26
H eather had wondered what he was doing when he rolled her onto her side and moved her around like a rag doll, but he’d already made her feel so good, she wasn’t going to argue. Hell, he could have folded her in half and stood her in the corner, her ass in the air, and she wouldn’t complain if he wanted to make her body come alive like that again.
When he pushed inside her, despite the unfamiliar position, she found herself reaching for him, tugging him down and willing to do almost anything to get more. Her body seemed to have a mind of it’s own.
With every stroke Aaron made, driving into her then retreating, the sensations seemed to multiply. Her scalp tingled, her toes curled and somewhere, someone screamed as her whole body clamped down and the world seemed to explode.
She saw stars, then seemed to float among them. Slowly, she became aware of the world and where she was again, and found Aaron had lain down behind her, curled against her with one arm wrapped around her middle.
“There you are.” The low rumble of his voice vibrated through her whole body, sending waves of sensations she hadn’t been prepared for spiraling through her.
“Hey.” Her voice was rougher than she expected, and there was a slight ache in her throat.
“You okay?”
Heather blinked several times, trying to take stock of her body and making sure nothing was wrong, or at least more than it had been. Nope, everything seemed good. “I’m excellent.” She wasn’t ready to give up the amazing floating feeling he’d managed to give her.
“Good. Lay still and in a minute, I’ll get up and clean us up.”
“I’m in no hurry.” She let her muscles melt as she relaxed into the warmth and security of his arms around her.
A knock on the trailer door made her groan. She didn’t want to get up.
“Ignore them. They’ll go away,” Aaron said.
“You sure?”
“Yeah.”
A moment later the knock came again, harder.
“They’re not going away,” she said, still not wanting to get up. She’d have to find something to wear, and even then, she was sure there would be no doubt what they’d been doing.
“Stay here,” he said with a sigh. “I’ll take care of it.” His arm around her disappeared and she immediately wanted it back. Aaron pushed himself to his feet, then stepped out the bedroom door.
A moment later the pounding on the door resumed, and she wondered if Aaron had stopped along the way as someone shouted outside.
“I’m not going away until I see someone!” The voice was muffled but still audible.
She heard the door open, then the voice came again, clearer this time.
“Jesus. Put that thing away. Dude. Put some clothes on.”
“You can see someone, what do you want?” Aaron didn’t seem to care that he was naked.
“That sounded like something was wrong. Lurch said to make sure no one was being tortured or kidnapped.”
That screaming she’d heard, had it been her? The scratch in her throat as she swallowed told her probably.
“We’re fine. But you’re not going to come in here and see her.” Aaron’s voice brooked no argument.
“Heather, you okay?” the voice came in a little clearer, as if whoever it was had shouted that last bit.
“I’m good!” she called back, fighting back a laugh at how ridiculous all this was.
“Okay then, I’ll leave you be,” the voice said in a normal tone. “And for Christ’s sake, cover up before opening the door.”
“Don’t come pestering us if you don’t want to see it all.”
“Her I wouldn’t mind seeing, but, dude. I did not need to see your dick. I think I’m scarred for life.”
She heard the trailer door close and lay there still stifling her laughter at the whole situation when Aaron came back into the room. He’d stopped somewhere along the way because his condom was gone. He came up to the bed, gently rolled her to her back and used a wet washcloth to clean her up, then tossed the cloth aside before scooping her into his arms and shifting her over on the bed so he had more room to stretch out beside her.
“What was that all about?” she asked as he climbed onto the bed and lay down behind her.
“I didn’t take you for a screamer, at least not like that, Lynnie.” Aaron’s voice was soft, gentle as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her against him so her back rested against his chest.
Heather’s face heated, but she wasn’t about to admit that she didn’t think she’d ever made quite that much noise before, at least not during sex.
“That’s what he wanted?”
“Apparently someone thought either you could be being hurt or someone had managed to get onto the ranch and tried to take you. They sent Talon around to make sure neither had happened. They were looking out for you.”
“Why did you open the door naked?” She frowned, she still couldn’t figure that one out.
“To teach whoever was out there a lesson.”
“What if it had been one of the women?” She didn’t like the idea of him wandering around in front of any of them without his pants on for some reason. On top of that, she thought their men wouldn’t like it either.
“They wouldn’t have sent one of the women around to check on you. And a woman wouldn’t have beat on the door like that. Besides, Talon had spoken before I opened the door, remember?”
She frowned and thought back, then remembered the muffled shout that they wouldn’t go away until someone opened the door. “So, you knew it was one of them and chose to ‘scar’ him anyway?”
“Are you scarred?” The amusement in his voice was hard to miss.
“No, but I’m not one of your buddies either. Besides, I got to see you at your best.”
He laughed, letting her know he thought the whole thing was as funny as she did. “He’s not scarred, he’s just an ass. It’s not like he hadn’t seen it before. Communal showers, remember?”
“Are you sure you want me imagining all of you in the shower together?” She bit the inside of her lip as she tried to keep from laughing at how she anticipated he would react.
“You better not be thinking about anyone but me in the shower.” He almost hissed in her ear, his arm tightening around her middle.
She couldn’t help herself. She loved teasing him. “Not even you and—” She held out, not saying the last one on purpose to get a reaction from him. She didn’t have to wait long.
He growled in her ear, a low rumble that sent sparks spiraling through her previously stated body, and heat pooling low in her belly. “Watch it…” he warned.
“Me.” She couldn’t hold it back any longer and erupted into a fit of giggles, breaking loose from his hold and wiggling around to face him. “I wanted to see your face so bad on that one. But I couldn’t help it.”
“Thinking about you and me is acceptable. How big is the shower on this thing? Maybe we could try it out?”
“The shower’s not too bad in here, though it would probably be a tight fit with the two of us. That’s not what I’d be concerned about though.”
“What would you be concerned about?” Aaron asked as he tilted his head forward until his forehead touched hers.
“Hot water. The tank on this is like two or three gallons top and you have to turn it on in advance. Did we light the pilot light on that when we set up?” Now that she thought about it, she knew they hadn’t. She’d made sure the refrigerator was up and running, but she’d forgotten what Matt had said about the water heater. Had he said it had a pilot light or that it didn’t? She couldn’t recall. “It doesn’t matter. I don’t need hot water tonight. And if I do, I’ll go inside.”
To tell the truth, she hadn’t paid much attention. Maybe she’d have to call him and ask. But not tonight. No, she didn’t plan on moving more than she had to, at least for a while.
“Totally worth the wait,” she murmured as her eyes drifted closed.