I choked back the tears as Reed grabbed me and pulled me into his arms.
“Oh, baby, I’m so sorry you got scared. It was stupid of me to look under the car, and I promise not to do stupid shit like that. I don’t want you to be scared. I’m so sorry.”
Then, he started laughing.
I pulled back and looked at him. “Why are you laughing?”
“Uh…I’m not really sure.”
I put my hands on my hips and looked at Ryan, who was now in a full-out laugh.
“Miss Will, you should have seen your face. You were freaking out!” Ryan said before laughing harder.
My mouth dropped open, and I glanced back to see Mimi’s shoulders bouncing up and down. When I turned back to Reed, he was at least attempting not to laugh anymore.
I pointed to him and said, “I take back that you were Nick swoon-worthy.”
Reed’s face dropped, and I was so pleased that I wanted to hug myself.
I’d absolutely fallen more in love with Reed when I saw him reading my favorite book. I’d known why he was reading it, and nothing had touched me more, so I knew taking back his swoon moment would gut him.
“What? You can’t take that back.”
Smiling bigger, I said, “Oh, I do believe I can, and…I just did.”
“Um…” Reed said as he looked around.
I let out a small scream when Layton honked his horn as he was driving up before he parked.
“I’ll help Mr. Morris with his luggage, Mr. Moore,” Ryan said as he carefully engaged the safety before setting the gun down.
“Oh, look at her face. She’s glowing,” Mimi said as she took off toward Whitley and Layton.
When I turned back to look at Reed, I slowly smiled and walked closer to him.
“Did I really get it revoked?” he asked as he pulled me to him.
When he pressed himself against me, I felt how hard and ready he was for me.
I let out a giggle. “No, you didn’t, but don’t ever scare me like that again. Reed…I just can’t even begin to tell you what these last few weeks have meant for me. Thank you.”
He leaned down and kissed me oh-so gently and then barely pulled back from my lips. “I feel the same way, Courtney. I can never lose you now—ever. You’re mine for always.”
I swallowed hard and looked into his eyes. He had my stomach doing all kinds of crazy shit. All I wanted to do was jump into his arms and beg him to make love to me.
“You’ve been reading more, haven’t you?” I asked as I winked at him.
The crooked smile that spread across his face said it all.
“Um…excuse me, but we’re home!” Whitley said.
I spun around and faced my beautiful best friend. I let out a gasp when I saw her. She looked stunning. We both screamed as we ran into each other’s arms and hugged. I couldn’t wait to tell her everything that had happened with Reed and me.
She moved her mouth toward my ear and whispered, “I take it, you and Reed made it public? Glad to see y’all made nice with each other.”
I pulled back and smiled. “Oh hell, we made more than nice! I had fucking shower sex.”
Whitley’s hands sprang up to her mouth as she let out a small scream. Her eyes quickly looked over at Reed, who was now helping Ryan and Layton with the luggage. He had a huge smile on his face, and the next thing I knew, Layton dropped a suitcase and slapped him on the back. He brought Reed in for one of those bro hugs and then said something in his ear.
“Well, I’m going to let everyone get settled, and then I plan on throwing a big barbeque in a few weeks to celebrate your marriage,” Mimi said. Before heading to her car, she stopped and kissed each boy on the cheek, and then she turned back to look at Whit. “I’ll call you, Whitley, with the details.”
“Yes, ma’am. Talk to you soon!” Whit called back to Mimi.
Whit turned back around and hooked her arm with mine, and then we made our way toward the main barn.
She called back over her shoulder, “If you’ll excuse us, gentlemen, we need some girl time.”
I turned around, and my eyes caught Reed’s. We smiled at each other, and the way he smiled back told me he would miss me as much as I would miss him. When he winked, my heart melted, and my stomach took a nosedive.
After walking into the barn, out of earshot from everyone, Whitley pushed me onto a wooden bench. “Oh. My. God! Finally! Tell me everything,” she said as she jumped up and down and clapped her hands.
Two of the horses nickered, excited at the chance to go for a ride.
I rolled my eyes at her and tried to play it off. “Nothing really to tell. I mean, we fought some, hung out together, fought some more, went horseback riding a few times, Reed ran around some cows while he was naked, made mad, passionate love—”
Whitley held up her hands in a motion for me to stop talking. The smile on her face was making it hard for me not to smile from ear to ear.
“Okay…I’m pretty sure I don’t want to know why Reed was naked while running around cows. Although my curiosity is getting the better of me on that one, I want to hear about the mad, passionate love!” She dropped to her knees, put her elbows on my legs, and propped up her chin, ready to hear a story.
“There really isn’t much to tell,” I said with a shrug of my shoulders. Just thinking of being with Reed was causing the want between my legs to return.
“Bitch, don’t even try it. I’ve been waiting for months for this shit to happen. I want details, Lollipop—now.”
I threw my hand up to my chest and said, “You want me to kiss and tell?”
“Uh…hell yeah, I do, and the sooner, the better before my hornier-than-hell husband comes looking for me! He actually wanted to pull over and have sex in the truck on the way home.”
I covered my mouth and let out a laugh before I said, “My God, you just spent three weeks together on your honeymoon. Did y’all not have sex? Speaking of honeymoon, how was it?”
The way the blush moved across her cheeks made me so happy. I knew they both wanted a baby, so I had no doubt in my mind that a lot of babymaking had happened during those three weeks.
She put her head in my lap and let out a long sigh before looking back up at me. “Oh, Court, it was amazing. He made it so incredibly romantic the whole time. Gah! The places he made love to me were unreal. I don’t know how many times, but the things he whispered in my ear melted me on the spot.” She shook her head and smiled bigger as if she was remembering something.