Chapter 23
April had never done that in a barn before.
Sure, the place smelled a bit and the horses made strange noises, but none of that mattered when the sexiest man she’d ever known had been looking at her like she was about to be his last meal.
This was a fantasy she didn’t even know needed to be fulfilled.
She’d also never been this forward with a guy before. And giving a blow job without the man asking for it first? Never.
But something about Tanner called to her, inviting her to act in ways she’d never done before. Probably because he was making her feel things no other man ever had. She wanted to touch him, have her hands and mouth on him.
She also wanted him to touch her. The sensation of his mouth and tongue licking its way up her abdomen to the valley between her breasts had made her wetter than she’d been when she first came out of that freezing lake.
She had no idea why she’d launched herself into the water like that.
Something about finally knowing that Violet was safe, combined with kissing Tanner in the woods, arriving on horseback like one of the princesses in those fairy tales she used to read to Violet, and just needing to let off some steam after the last few days, made it feel like the right thing to do.
Everything about this night felt so perfect, like nothing could touch her.
Even when that guy Mason had come out of nowhere, she was more excited than scared once she knew he wasn’t one of Ned’s goons.
She trusted Tanner. Knew he would protect her.
“I want more,” she said when his breathing had slowed.
She was lying in his arms, her head resting on his chest, listening to the soothing beat of his heart.
He chuckled, pressing a kiss to the top of her head and tightening his hold on her. “Oh, don’t worry, there will be plenty more where that came from. But now, I want you in my bed. The first time I sink into you is going to be somewhere nice. At the very least warm and clean.”
“I’ll race you,” she challenged with a smile, then slipped out of his arms and quickly found her clothes. They dressed furiously, then practically ran back to his house, arriving completely out of breath and laughing so hard that her side hurt.
This man wasn’t just everything April dreamed of. He wasn’t just the prince in all the fairy tales she’d read to Violet. He was more. Better. He was real. And he was hers.
Tanner locked the door behind them, then eyed her with a look that could’ve made her clothes melt off her body.
He picked her up in a fireman’s hold, giving her the best view of his perfect ass, and carried her up the stairs, depositing her on his bed like a man on a mission.
The comforter was soft and cool to the touch.
But it was those incredibly sexy muscles flexing as he tore his clothes off that had April’s mouth-watering.
Tanner’s eyes flared when he caught her watching him. “Like what you see?”
April licked her lips appreciatively, her gaze never leaving his body.
“Stand up,” he ordered, and she instantly obeyed.
“Are you still with me?” He asked.
“Always.” She was already breathless again.
“But first…” She stepped around him and reached for his dresser where he’d left his cowboy hat.
His eyes darkened with lust as he watched her put it on slowly, seductively, until she couldn’t help but let out a giggle.
She’d never felt more ridiculous or sexy in her life.
“What do you think?” She asked, wanting to savor the way he was looking at her right now.
“I’m thinking you better know what it means when you put on a cowboy’s hat.”
April nibbled her bottom lip. She had no idea, but judging by Tanner’s reaction, she could probably guess. “Tell me.”
“How about I show you instead. Lift your arms.”
She set the hat on the bed behind her and he wasted no time pulling her shirt off.
Then proceeded to pull down her pants. She hadn’t put her wet undergarments back on, so she was once again completely naked in front of him.
She reached back for the hat, but this time instead of putting it on her head, she started to bring it up toward her chest to cover herself, but he held out his arm to block her.
Gently, he took the hat from her and placed it back on her head.
Then took a step back, his gaze traveling up and down her body as if he was admiring what he was about to feast on.
“You are so beautiful,” he breathed, his fingers trailing over her skin with a feather light touch, leaving tingles in their wake.
Without warning, he latched his mouth onto her right nipple, attacking it with his tongue and teeth, until she was nearly mindless, writhing beneath him. “More?” He asked, never taking his mouth from her skin. Exactly where she wanted it.
“Lots more. So much more, Tanner,” she pleaded, and he delivered, trailing kisses up her breast to the hollow of her throat and up her neck until he reached the corner of her mouth. Their eyes met and she saw pure desire written in his darkened pupils.
“You ready?” He asked, a flare of a sinister grin sneaking past all the intensity that was turning her on so much.
“I’m ready for anything you want to give me.” Holding the cowboy hat in place, she scooted back on the bed. Then propping herself up on her elbows, she opened her legs for him.
His nostrils flared as he moved to settle between them.
“You are the fantasy from every single one of my dreams, April. Get comfortable.” It was the last thing he said before diving down and attacking, yes attacking, her clit with his tongue.
How he managed to move so fast, she had no idea.
It was like the man was Superman, but - Oh.
My. God - she was about to be absolutely wrecked by what his mouth was doing down there.
Already not even two seconds in and she was going to come undone all over his face.
“Tanner,” she moaned, arching her back, the cowboy hat falling off, as the first orgasm roared through her like a freight train.
Her muscles tensed, her thighs shook, and her butt came off the blanket.
Tanner actually had to put a gentle hand on her stomach to keep her in place.
But she hardly felt it as another orgasm was already building on the heels of the first one, and then it exploded through her, stars and swirling lights encompassing her vision from the intensity of it.
Tanner kept up his ministrations just as a third orgasm slowly formed on what felt like a mountain, about to roll down a very large and steep incline. Then he slid two fingers into her core and it was like a switch was flipped.
Her orgasm came barreling through her, intense and deep, as if it was grabbing and pulling her out of her very soul.
She stayed somewhere between Heaven and Earth for what seemed like several minutes, until she finally came back down to reality.
No man had ever given her more than one orgasm, but Tanner was patient and determined, and he’d just blown her mind with three in last few minutes.
She was dead, but still craved more. “Tanner,” she sighed, breathless and more satiated than she’d ever been.
“Please,” she begged. She didn’t want him to stop.
She could keep going like this all night, but she wanted more. She wanted him.
His tongue dipped lower, tongue-fucking her into another quickly growing oblivion, and her eyes rolled back into her head.
Losing sense of everything around her, April hardly even knew where she was anymore, much less how long she’d been there, but she never wanted it to end.
It felt like she’d been asleep her whole life, and now with Tanner’s mouth, she was finally waking up.
Her body was coming alive for the first time in a long time, maybe ever.
An orgasm that seemingly came out of nowhere, ripped through her as she screamed out in pleasure and agony from the blazing intensity of it. “Tanner,” she breathed. “I need you.”
Tanner’s head came up and he looked at her from between her legs, her juices glistening on his mouth and chin. ‘Oh, you’ve got me. I’m not going anywhere.”
He was about to go right back to what he was doing, but she sat up and cupped his cheek, gently pulling him up and over her.
He moved easily, his gaze never leaving hers.
Then he kissed her mouth, hard, and she groaned from tasting herself on him.
His tongue surged into her mouth, and the mixed taste of him and her was nearly enough to make her orgasm all over again.
“Fuck me,” she breathed into his mouth. “Now.”
Tanner smiled, licking her bottom lip, then propped her head up on one of his pillows. “With great pleasure,” he said, already aligning himself with her. “Shit, I don’t have a condom. I didn’t want to assume anything. We can wait, April. We don’t have to -”
She placed a finger over his mouth, loving how caring he was, but wanting nothing more than to feel him inside her. She was on birth control and she hadn’t been with anyone in years. “I’m clean. Are you?” She asked.
“Yes, I swear. It’s been a while for me. You?”
“Definitely a while. And I’m on birth control to help regulate my cycle.” Then, not wanting to wait any longer, she hitched her hips up, brushing her sensitive clit against the tip of his cock. “Are you going to make me do all the work?” She grinned, loving how his eyes widened at her tease.
On her next breath, he penetrated her with one long thrust, going in to the hilt.
“Oh shit,” he groaned, shifting his weight to hover over her on his hands and knees. “April, fuck you’re tight.”