Whitley threw her hands up to her mouth.
“She’s yours, baby. ”
Whitley ran, jumped into my arms as she wrapped her legs around me, and kissed the shit out of me. She pulled back and put her lips up to my ear. “I’m not letting you give me a horse as a gift. ”
I smiled at her. “I won the bet. I get to do whatever I want. ”
She chuckled as I slowly let her slide down my body.
She crinkled her nose up at me and giggled. “Can I name her Tinker Bell?”
I threw my head back and laughed.
Reed said, “Tinker Bell? Holy shit, that poor horse. ”
I nodded and pulled her to me again. I leaned down and gently kissed her. “Are you mad at me?” I asked.
She shook her head and gave me a look that just about knocked me down to the ground. “I love you, cowboy,” she whispered.
“I love you too, Whit. ” I looked over at Reed. “Pontoon party?” I asked.
Reed smiled. “Ah, hell yeah!”
Whitley started laughing as Reed walked up to her, grabbed her, and spun her around. He put her down, and she looked over at me.
“Hell yes! Turns out CG stands for country girl! Get your party on, Whit. We’re gonna show you how the country folk do it!” Then, Reed yelled over at Mitch, “Mitch! Pontoon party!”
Mitch smiled and gave a thumbs-up.
Whitley started laughing harder, and then she looked at me, confused.
“You in the mood for a party?” I asked her with a wink.
She slowly nodded as she walked up to me. I grabbed her and pulled her up against me.
“What should I wear for this…pontoon party?”
I moved my lips over toward her ear. “I don’t care what you wear…as long as I can get it off of you fast. ”
She snapped her eyes up to mine, and the look she was giving me caused my heart to skip a beat. I grinned as she raised her eyebrows up at me.
“A pontoon party is a party we have down by the lake on my property. The lake covers about twenty-five acres. Mike put a pontoon on it a few years back. We just hang by the lake all day, swimming, drinking, and pontoonin’. ”
“Sounds like bathing suit attire!” she said with an evil smile. “Can I invite Courtney?”
“Of course you can!” I gave her a quick kiss, opened the passenger door for her, and helped her into the truck.
I turned around and called back to Reed. “Five?”
“Five, it is. I’ll call the normal gang!” Reed yelled back as he took out his cell phone.
By the time I got Whitley back to her car, I wanted to rip off her damn clothes and finish what we’d started earlier.
She walked up to her car and threw her bag into the backseat before shutting the door and turning to face me. “Is it weird I’m going to miss you?” She looked down at the ground.
I used my finger and moved her chin up until her eyes captured mine. “Why would that be weird?”
She shrugged her shoulders. “It’s just…I don’t know. I promised myself I wouldn’t fall in love again, that I wouldn’t need someone, but…all I want to do is be with you. I don’t want to leave your side, and that…that scares me. ”