Heather grabbed her phone and looked at me. “It’s from Jessie.”
I glanced at the clock. It was almost ten. “This late?” I asked.
I watched Heather’s face light up as she read the text message. She turned to me and jumped up. Then, she leaned down and kissed the shit out of me.
“Gesh…read it again!” I said with a laugh.
“Oh, Josh! They worked everything out! Jessie said she would fill me in tomorrow, but she said everything is perfect. They are home, and Scott is snuggled up next to her, sleeping with his hand on her stomach!”
I had to laugh at how excited Heather was. I knew how much she cared about both Scott and Jessie, and she just wanted everyone to find the same kind of love and happiness we had found.
The look on her face turned, and she bit down on her lower lip. She placed her hands on my chest and gently pushed me onto my back. “Now, what’s this about making love to me all night long, Mr. Hayes?”
She leaned down and kissed me gently on the lips as she slowly sank down on me. The moment I filled her body, she let out the sexiest moan I’d ever heard. I rolled her over and slowly began to make love to her.
“Josh, I love you. I love you so much,” she whispered.
I watched a tear roll down her face. I used my thumb to wipe it away as I said, “I love you more times infinity.”
I hit End on my cell phone and looked over at Jessie, who was sitting on a hay bale with her knees tucked up under her chin.
“I don’t want to go,” she whined.
I let out a laugh. “Baby, we have to. We’ve told everyone but them.”
She threw her head back and let out a frustrated moan. “Ugh, Scott, they already don’t like me. Now, add me running off for five weeks, causing their baby boy heartache, on top of me not being the girl they wanted you to marry.”
“I don’t give a fuck who they wanted me to marry. I want to marry you, the love of my life and the woman who is having my child.”
She stood up and pouted. “But they’ve never liked me. Amanda has told me horror stories about her in-laws. What if that’s how this is going to be? I mean, I don’t come from money, and my name is Jessie, not Chelsea.”
I walked over to her and used my finger to pull up her chin. I looked into her eyes, and they sparkled when I smiled at her.
“I. Don’t. Care.” I leaned down and kissed her.
She opened her mouth, and our tongues immediately began to explore each other. I was so lost in the kiss that I didn’t want to hear the person clearing his throat behind me.
Jessie pulled slightly away and smiled. “Someone’s here, babe.”
“Go away,” I said, without bothering to turn around to see whom it was.
“Fuck you, asshole,” Lark said from behind me.
I smiled and looked over my shoulder. “I’m glad you changed your mind and showed up a day earlier.” I walked up to him and reached my hand out to shake his hand.
He shook it and then tipped his cowboy hat at Jessie.
“My god…I would have never imagined you as a cowboy, Lark,” Jessie said with a chuckle.
Lark grinned and slammed his right hand over his heart. “Oh, Jessie, you wound me. I grew up on a sixteen-section ranch in south Texas. I put the meaning in the word cowboy.”
“Wow. What is that? Like, ten-thousand acres?” Jessie asked.
I wrapped my arms around her and rested my chin on top of her head. Shit, the smell of her shampoo drives me crazy. I can’t seem to get enough of her.
“Ten thousand two hundred and forty, if you want to get down to the nuts of it.”
I rolled my eyes and laughed. “Lark’s dad owns one of the biggest and best hunting ranches in Texas.”