Wild Nevada Ride (23 page)

She held her tongue, afraid he wouldn’t finish.

He dropped his gaze to their hands for a moment before his brown eyes returned to hers. “I’m not sure when it happened or how, since I never thought I would ever find someone like you. Somehow in the last couple of months, you wrapped my heart around your little finger, and I would do anything for you.”

“What are you trying to say?”

He chuckled. “You need me to spell it out for you, huh?”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

“I love you, Katrina Jamieson, and if you don’t tell me you love me too, I will hunt you down and drive you nuts until you do.”

She laughed, and the tears started again, clouding her vision until she wiped them away. “I love you, Justin. I think I fell in love with you the first night you took me home and got me drunk on whiskey and your eyes.”

He laughed along with her and said, “You came on to me first, young lady.”

“Mmm…very true, but you didn’t resist very hard.”

“Are you kidding me? I had one of the most gorgeous women I had seen in a long time draping herself over me like a blanket on a Wyoming winter night. I wasn’t about to deny you or myself.”

He shifted closer until his lips grazed hers. She moaned softly and opened her mouth to take his probing tongue deep inside, letting it tangle with hers until they were both breathless.

When he finally sat back in the chair, he said, “That will have to come later. You need to rest and recuperate before I can make you scream my name as you cum around me.”

She sighed and smiled. “I love it when you talk dirty.”

The dimples peeked out of his cheeks again as he whispered, “Mmm…someone else I know likes to talk dirty, too.” A mock frown marred his face a moment before he said playfully, “I distinctly remember a certain woman saying something like, “harder and fas…”

She clamped her hand over his mouth before he could finish his words while her cheeks warmed with color. “I remember, thank you very much.”

He nipped at her palm before pulling it from his mouth. “So do I, and I can’t wait to hear those words again, so you better hurry up and get better.”

His gaze took a lazy trip down her body and he frowned when he saw the picture lying next to her on the bed.
Shit! The ultrasound picture.

She tried to grab it before he did, but she wasn’t quick enough when he picked it up. “What’s this?”

“I…uh…”

He looked at the picture, reading the top as his eye skimmed the information.

“You’re pregnant?”

She couldn’t meet his stare.
Damn it! This is not how he needed to find out.

“Answer me, Katrina.”

She shrugged and tried to be nonchalant. “I guess so.”

“You guess? You mean you didn’t know?” He stood up and started to pace while he ran his fingers through his hair.

“No, I didn’t—not until a little while ago. The doctor told me not long before my parents came into the room. Maybe two hours?”

“Why didn’t you tell me when you saw me?”

“It hadn’t sunk in yet. Besides, I didn’t want you saying you wanted to be with me because of a child. At the time, I didn’t know exactly why you were here. I hoped it was because you wanted to be with me, but I wasn’t sure.”

“I love you. I want to be with you no matter whether you are pregnant or not.”

“I didn’t know that when I first saw you again.”

“Well, now you do, and if there is to be a child between us, it just makes me love you more. But there is one little problem now.”

“Problem?”

“Yeah. We’ll have to move up the wedding.”

She inhaled sharply. “Wedding? What wedding?”

“Ours.”

“I don’t remember you askin’, cowboy.”

“Mmm…I’ve been neglectful in my duties then.” He sank onto one knee next to her bed and pulled out a small box from his shirt pocket that she hadn’t noticed before. Her breath caught in her throat when he opened the box and pulled out the most gorgeous diamond solitaire she had ever seen. “Will you marry me, Katrina?”

Tears swam in her eyes again as the love in his gaze shone bright for her to see.

“Will you?”

She nodded her head while her palm rested against his cheek, tracing the dimple she loved so much. “Yes.”

Epilogue

Katrina relaxed against her husband’s chest while the flames licked at the wood in the fireplace. Sparks flew up the chimney with each pop and crack echoing through the room. The children had all been put down for the night as the adults shared conversation.

She loved his family already even though she hadn’t known them long. The love between the Wilder siblings encompassed her and made her feel special. Spending Thanksgiving in Wyoming at the Rocking W brought her into the fold with open arms, and she loved Justin all the more for it. When he had mentioned it at first, she hesitated. She had never met any of his brothers, only Jamie, but when they stepped off the plane, she knew she would care for them each in her own way.

Her hands were wrapped around the coffee mug she cradled while Justin’s fingers did a slow caress of her arm. His touch always drove her crazy, and when he traced circles on her skin, the increasing dampness of her panties rubbed against her clit enticingly.
Would it be rude to grab him and run for the bedroom?

He nuzzled her neck and whispered in her ear, “Mmm…are you thinking the same thing I’m thinking?”

“Maybe.” She grinned as she felt his cock throb against her back.

“When are you two headed back to Nevada?” Chase asked while he sat propped against the leather armchair, Abby securely encased in his embrace.

“In a day or two I imagine,” Justin replied. “I can’t be gone too long. I’ve got a big shipment of cattle headed to Japan. Besides you know how much I
love
Wyoming winters.”

The group around them chuckled.

“Yeah, we know bro,” Cole added before he buried his nose in his wife’s neck, and she giggled.

“Y’all gag me. I’m going to bed,” Jamie complained when she got up. “I’ll see you in the morning.”

“Sorry, sis. Didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable,” Justin said.

Jamie rolled her eyes. “Sure, Justin. I just love watching you three drool all over your spouses. Night.”

Everyone said good night, and she shook her head before she disappeared down the hall where she and Samantha had taken up residence for the night.

Abby’s Cheshire grin caught Katrina’s attention for a moment, and she and Chase exchanged looks before Justin’s hand moved to her gently rounding belly, drawing her focus back to him. “You okay, babe?”

“I’m fine, Daddy. Stop worrying.”

“I love you. I’m supposed to worry.”

She caught the smile and a soft shake of her head from Abby out of the corner of her eye as Justin’s brothers laughed.

“What?”

“I never thought I would see the day my big brother would act like a coddling mother,” Cole answered.

“Mind your own business, Cole. You are one to talk. Can Carrie even take a shower without your help?”

“Hell no! What fun is that?”

The easy laughter brought a smile to her lips.

Abby sipped the wine in her hand before she asked, “Kat? Have you two decided on any names?”

“Not really.” She shot a coy look at Justin before her focus returned to her sister-in-law. “Our
discussions
usually end with a tumble in the sheets.”

“And what, pray tell, is wrong with that?” Justin asked while his fingers moved her hair to the other shoulder, giving him better access to the skin peeking out of her shirt.

“Nothing sweetheart, I’m just saying.”

Abby smiled secretly as she brought her wine glass back to her lips and said, “You may want to lean a little toward a boy’s name.”

Katrina’s startled gaze fixed on Abby. “But…”

Chase, Cole, and Carrie chuckled, and Chase shook his head. “You’ll get used to it, Katrina. She loves to spring things like that on people. I think she’s a little sadistic in her own way.”

Justin’s shocked expression focused on her face, and he said, “Babe? Is there something you need to tell me?”

“Well, I had planned to wait until we were alone, but I had an ultrasound the other day—remember, at my last doctor’s appointment?”

“Yeah.”

Katrina shrugged and dropped her eyes from his until he forced her to raise her face again with a finger under her chin. “They are ninety-nine percent sure it’s a boy.”

“Seriously?”

She smiled. “Yes, seriously, so you had better quit distracting me whenever we discuss names. We need to figure out what to call this little guy before he makes his debut.”

She turned in his arms and he murmured, “I love you, Kat.”

“I love you, too.”

Running her tongue up the sexy column of his neck, she finally reached his ear and whispered, “I never thought I would ever say those words to anyone, but you stole my heart when you took me on the ride of my life.”

THE END

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