The moment my dick sank into her warm body, I felt like I was going to come.
“Oh, Layton, faster,” she whispered.
I gave her exactly what she wanted. When she started to call out in pleasure, I captured her cries with my mouth. Nothing felt better than coming and feeling myself pour into her body. I couldn’t get enough of her.
As I slowly let her down, I grabbed a washcloth and washed her whole body. She took the washcloth from my hand and washed my body in return.
By the time we both crawled into bed, I was exhausted, and so was Whitley. She moved and threw her leg over my legs as she put her head on my chest. It wasn’t long before I heard her breathing slow down.
I closed my eyes and thanked God for this beautiful gift wrapped in my arms. As I listened to her breathing, I thought about tomorrow and how I couldn’t wait to introduce her to Jen and Kate. I knew they would love Whitley just as much as I did.
As I drifted off into sleep, I started to dream. All I could see was the sun setting, and someone walking toward me in a beautiful white dress. Just as she got close enough for me to see who she was, her face was blurred, and I heard Mike’s voice.
Go to her, Layton. She needs your help. She needs you to save her.
I woke up with a jerk and felt sweat dripping off my body.
What in the fuck? What was he talking about? Who needed my help? Was he saying someone needed to be saved?
I looked down at Whitley. She was sleeping so peacefully. I knew Mike couldn’t have been talking about Whitley. She would always be safe in my arms. She’d never have to worry about that asshole again.
I gently kissed her forehead. “You’re safe now, baby. I’ll always keep you safe. ”
Chapter Nineteen: Whitley
I made myself a cup of hot tea and sat on Layton’s back porch, which was probably bigger than my living room. The cool breeze on my face actually made me chilly.
I closed my eyes and thought about last night when I’d heard Layton whispering about keeping me safe. My heart swelled up with so much love that I could hardly stand it. I’d wanted to let him know so badly that I had been awake, but at the same time, I had been so damn sore. I didn’t think we could possibly have any more sex.
I looked up to see Courtney walking up from the barn. I’d been wondering where she had gone off to this morning.
She smiled at me as she got closer. Her eyes looked so empty and sad. I was so pissed-off at Reed for the things he’d said about her, but Layton had said Reed was so jealous from the idea of Mitch asking Courtney out that he’d just snapped and started talking shit about her, hoping to throw Mitch off. It didn’t matter. The things he’d said were terrible and mean-spirited. I’d never seen Court cry as much as she had last night. I hadn’t really realized how much she liked Reed.
“Hey, sleepyhead,” Courtney said with a fake-ass smile.
“Hey, yourself. Where were you?” I gave her a wink and a grin.
Her smile grew just a little bigger. “Mitch saw me out walking this morning and invited me to ride along with him as he checked on the fence in some pasture or something. ” She shrugged.
She sat down next to me, and I bumped my shoulder against hers.
“Oh yeah? How did this ride go?” I wiggled my eyebrows up and down.
Courtney turned away and looked back toward the barn. I watched as the blush swept over her cheeks when Mitch walked out of the barn and waved to her. I looked between the both of them.
“Holy shit, Court. Did something happen between the two of you?”
Courtney snapped her head over and just glared at me. “What do you mean, Whit? Like, did I have sex with him? Contrary to what Reed might think, I’m not actually a whore. ”
My mouth dropped open, and I sat up a little. “Holy shit, Court. I wasn’t thinking that you’d slept with him. I was thinking more along the lines of maybe kissing him!”
She looked back toward Mitch as he jumped into his truck and took off down the road, pulling a trailer with two round bales of hay on it.
She smiled as she let out a giggle. “Oh. My. God. ” She looked back at me and shook her head. “I’ve never in my life been kissed so passionately. It was like he couldn’t get enough of me. God, Whit…I swear if he had told me to strip down and let him make love to me out in the open, I would have done it!”
I let out a laugh. “You’ve either just read a really good book, or you’ve gone too long without sex. ”
/> She laughed. “I think it’s a little bit of both. But honestly, he’s such a gentleman. He never brought up what that fucker, Reed, had said last night. Mitch asked me about my job, how long I’ve been in love with reading, and how much I knew about horses. It was all about me. I didn’t have to hear about how he was master of the plant world and the king of two-stepping. He truly wanted to get to know me. It was amazing. He even told me he would read a book if I gave him one. ”