Raining In My Heart (Book One of the McKay's) (34 page)

"She had good intentions, but it was hopeless from the start. I see you…and I want you, every day of my life,
Julie
.
I want to make love to you, hold you, kiss you, be with you. I want to sleep with you, tell you how much I care, how much I need you in my life.
"

This admission had
Julie
curling herself into his arms when he picked her up and carried her to a dark corner where hay lay strewn on the floor.
As he
laid
her down, he came down with her and leaned over her.

"I've missed you so," she found the courage to say.

And then he said it, in the words, she had ached to hear for so long, "I love you
Julie
, and there just aren't any half measures with you. I've tried to keep my distance. Tried to not respond to your every move. Tried not to enjoy you seducing me.
But I enjoyed every minute of it
, even though I was in misery most of the time
. I've watched you move around me, and like a stud, I wanted to rope and coral you. I marked you as mine a long time ago, and nothing has changed that.
Not other men, not this ranch, not your money, nothing. I simply want
you
.
"

Julie
pulled away, but managed to stay in his arms, as his fingers moved under her shirt to find her. "I didn't realize I loved you
Cade
until I came home. And now…I'm truly home, where I belong."

He smothered her with kisses
,
groaning as his fingers found the tips of her breast and he stoked her breast and pulled her shirt away from her.
Julie
gloried in his find, and didn't hesitate to pull the snaps of his shirt open so when he laid against her, their skin met in a warm snuggle. He took his hat off, and laid it away from them then he stared down at her, moving so the light of day bathed her in a soft glow.

"I've never met anything on earth as beautiful as you,
Julie
. Never wanted a woman more. You are the only woman in my life. The only woman I want to spend my life protecting and loving.
You were my first, and I was crazy in love with you then, but now, the beauty of it all is, it's somehow even better, knowing we've conceived a beautiful child together. And knowing that somehow through it all, we belong together.
"

His words enflamed her senses. He was making love to her with his admissions.

She squirmed
.
"I'm yours Cade, I always have been
,
"
s
he admitted.

He stopped and looked into her face. "My God…you mean…?"

"There's been no one but you, Cade
,
"
s
he whispered.

His head dipped to nuzzle her breast, and he growled
,
"I can't believe you've been mine all this time."

There was such complete gladness in his voice that seemed to break as he spoke. But
Julie
was quickly blanking out the words as sensations rocked her. His mouth covered her nipples, his teeth playing and teasing her, and then massaging her gently with the trust of his tongue until she was on fire. He didn't just suckle her, but made love to her breast with a reverence and awe
, kissing the tips of her breast and making them perk
.
Such a gentle teasing sent her into spasms of reactions. Her body seemed to meld into his, as though they were already one.

Her heart skipped, her mind smiled at coming home to the man she loved. This was where she had belonged all along, and fate, or God's grace
,
had brought them together long ago.

"I love you
,
Cade," she whispered when his hands strayed to her jeans.

He glanced up, and the smothering glow from his eyes spoke to her.

"I want you
Julie
, I need you, but more than that, I want to marry
you and make you legally mine, o
nce and for all. I don't want a fancy wedding, but I do want it quick. I don't want to waste any more time in being together. We've done enough
of that. It's time for us now, t
ime to build what we want with our lives, raise our daughter and be happy. I want to make us the family we should have been all along, and I don't want your money." His glance said it all.
"Just you…and
Kellie
."

Julie
pulled her jeans down herself, and reached for his. "The sooner we're married
,
the better
,
"
s
he murmured in his ear. "Today wouldn't be soon enough. I want to be yours.
I want to be yours, all yours
,
"
s
he whispered in his ear.

He looked down at her and smiled
.
"
You’re
my lady, and always have been.
Deep down in my heart I knew it, all along. We belong together
,
Julie
.
"

But
Cade
was a gentle lover, just as he had been so long ago. He spent the time to caress her, lave her, and send her over the top. He kissed her into a sweet submission. And like before, once was not enough.
Julie
knew she'd be here all afternoon, and all through the night, making love with this wonderful man who filled her world with happiness.

She'd come home, and now there would be no raining in his heart. She was his sunshine and at long last she knew…beyond a doubt that this was where she belonged, in Cade's arms.

Somehow they would deal with the money issues, they'd build their own place, and they'd spend the rest of their lives giving to the disabled children, to
their own children
, to the ranch itself.
And
Kellie
would have what she always wanted…a family.

The End

About the Author

I’m a professional writer of romance and children’s books. I’m also a poet and short story writer. I’m working on another historical western right now, one mid-grade book and just finished two historical westerns. You’ll find a lot of facts in my historical western romances, not the run of the mill romances. Check them out.

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