Just then I hear hooffalls behind us and I turn to see Jackie and Ryker riding up on their horses.
“You having fun, Cricket?” Ryker asks, coming up beside me and reaching out his hand for mine.
I take his and we ride side by side for a little way, just holding hands while Jackie tells us about the damage from the storm. It must not be too bad, because Ryker doesn’t say anything, just rides along beside me rubbing his thumb along my knuckles. I should probably be paying attention to what Jackie and Kathleen are saying, but I’m too busy thinking about how much I just want to curl up in Ryker’s arms and let him kiss me.
We ride for a few hours, taking trails and going around the property before we head back to the barn. We stable the horses and talk to Johnny before we take the Gator back to the house and Ryker’s parents say they have to go.
“We’ve got tickets to Spoleto tonight,” Jackie says.
“I tried to get him to take me to something fun. But every now and then I’ve got an obligation to dress up and let him show me off.” She winks at me before coming closer and wrapping me up in a hug. “I know he’s gone about it a little different, but he has the best intentions.”
“I know,” I say, looking over to Ryker. I don’t care how he went about it anymore. I’m just glad he was here for me. In fact, the more I think about it, he saved me that night. I could have gone home and wholloed about what Fritz had done to me. Likely question so many things about myself that I shouldn’t have. Instead he took me home with him, showed me how special I am to him and that I’m perfect being just me and nothing more.
“I’m here if you need anything.” She gives my arm a squeeze before Jackie comes over and hugs me goodbye, too.
We watch them go and close the door behind them. When the lock clicks, I turn around and face Ryker. Slowly he steps towards me until my back is pressed against the front door.
“You’ve been giving me that look all day,” he says, placing his hands on either side of my head.
“What look?” I ask, looking up at his big strong body. His bulk is shadowing everything behind him, so I can see only him.
“Like you want me to take you to bed and give you a good fuck.” He licks his lips and I wonder if he’s thinking about how I taste.
“Maybe I do,” I counter, leaning forward and pressing my chest to his. I want him so badly. Maybe his obsession is rubbing off on me.
I don’t have time to think about what he’s going to say back to me, before I’m being wrapped in his arms and having the breath kissed out of me.
I may have laid down this challenge, but I forgot who I was talking to. When it comes to Ryker, all I have to do is say the word.
Chapter 19
Ryker
I grip her body tight as I walk towards the stairs. I don’t know if I can make it to the bedroom. The way she’s been touching me all day, reaching for my hand and leaning into my body has been driving me crazy. At one point when we were standing in the barn, she was the one to wrap her arm around my waist and cuddle close as the sun began to set and the air turned cool.
“Do you wanna know why I took you?” I growl as I kiss her with all the passion inside me.
I pull her against me as I begin to climb the stairs, but I have to stop and steady myself because I can’t wait to have her.
“Why?” She gasps for air as my mouth moves to her neck, and I push my thigh between her legs.
I lay her down at the top of the stairs and move on top of her. I rub my thigh against her pussy, and her hips grind on it. She’s looking for some kind of relief, and I don’t know how long I can last. I need her to get off so when I get inside her, I don’t have to hold back.
“Because I fucking could,” I say, as I rip open her shirt. The sound of the buttons falling to the ground is a prelude to what I’m going to do to her. “Because I saw you long ago, and I saw you were with a man who didn’t deserve you. Because you weren’t being worshiped like a goddamn goddess.”
“Ryker!” she cries out when I yank down her bra and suck a nipple into my mouth.
I’m being rough with her, but I feel her fingers tighten in my hair, not from pain, but to pull me closer to her. I let out the nipple with a pop, and then move to the other.
“You were mine that day, and I waited as long as I could. But you wouldn’t leave him.” I grip her hips and move them on my thigh as she dry humps my leg. “You never belonged to him, and seeing you touch him made me lose my mind.”
I suck on her nipple again and her cries grow louder. Her thighs squeeze hard. Her back arches off the ground as she shouts, and I feel so possessive of her pleasure. I clench my jaw as I sit back and pick her up in my arms. But before I can get to the bedroom I push her against the wall and kiss her again. Her bare breasts push against my shirt, and I can feel how hard her nipples are. She wraps her legs around my waist and she still carries that sense of hungry urgency even though she just got off.
“All my life I’ve worked hard and earned my claim to everything I have. Then one day I saw you. I’d never wanted anything more.” I grip her chin lightly and kiss her one more time before I pull back and look into her eyes. “He didn’t know the treasure that stood before him, and I wouldn’t abide it. You aren’t meant to be treated like a burden. You’re a reward, Cricket. My reward. I’ve built all of this to be worthy of you.”
“Do you mean that?” She looks up at me through her lashes, and I can see that she wants so desperately to believe me.
“Every word,” I say, and then pull her from the wall and carry her into our bedroom. I stand her up once we’re inside and kneel down in front of her. “Show me that pussy. I need the taste of it in my mouth when I fuck you.”
She pushes the material off her hips, but I can’t wait and jerk them down to her thighs, along with her panties. I lean forward and grab her ass, pulling her close to my face. She’s still standing while I lick between her pussy lips, and she has to hold on to my shoulders to keep from falling.
I can’t seem to focus. I want all of her all at once and there’s an urgency inside me like I’ve never felt before.
I eat her pussy while I reach down and pull my cock out. Fuck, I’m not going to last long. I can taste how sweet she is and feel her hips rock against my mouth as she gets closer to the edge.
“Ryker, I’m going to fall,” she cries as she climbs higher and higher.
“Never,” I growl and suck on her clit.
When she shouts my name, I have to close my eyes because the sight of her above me is too beautiful. It hurts to look at her lost in pleasure, because I want her so badly.
I suck on her until I feel the last of her orgasm roll through her, and then I turn her around to face the bed. She gets on her knees and grips the mattress with her hands as I move behind her on the floor.
“I should be gentle, baby. I know it’s your first time, but I can’t wait,” I say as I rub my cock on her ass and then into her sticky wetness. “I’ll try to go slow, but I can’t stop.”
I push past her swollen lips and into her warm honey, feeling the unbelievable pressure from her virginity. I hold her body close to mine and kiss her neck as I slowly ease in.
“Oh god, Blair. It’s so tight and perfect. You saved it for me, didn’t you?” When she nods and whispers, “yes,” I bury my face in her neck and move my hands around to her breasts, to play with her nipples.
I’m blanketing her back with my front as I rock in and out until I feel her pussy pop. She gasps as I groan, knowing I’ve taken that little innocent pussy for my own. I keep one hand on her nipple as I move the other to her pussy. I pet her clit and rub the place where we’re connected, feeling how big and swollen my cock is inside her.
“So fucking perfect,” I say when I feel her body begin to relax.
I thrust all the way in and feel her sticky honey run down my shaft. I can tell she’s already impatient for another orgasm as her ass pushes back against me and meets my strokes with her own.
> “I’m close,” she says and there’s a whine to her voice.
There’s been no talk of protection or me pulling out. And I hadn’t planned on either. But I know how I feel about Blair, and I know she deserves the option.
“Cricket, do you want me to pull out?” I clench my jaw and sink into her one more time before slowly sliding out. “I’m close, baby, and if you go off with me still in here, I won’t be able to.” I slowly rock in and out, feeling her warmth wrap around me. “Fuck, I don’t know if I can pull out. It’s so good.”