Chapter 28
Blake laid out the blanket on a patch of grass behind the farmhouse overlooking the crop fields. I had put Maple in her bed and followed him out here, the peace and quiet settling over me, calming after such a full-on day.
We got down onto the blanket and looked up at the sky.
‘It would be a shame to miss the opening of the pick-your-own season,’ Blake suddenly said, turning to look at me. ‘After I’m helping to get the farm ready.’
I met his eyes and smiled, my heart lifting at the thought of him staying just a bit longer. ‘It would,’ I agreed.
‘Are you really okay after saying goodbye to Henry?’ he asked softly.
‘Yes,’ I replied to Blake’s question without hesitation.
‘I never loved him. And I’m relieved that I’ve closed that chapter.
I’ve been scared of being alone for a long time but I know now that’s better than feeling lonely in my relationship.
I thought I’d found a family but I hadn’t. I didn’t belong with them.’
‘I’m so happy to hear you say that,’ Blake said. He leaned forward, gently kissing my lips. When he slightly pulled back, his eyes were dark and smouldering. I realised just how close we were. Out here all alone on the farm. The only things that could see us were the stars.
I smiled and he found my lips again. He let go of my hand and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into his chest and I wrapped mine around his neck, eagerly kissing him back.
From the first moment our lips touched, I’d wanted to kiss him more but there was the block of Henry and of Sarah between us.
Now, we kissed freely and with abandon. I wasn’t sure I had ever enjoyed kissing a man so much before.
Blake was a mixture of gentle and passionate and our bodies curved against each other like they had always meant to be together.
Blake’s hands moved into my hair then as our kiss turned electric. He pulled back, his eyes searching mine. ‘I don’t think I’ve ever wanted a woman as much as I want you.’ Then he shook his head. ‘I’m never this honest, this open…’
‘Nor am I,’ I whispered. I didn’t want to hold back with Blake like I had with men so many times.
‘You’re gorgeous, inside and out,’ Blake said then.
Those words lit a fire within me. I climbed up onto him, my legs draping either side of his waist. Blake sucked in a gasped breath as he looked up at me.
I reached for my dress and pulled it off, leaving myself just in my underwear.
‘I want you too.’ His honesty was arousing and gave me the confidence to be honest right back.
Blake stared at me like he couldn’t believe his luck. ‘I wasn’t expecting that,’ he said with a gruff chuckle. He reached up, resting his hands on my waist, warm and strong. ‘You’re full of surprises, Daisy.’
‘I told you, I’m feeling more like myself than I have felt in a long time.’ I was once playful and passionate and right now, I wanted to be both with Blake. ‘It’s a warm night; maybe you should join me by taking some clothes off?’
Blake grinned, flashing his dimples. ‘My turn to surprise you.’ He suddenly rolled me over onto my back, making me squeal.
Then he sat up and pulled his polo shirt off, revealing that toned, sun-kissed chest again.
This time, I didn’t want to hide that I was looking at it.
I wanted him to see that I was. His eyes darkened further at my heated gaze. He leaned back down and kissed me hard.
This time, we went straight into a hungry, desperate kiss, his hands in my hair, mine clutching his bare back.
Blake lifted off me a little bit and slid a hand from my hair down my cheek then he cupped my chin, raising it gently so I looked into his eyes.
‘Can I touch you, gorgeous?’ he whispered huskily, sending a delicious shiver down my spine.
I nodded desperately and was rewarded with another sexy smile. He touched my lips with his fingertips then carried on sliding them down my neck. He leaned down and kissed me under my hair, making me shiver again.
‘Hmm, do you like that?’
‘Yes,’ I gasped.
Blake kissed me again. Then he trailed his fingertips down to my collarbone and across my chest before he gently brushed the tops of my breasts peeking out of my bra. He moved across and did the same the other side, leaving goosebumps on my skin.
My breathing had become shallow now. But it wasn’t from panic. I felt his touch everywhere. And I wanted more.
‘Can I take your bra off?’ he whispered.
‘Yes,’ I breathed out as he reached behind me and undid the clasp. I lifted up from the blanket as he pulled my bra off and tossed it on the grass. Then he carried on gently touching me with his fingertips, teasing my nipples. I writhed beneath him, arching my back, wanting him to be less gentle.
‘Are you feeling impatient?’ Blake asked with a raised eyebrow.
‘I want more,’ I confessed breathlessly.
‘I need to take my time, Daisy. I plan on making this last as long as possible.’ He moved his fingertips across my breasts again, smiling at the little gasps I made.
He leaned down and kissed me softly in between them, then on both breasts around my nipples, making me arch my back.
Until finally, he put his mouth over a nipple and drew it inside, sucking on it gently.
His eyes stayed locked on mine as he sucked harder and I let out a little moan.
He moved to the other side and closed his eyes, cupping my breast with his hand as he sucked on the other nipple, hardening it instantly.
When he lifted off me, I knew my eyes were as dark as his were.
He carried on with his touch, moving across my stomach and then down towards my underwear. ‘How do you feel about getting naked?’ Blake whispered as his fingers moved underneath the elastic.
‘Yes,’ was all I could gasp out. He grinned, definitely enjoying making me squirm.
I exhaled shakily as he slipped his fingertips under my underwear and gently pulled my knickers down my thighs and legs, before tossing them aside.
Then he let himself look at me, his eyes taking in my body from head to toe.
I watched his gaze, feeling heated as he drank me in greedily as if I was the best thing he had ever looked at.
‘God, Daisy, do you have any idea how sexy you are? So unbelievingly hot. I can’t take my eyes off of you,’ he said gruffly but with such passion, I had to believe that was what he really did think of me.
‘Blake, you’re driving me crazy,’ I admitted, my body tingling with wanting him to touch me more. I squirmed on the blanket again, wishing he would speed up just a little bit.
He stroked down my leg, lingering on my inner thigh as I trembled again.
He stroked down one leg and then the other.
‘So soft,’ he whispered before he moved one hand back up my leg, moving so slowly, I was practically panting with want when he reached my inner thigh again. ‘Do you want me touch you, Daisy?’
‘Please,’ I almost begged him now. Blake’s touch was exactly what I both wanted and needed.
‘Good girl,’ Blake said, placing one hand on my stomach and then with the other, he gently stroked me, watching my reaction as he hovered above me on the blanket. I gasped when he found the exact spot where I ached for his touch. He was soft and gentle to start and then he applied more pressure.
I let out a moan, biting my lip self-consciously.
‘Don’t ever stop yourself from enjoying this,’ Blake said.
I let go of my lip and our eyes locked.
‘Hmm,’ he encouraged me. ‘Is this okay?’
I nodded but when he raised an eyebrow, I knew he wanted more. Needed more. ‘Yes, just like that,’ I whispered as he touched me. My right hand clutched the blanket as he hit the right spot over and over again, causing heat to pool in the pit of my stomach as I moaned my appreciation.
‘Are you close?’ he asked me then. I could only nod. He bent his head down and I gasped when his mouth found me. His tongue took over from his fingertips as they slid inside me instead.
‘Oh my God,’ I breathed as I reached out and ran my hand through his hair between my legs.
‘Blake,’ I cried, feeling free to enjoy this as much as possible.
I basked in his attention. Pleasure rolled over me and pulled me under like the best possible wave.
My muscles tightened everywhere while I lost all control.
‘I’m going to…’ and then I cried out as I hit my peak, letting out a loud moan that echoed around the dark, still farm.
Collapsing back on the blanket, my body throbbed with aftershocks of delight.
Blake leaned down to kiss me gently on the lips, stroking back my hair that had gone wild from my wriggling under him. ‘Was that okay, gorgeous?’ he asked.
I stared at him in wonder. ‘Okay? Jesus, Blake, I don’t think I’ve ever come like that,’ I choked out breathlessly, still a bit dazed by how he had treated my body.
I tried to think about a night like that with Henry, searching for a memory just as electric as that had just been with Henry but I came up blank.
We’d never had that kind of passion. He’d never been as tender or as focused as Blake had been on me, like we were the only two people in the world. Just us.
I’d never been as focused before either. My mind had always wandered. I had still worried, still been anxious, not fully relaxed. I hadn’t been swept up or carried away, but Blake had taken me completely out of myself in the best possible way.
I leaned in and gave him a long and lingering kiss. When I leaned back, he was the one who was breathless. I smiled. ‘Can I touch you now?’ I asked, raising an eyebrow playfully.
‘I might die if you don’t,’ he replied huskily.
I reached for the buttons of his shorts, feeling how turned on he was by what had just happened, which made me feel eager to make him feel as good as he’d made me feel.
Blake pulled me to him and we kissed again, our tongues crashing together as the passion just kept on burning.
I reached down to stroke him through his boxers, making him gasp this time.
‘Should we…?’ I trailed off, unsure what he wanted.
‘We have plenty of time,’ Blake replied. ‘I don’t have a condom out here and right now, I don’t want you to stop for me to go and get one.’
I pulled his boxers down and added them to the pile of my underwear.
My body buzzed at him saying we had plenty of time.
That this wasn’t a one-moment thing. That he wanted more like I did.
I touched him and thought about how good it would feel for him to be inside me.
Then I slid down in between his legs, making his breath hitch in anticipation.
I smiled as Blake moaned out my name as my mouth took over from my hand and I realised I’d never enjoyed doing this as much as I was right now.