Epilogue
“ Quiet,” I whisper as I link my fingers through Dixie’s and pull her out of the house.
“Tripp, where are we going,” her voice is panicked as we walk down the stairs “the wedding starts in half an hour,”
“Then we better be quick,” I throw her a flirtatious wink and her cheeks turn pink as we walk towards the stables.
“I promised I would fuck you here when I could, and well…” I trail off, spinning her into my arms and placing a kiss on her soft lips.
“Oh god,” she whispers, arms locked around my neck as my lips trail down her jaw and dust over her collarbone, fuck I loved kissing her there.
“Wait,” she pushes softly on my chest.
“What is it?”
“The horses… it’s empty right,”
“Completely,”
“Good,” she moans against my mouth as I lead her towards the back, pressing her against the cool wall.
“This has played out in my head so much,” I admit, my fingers fumbling with the button of my suit pants.
“Well, now you get to show me just how it played out,” she smirks as her hands wrap around my cock, slow and teasing pumps as she strokes me up and down.
“Dix,” her name vibrates in my throat, dripping off my tongue.
“Tripp,” her voice soft as she blinks at me all innocent.
“You’re such a tease,” and she kisses me, my greedy hands grabbing the skin on her thigh, hoisting her pretty dress around her waist and my fingers slip into the side of her panties.
“So wet,” I nip at her jaw
My cock pulses in her small hands and I am desperate to be inside of her.
Lifting her leg up and over my hip, my fingers slide deeper as I rub against her g-spot.
“Yes, please,” she begs, her pussy rubbing against the palm of my hand.
“Tell me how much you want me? How much you need my cock, little dream…”
“I need you,” she whines, my fingers still fucking her, bringing her closer to her orgasm.
“How much” I taunt, a teasing grin on my lips.
“Like the air I breathe,” she whimpers on a breath, and she makes me feral.
“Fuck,” I groan as my eyes cast down and I slip my fingers from her cunt.
“I am going to fuck you hard and fast baby, then tonight, I will spend the evening loving every inch of you Dixie Walker,” I pant as I edge the thick head of my cock in her soaked pussy.
“You know I love you right?” I whisper, my eyes lifting to hers and she nods.
“Well remember that, because I am about to fuck you like I hate every part of you,” I grind my teeth as I roll my hips, my cock slipping into her cunt and fuck she feels like a dream.
“Oh my god,” she moans, her fingers digging into my shoulders through my suit jacket as my cock slips out to the tip then pounding back into her.
“I want your orgasm baby, I want your pussy coming all over my cock,” I rasp, and I feel the familiar build of my own orgasm growing as I fuck her hard.
Stroke after punishing stroke, she takes me deep, sucking me in further with each pound.
“Come baby, I can feel it, I can feel you tightening.”
And that’s all it takes to push her over the edge, coating my cock in her wetness as my own orgasm spills from me, filling her full.
We’re panting and I lower her leg gently down, pulling her panties over and covering her cum filled pussy.
“I love you, Dixie,” I plant a soft kiss on her lips as she smiles at me, eyes all hazy but twinkling with her post orgasm high.
“I love you more, Tripp.”
I kiss her again.
“I want to spend every moment here, in this moment but…”
“But we have a wedding to attend,” she pushes me away softly in the chest.
“We do,” I nod, doing my pants back up and tucking my shirt into the waistband.
“Come on baby, let’s go and watch them get married,”
I lead her back towards the house and where the wedding party is waiting, she disappears into the bedroom upstairs and I walk into the kitchen where Riggs, Austin, Pacey and Buck wait with huge smiles on their faces.
“Where did you sneak off to?” Riggs chuckles as he swallows a mouthful of whiskey.
“Seeing through on a promise,”
“Oh yeah?” his brows raise,
“Yeah,” and my mind takes me back to just moments ago.
I was besotted with her.
“Dada,” Lainey coos as I sweep her up, holding her on my hip before I stand next to Dixie, fingers dusting across her delicate bump as I place a soft kiss on her lips.
“You look beautiful,” I whisper.
She is wearing a sage green bridesmaid dress, brown hair thick and in loose curls, eyes all dreamy and full of glistening stars as she waits to walk down the aisle.
“What’s that?” Sunny’s brows furrow as she plucks a strand of straw from her hair and discards it to the floor.
Buck walks towards us and gives us a nod just as wild love - james bay begins to play and we watch as everyone stands.
Austin stands at the top of the aisle, Aspen and Riggs asked him to officiate the wedding. With Riggs and Pacey by his side, I give Dixie one last kiss.
“Fuck, I can't wait to marry you,” my heart flutters in my chest.
She gets all teary and I tilt my head.
“This will be us soon,” I whisper as I drag her hand to my lips and kiss her ring finger where a thin gold band sits with a heart diamond.
“I can't wait, just family as we marry under the blossom tree by the creek.”
“I love you,” I smile as she leans in and kisses Lainey on the top of her head.
Sunny sneaks up behind us and passes Dixie her wildflower bouquet. Moving quietly down the side of the seats, I manage to escape being watched as everyone waits with bated breath to see the bride. My mom steps up and takes Lainey from me and I give her a kiss on her cheek. She is all red eyed and I know she has been crying. My eyes glare to the two empty chairs that have feathered angel wings tied to the back.
One for Harlow. One for my Dad.
“You ready big man?” I ask Riggs as I take my place next to him, pulling on my black dickie bow.
“So fucking ready,” he smiles, “I have been waiting ten years for this moment.”
“Worth the wait then,” I chuckle, my eyes landing on Dixie as she begins her slow walk down, and just in that moment, everything around me blurs.
“Yeah.” Riggs rasps, pulling me back into the room as Dixie takes her place across from us all.
“Just need to find you a woman now, Pace,” I give him a boyish grin as I look at him over his shoulder.
“I'm enjoying it just being me at the moment,” he nods, as Sunny takes her spot next to Dixie and I catch Conrad's gaze, a wink passing between the both of us.
And then there was Aspen.
“Jesus Christ,” Riggs rasps and I hear the crack in his voice.
“Damn she looks...” I trail off.
“Fucking beautiful,” Pacey finishes my sentence.
“Yeah, she does,” Austin chimes in and me and Pacey give him a soft smile.
She's wearing an ivory gown, flowy from the hips, little laced sleeves and her golden blonde hair down in soft waves with a flowered braid and suddenly I see us all as teens again. When I look at the empty seats, I see Harlow smiling, tears rolling down her cheeks and my dad, who looks like the proudest man ever. I give a sad smile along with a knowing nod as a tear escapes and with one blink, they're gone, and I am back and about to witness one of my best friends and my brother finally get their happily ever after.
“Dearly beloved…” Austin speaks loudly and my eyes skate to where Dixie is, and that’s when realization settles, she’s always been my wildest dream, and I finally got her.
No more dreaming.
No more wishing.
She is mine.
PACEY
We incorporated the wedding with the cow branding. Call us crazy, but us Rivera's like to be different.
We branded the calves in the morning, lunched, danced and then just as the sun was about to set, we watched Aspen and Riggs get married.
The soft country voice of Dixie rolls over the field, her fingers working her guitar as she sings Riggs and Aspen's first dance song, Invisible String - Taylor Swift.
Tripp is dancing with my mom and Lainey, Conrad is dancing with Sunny and Austin is dancing with his mom, Blue.
Me? I am sitting alone on a bale of hay whilst nursing a whiskey.
I know I'll get my happily ever after, but for now, I have too much to do to save my ranch, to save all the ranches.
I haven't wanted to stress Riggs and Tripp out with the news that I have heard, but the sale of land is moving forward, along with the second biggest ranch, Cottonwheel Ranch, just outside of Lovelock Bay.
I have a meeting with Mr Wheeler at the beginning of next week and I am hoping we can work together to finally squash these suits once and for all, because it seems this runs much deeper than just Clay and his lot.
We have a much bigger problem.
Shaking my head from side to side, I drain the rest of my glass and push myself to my feet. Slightly missing my footing, a hand reaches mine.
“Careful there, sheriff,” and my eyes connect with hers.
Dirty blonde hair hidden under a cowgirl hat. Beautiful green eyes. And a smile to drag you into her soul.
“I don't think we've met,” she holds her hand out for me to shake. “I am Morgan Wheeler.”
“Pacey Rivera...” and just as our hands clasp, the ground begins to tremor before a loud bang echoes around the ranch followed by screams.
“I don't think we caused that,” her eyes widen.
I whistle, calling the cowboys and Marty. Rushing towards the stables, I grab my horse, Morgan hot on my tail as she grabs one of my boy’s horses. I kick my horse on, following the still echoing bang and it doesn't take me long to find out what caused it.
“Shit,” I groan as I look at the old back entrance of the gold mine that runs under the ranch blown, smoke coming through the ground.
“What's happened?” she whispers, just as Marty and the boys catch us up. I look at them before my eyes find hers, and I honestly could lose myself in them.
“They've started a war,” I tilt my head, before opening the rein to my horse and kicking him down the field towards Riggs and Tripp.
And I know this is going to be the biggest fight of our lives. The breeze dances around me as I gallop towards the party and I hear my dad's words echo around my head.
Live by the ranch, die by the ranch.
The End
Wildest Forever follows the story of Pacey and Morgan.
Tripp, Dixie, Lainey, Baby Rivera, Riggs, Aspen and the rest of Lovelock Bay will all return for the final instalment of The Lovelock Bay Series.