52. Cole
COLE
“A dude ranch? What the hell is up with that?” I asked James.
He handed me his phone, which showed a website for a luxury resort in Jackson.Silver River Ranch, it read.
“It looks like a Ritz, not a ranch,” I said.
“It is a ranch, though. We’re going horseback riding. And fly-fishing. And we’ll eat big steaks in front of a roaring fire.” James looked excited.
“I don’t know how to fly fish. Don’t you have to wear big, ugly rubber boots?”
“Yep—they’re called waders.” James grinned. “And I don’t know how to fly fish, either. So we can look like asses together.”
I scrubbed a hand across my face. “Sounds like a plan.”
Once we landed, my phone pinged with a text from my father.
Ramos is still being difficult.
These are not the results I’m looking for.
I’ll take care of it.
Sighing, I turned my phone off. There was nothing I could do for my father at the moment. Ramos was being difficult, it was true. He’d asked me, in no uncertain terms, to pay him off. I wasn’t going to do that. If something happened with the property and it ever came out that our approvals were shady, we’d be liable. That wasn’t going to happen. I wasn’t sure how to handle the situation, but I vowed to deal with it while we were on the trip. I’d figure out a way to make my father happy. Then, when Jenny and I returned to Boston, I could talk to him about my plans for the future.
Which centered around her .
Jenny and Audrey had been thick as thieves with their bridal magazines for the entire flight. I was relieved when we landed, and Jenny finally looked my way. “Hey there.” She gave me a warm smile that made my skin flush.
“Hey, yourself.”
“Can you believe we’re going to a dude ranch ?” Jenny asked. “I don’t even really know what that is. Audrey said we might lasso a cow or something!”
“I’d pay good money to see you do that,” I said. I palmed Jenny’s lower back, feeling the familiar heat kick up between us.
She winked at me. “I might get real good with a lasso,” she teased.
“Sounds great, babe.” I kissed her cheek and hugged her curves against me, feeling like everything was better. That’s because everything was better when I was next to her.
A private SUV was waiting at the airport. We drove for thirty minutes through the flat plains of Wyoming, surrounded by majestic mountains. There was snow on some of the peaks. “I’ve never been out West before,” Jenny said, clutching my hand. “It’s different, huh?”
“So different.” Wyoming was a land of juxtapositions: the flat lands, the jagged mountain peaks, the dry grasses, and the green hills. The limitless sky stretched above it all, silently overseeing the vast, rolling landscape.
The driver turned off the highway and headed down a long, single-lane road that crept up into the hills. “This is it,” James said, pointing to the crest of a nearby mountain. “The ranch is up here.”
The drive crested the hill, and we finally saw the resort.
“Holy cow,” Jenny said, deadpan. “Look at this place!”
I’d traveled all over the world, but even my jaw dropped. The “ranch” was an enormous stone building that jetted toward the sky. The resort was nestled on the mountainside, commanding a view of the valley below. I glimpsed an infinity pool at the front, lined with chairs, perfect for the incredible view.
I threw my arm on Jenny’s shoulder. “James, this looks amazing. And you know I’m not easy to impress.”
“Oh, I know, all right.” James nodded at me. “Glad you approve, Your Highness.”
Rough-hewn wood surrounded the entrance. The resort’s colors were natural, fitting in perfectly with the landscape. The floor-to-ceiling windows bordering the front of the property stretched up toward the sky.
“Ho, my frickin’ God, is that a buffalo? “Jenny leaned over me to stare out the window at a paddock adjacent to the resort. Several buffalo roamed around, eating grass and contemplating the mountains.
“It is!” she cried. “Oh my gosh—can we pet them?”
James scratched his head. “I don’t know that wild buffalo are pet-able. But we are absolutely going on a wildlife adventure to see them in their natural habitat,” he said. “There are all sorts of animals around here, Jenny. That’s one of the reasons Audrey chose this place. She knows how much you love that stuff.”
Audrey nudged her friend. “We’re going to go horseback riding, and I think there’s lots of wildlife out here. Not that I’ve ever been horseback riding. Or seen wildlife.”
“Me neither,” Jenny said breathlessly. Her eyes were wide with excitement. “But there’s a first time for everything, and I’m here for it.”
“Me too.” Audrey hugged her, and then she turned to James. “I’m so lucky my fiancé wanted to do something nice like this. Thank you, James.”
James’s eyes got wide with emotion as he pulled Audrey against him. “It’s my pleasure, babe.”
Jenny and I gave them some space. We entertained ourselves by looking at the buffalo, who were giant and serene. “I think I might be in love with them,” Jenny sighed happily. “They are so cute.”
“You’re cute,” I told her, kissing the tip of her nose.
The driver pulled up front, and James climbed out, holding his hand for Audrey. “Let’s check-in and then meet by the pool, okay?”
“Sounds great,” I agreed.
The interior of the resort was just as spectacular. As expected, the windows let in a ton of natural light, and the view was breathtaking. There were no other buildings around for miles. Only fields, valleys, and mountains stretched out before us. The resort exuded a quiet, luxurious peace.
An enormous stone fireplace commanded the lobby’s center, its flames adding coziness and warmth. I smiled as Jenny oohed and aahed her way through the space. It indeed was incredible. “This has a wow factor, huh?” Jenny asked as she gazed around, her eyes huge in her face. “I’ve never seen a hotel like this before. I didn’t even know something like this could exist. It’s amazing.”
“We should go check out our room.” I waggled my eyebrows. “I bet it’s pretty spectacular, too.”
Jenny nudged me. “Oh, I know it is, big boy. Five stars all the way.”
With smiles on our faces, we parted ways with James and Audrey and headed to our private retreat. The suite was enormous, with its own gas fireplace, living room, and private walk-out patio facing the epic view.
Jenny stood at the windows, looking at the mountains and the valley below. “Coley, I gotta say—this is the most amazing place I’ve ever been in my whole life.”
I came up behind her, wrapping my arms around her and nuzzling my face against her curls. I inhaled her coconut-y scent, my favorite smell in the world. “I agree, babe. I agree.” I grinned wickedly. “Now… What would make it even better?”
She turned and gave me a knowing smile.
And then I led her to the bed.
I stripped Jenny out of her clothes slowly, methodically. Our gazes stayed locked. With the sunlight pouring in, Jenny’s naked skin became luminous. After spending the best twenty-four hours of my life with her, I knew the truth. Jenny was my angel, my savior. I’d never felt like my days had much meaning outside of making money and crushing my competitors in business. But with Jenny, I was reborn.
I crushed my lips against her, tongues lashing. Jenny undid my shirt, running her hands along the muscles of my chest once it was bare. I tore the rest of my clothes off, anxious to be against her skin to skin. That feeling—it was luxurious, heavenly. There was nothing better than being wrapped in her embrace. It was the most natural thing in the world, being with her like that, the sunlight spilling across the bed.
I worshipfully trailed my kisses lower, over her neck, shoulders, and collarbone, until I got to her unbelievable breasts. They were round and firm, perfect. I suckled her nipples, and Jenny cried out beneath me, awash in pleasure. I positioned my rock-hard cock against her wet slit, sliding against the moisture, creating a heated frenzy that drove me wild. Jenny reached down and pressed me against her, grinding against my cock. Her slick heat enveloped me as she squeezed the lush crown, pulsating it against her throbbing clit.
“Fuck, babe.” I thrust against her. Devouring her luscious breasts was making me crazy. In a frenzy, my hungry kisses trailed lower across her abdomen. I hated to lose the feeling of her hands on me, my cock buried in her slit, but I had other needs to attend to. Jenny’s needs. I wanted to make her come harder than she ever had in her whole life. I wanted to give her what no other man could, so she would never even dream of leaving me again.
“Spread your legs,” I commanded. Jenny did as she was told. Her hands were in my hair, my shoulders, everywhere all at once. I tongued her slit, and she cried out, which was all the encouragement I needed. I stuck my palms underneath her ass cheeks and lifted her sex before me, all the better to savage her with my mouth. I nipped at her clit and tongued her sex, darting over the soft, wet folds again and again. Jenny started whimpering. She bucked against my mouth.
“You’re so wet for me, babe.” I sucked on her clit, then pulled back and blew on it.
“Ah!” Jenny’s whole body was thrumming, vibrating with the energy from the orgasm building inside her. I lapped at her slit relentlessly, bringing her to the edge again and again, then pulling back.
“Babe,” she moaned. “ Babe .”
Her muscles tensed as I delved in again. I started a pattern, lapping at her slit and then sucking on her clit. I did it again and again until she was rigid, crying out, begging to come. “Almost, babe. But not yet,” I commanded.
I wickedly licked her from the tight bud of her ass to her clit again and again; her whole body was shaking with pleasure, trembling with the need to come.
I buried my face against her sex again, tongue lashing.
“Cole.” Jenny’s voice trembled, and her whole body shook. She was right on the edge—the precipice.
I latched my mouth onto her clit and sucked her hard.
“Ah!” Jenny cried out again as she came in a torrent. She squirted in my face, crying and babbling above me, sounding as though she were in tears. “Cole. Cole !” She came again, squirting, while she hollered my name. She was out of her mind, bucking against my face as the orgasms rocked through her.
Yes. I’d never made Jenny come that hard before, but now I knew I could. She was fucking mine .
“Holy shit! Holy shit!” Jenny was panting and spasming, but I took no pity on her. Instead, I flipped her over so she was on her stomach, and then I pulled her knees back so her face was against the mattress and her ass was in the air.
And then I entered her from behind.
“Fuck yeah.” I drove hard, slamming into her wet heat. My orgasm built inside of me, powerful and a little scary. I thrust into her harder, searching for the spot deep inside. When I stroked it, we both cried out. Jenny backed up against me so that my balls slapped against her as I savagely thrust. She reached back and cupped them, applying pressure that drove me wild.
“Give it to me,” she panted. “Give it all to me.”
Fuck. Yes.
I slapped her on the ass as I drove home. I felt like I was climbing higher and higher as the pressure built inside me. Jenny squeezed my balls, and I spanked her again. My cock was buried deep inside of her, so deep.
“Oh fuck, Cole! What’re you doing to me?” She bucked against me, grinding, and her pussy spasmed, gripping me, milking me.
It was all over. There was only one thing to do.
My thrusts got more urgent. I saw white. I couldn’t have stopped if I had tried—and then, all at once, Jenny and I were coming at the same time. We soared together, high above. The feeling of flying and being so free together was glorious. Everything stopped. We melded together—our bodies, pleasure, and souls—into oneness.
I don’t know how long it took to come back to earth, but when I did, I collapsed next to her.
She opened one eye and looked at me. “You’re sure something, you know that?”
“You’re sure something.” I tried to wink at her, but I was too tired. “I love you, Jenny.” I’d never meant something so much in all my life. I meant it with my whole heart. Jenny was the thing I’d been missing, the person I’d been searching for.
“I love you, too.”
With that, we both fell into a sound sleep, wrapped in each other’s arms, in the warm sunlight of the Wyoming afternoon.