Rough and Rugged: A Meet Me In Milwaukee Charity Anthology

Chapter Five

Draven

Ilook down at the woman in my arms and know in my heart that she’s mine. I don’t want her to think of this as a one-time hookup. I can’t let her believe that. “Cass, are you busy this weekend?”

“Not really, I just have to do a few errands tomorrow, but that’s it. Why?” she asks, looking up at me through long lashes.

“Well, I want to spend it with you. I want to get to know you.”

“How far is your cabin from town?” she asks, the wheels in her head turning.

“Without delays, 30 to 45 minutes. What are you thinking in that beautiful head of yours?” I ask as I move her soft hair from her face.

“I was just wondering how this would work,” her eyes looking at me nervously. She thinks I’m going to reject her now. How could I ever do that? My heart is already hers. I want to spend every free moment I have with this beautiful woman.

“We’ll make it work. This may seem fast, Cassidy, but I’ve been falling in love with you with every letter you’ve sent. My heart is yours, and I want to be your partner in all things.”

“How about staying with me this weekend and the rest we’ll figure out as we move forward? How does that sound?” She caresses my face as she looks into my eyes. The happiness and love I see there fill me so completely.

“That I like a lot. So, Cassidy Danning, tell me more about the goddess I have in my arms,” I smirk as my hands caress her body.

“Hmmm. I’m an only child, and both my parents are deceased. My mother died in a car accident when I was a small child and my father not too long ago. I love being a teacher, it fills my heart with joy, but one day I hope not to have to work so that I can be a mother full time. This may seem crazy…” she begins but pauses, shyness filling her eyes.

“What, beautiful?” I smile before leaning over to kiss her on the nose. I hold her close as I nuzzle her cheek tenderly.

“Well, I’ve always had this dream. I want to live in the mountains with my husband and children and live off the land. I want to raise my children to love the blessings the earth gives us and to take care of it.”

I look at Cassidy in surprise. That’s my heart’s desire. My cabin is in the mountains, and I’ve such dreams for it. It’s where I want to live with my wife and children. Close enough to town but far enough away at the same time. “That is my dream, as well. It goes hand in hand with why I became a Forest Ranger.” I lean down and capture her lips, unable to contain myself.

Breaking the kiss, she reaches up and caresses my lips with a finger before she looks into my eyes. “We just met, Draven. Do you think we can make this work?”

“I do. It doesn’t feel like we just met. It feels like we’ve been getting to know each other in our letters. What I do know is that you’re smart, kind, and have a heart so beautiful it makes you glow with an inner radiance that I want to bask in. I want you in my life.”

“Exclusively?” she asks with a hopeful smile.

I hear myself growl, like an actual growl, before I answer, “You’re mine, beautiful. I don’t share.”

She smiles with a shiver before whispering, “Now that was hot, Ranger Michaels.”

“Oh yeah?”

“Definitely.”

“Good thing because I’m not nearly done with you yet,” I growl out as I kiss and roll her over so that she is underneath me. Her body is so responsive, and I know that no matter how often I have her, it will never be enough.

Cassidy

Draven kisses me slowly, savoring it. His lips are incredibly soft as they gently suck at mine. The tip of his tongue runs over my bottom lip, and I open my mouth in invitation. He takes it as I hope he would and sweeps inside. My wet core clenches in response to his passionate kiss. My breasts swell, and my nipples harden and pulse. My body wants everything this man is offering.

He nips at my lips, pulling the lower one between his teeth to suck at it and stroke it softly with his tongue. He repeats it with my upper lip and then delves in again, tasting me deeply. I play with him, touching his tongue with mine, stroking boldly.

He moves his hands over my body, his fingers leaving a trail of heat along my skin. I feel out of control. I’m one big ball of need. I’ve never been this way before, and it excites me. I moan deeply as Draven draws back, ending the devastating kiss, hovering over my mouth, so we share breaths for a moment or two. I’m shaking with need and hold onto him tightly as I look into his eyes and see the same need and love that reflect back at him.

His body lays on top of mine, crushing my breasts into his warm chest as if he can’t bear to be separated. Every part of me feels heated as he captures my lips in another kiss. It’s long, slow, and deep.

Draven loves my body with his eyes, fingers, mouth, and tongue, tasting and savoring every inch of skin. He lingers over my breasts, his tongue both rough and soft, and I arch my back, moaning at the sensations moving through me. As his fingers trail over every inch of my body, they explore every curve, every crevice. “So beautiful,” he murmurs against my hip.

Moving back up my body, he leans on his arms on either side of my head. Looking deep into my eyes once again, he fills me with a firm thrust. My walls grip his cock tightly as I feel full and joined to this man in every way.

Draven pauses, giving me a moment to get used to him. I look back at him, my hands on his strong shoulders, holding him to me. His gorgeous eyes are filled with a depth of emotion that I don’t expect as time seems to stand still for us. He places my hand on his heart as our fingers intertwine. “Mine.”

Nodding, I answer, “Yours, only yours.” Cupping his face, I lose myself in his eyes as I hope my eyes convey everything I can’t put into words. Kissing him tenderly, I smile against his lips.

I gasp as he begins to move, sliding out and then pressing back in. I lift my hips in time with him, taking him in deeper and writhing under him as he relentlessly drives me higher. I moan and gasp as his thrusts grow faster and more determined, drawing out every bit of pleasure.

My eyes close as I become lost to the sounds and feelings of pleasure that our bodies make. Before I realize what is happening, I’m climaxing again. This time is even harder and so much more powerful I cry out his name as my body comes apart under him.

Draven closes his eyes and drops his mouth to mine. He kisses me with an intensity I knew was for me and only me. His body grows rigid as he drives into me a few more times before he comes, my name on his lips. Heat pours off his body, and sweat covers both of us. He doesn’t move for several minutes, but when he finally lifts his head from my neck and strokes my hair, his eyes roam my face as he tells me, “I love you, Cassidy. As crazy as that sounds, it’s the truth.” He is completely open, exposed, and unprotected. He is mine.

I raise my head and kiss him, tracing my tongue over his lips. He kisses me back, opening his mouth and letting me inside. We continue kissing each other for several long moments before he pulls away from me and curls up behind me, tucking me in close and wrapping a heavy arm over my middle.

“Thank you,” I told him softly. He runs his cheek up and down my neck, placing tender, soft kisses there. I move even closer to him unashamed. I hide nothing from him as I touch his arm, running my fingers over his skin. “I,” I take a deep calming breath and start again, “I think I’m, geez, this sounds so crazy to admit out loud, but I think I’m in love with you, too. I’m scared, though. I can’t have my heart broken.”

I put my hand over his and felt his breath behind my ear as he pressed those beautiful lips against my flesh. “Cassidy, I don’t do this. I usually don’t talk to women. I get nervous but I don’t feel that way with you. What I feel instead is so much more. This could never be just a fling to me. This is me telling you that you own my heart.”

I turn around in his arms and look deep into his eyes, trying to find any deceptions. Instead, I find love and adoration. My hands reach up and cup his face tenderly as I say against his lips, “I may own your heart, but you own mine in return. I love you, Draven Michaels.” I kiss his lips before tucking my head under his chin, my arms and legs wrapped around his body.

“I love you right back, Cassidy Danning. I’m going to prove it to you every day from now until forever.” His body’s warmth and gentle touches are lulling me off to sleep. I feel my eyelids growing heavier with each breath until I fall asleep knowing that I am totally and completely protected and cherished.