy, I had no idea he was lowering me onto the blanket until my back met the solid ground.