CHAPTER SIX

– ROURKE –

Eastlynne adds more shavings to the stall we're going to put Miso in when she says, "I had to switch to shavings due to Fletch's respiratory issues. Normally, I'd just leave them in the pasture with the soft weather, but I guess you're right to keep them in the stable tonight."

I let Miso's hoof, which I was picking, slip from my hand. "At least until I can say with certainty that the shit Winfield caused is handled."

"Why can't you let the sheriff handle it?" She's done with the stable yet I'm not ready to answer her question.

Walking around Miso, I let my hand slide down her other leg to lift her hoof in my palm to pick it clean.

"Do you want to kill those guys and bury them on your property? Is that why you can't involve the authorities?"

Releasing a deep sigh when I'm done picking Miso's hooves, I let go and turn to face Eastlynne. "Kathleen, Decker's daughter, is the sheriff. I'm fairly sure when push comes to shove, she'd pick the club's side, if there's a reasonable explanation."

Her eyes go wide. "You guys have the whole town in your pocket by owning the sheriff?"

"For fuck's sake," I mutter while rubbing a hand over my face. "We might have some influence, but like I said, only if there's a reasonable explanation. Kathleen might be Decker's daughter and tied to the ranch and the MC that way, but she inherited his loyalty when it comes to being a lawman. In return, we won't ever risk her trust, reputation, and career."

Eastlynne sinks down and rests her ass in the fresh shaving. I lead Miso into the empty stall next to the one Eastlynne is sitting in before I sit down next to her.

She stares into nothing when she absently states, "You're in the center of this huge found family where everyone works and lives together. All while I'm the opposite and avoid running into people whenever I can."

"Not when you're at the ranch or working," I quip, getting worried in the pit of my stomach that this conversation is leading up to where she finds reasons why we shouldn't be together.

Trying to steer off this path I ask, "What part about your job doing movie and commercial stuff do you like most?"

A hint of a smile tugs her lips. "When I receive the storyboards, it feels like a challenge. To bring it alive and not just the image, but a better version of it."

"That's what we do every day," I muse and gently bump her shoulder.

Thank fuck she doesn't shy away from my touch and closeness anymore.

"We all have visuals of what we want in life and move forward by trying over and over again until we've either perfected it or moved onto something new. The Iron Hot Blood ranch has been evolving for decades. My parents encouraged me to follow in their footsteps and yet they are my boot prints sinking into the dirt. The load of responsibility as the club president weighs heavy at times. Having the found family you mentioned lightens it to a point where I don't even feel it all pressing down on me. Sure, it can be hard as fuck, especially now when our safety is at stake. But try to compare all those people as a wall we've built as a foundation. You have a wall too, except you have no one but yourself to fall back on. I'm not saying this to hurt, insult, or convince you to…fuck, I know it's mentally draining, and not something you easily step over." A frustrated growl rips from me.

Taking a deep breath, I add what bothers me the most. "The time we spent together where I got to know the real you showed me I want to be a part of your life, Eastlynne. Which means…for us to be together you'd have to be a part of mine too."

She lays her head on my shoulder. We're wrapped in silence as she laces her fingers with mine.

"You're the first guy who slipped through the walls I've firmly set in place to make my life easier."

I keep my lips sealed, loving the way parts of our bodies are connected as we bare pieces of our souls to one another.

Eastlynne chuckles softly. "Maybe I'll get super clingy once we're together."

"We are together," I remind her and give our joined hands a little squeeze. "Besides, you and too clingy? Not a chance in hell. Besides, I'll take you as you are. No getting out 'cause I'm already fully invested or I wouldn't have been here."

Her other hand reaches for the side of my face. With our gaze locked she leans in and brushes her lips against mine. I groan at the feel of her mouth moving against mine. Electricity shoots through my veins, my whole body fully aware.

I've experienced lust, the need to get off, but the way this woman lights up my body is a whole new level of intensity. My cock has been hard since I laid eyes on her lush body, and the craving has only grown as I've slowly gotten to know her. To have her admit no guy has previously slipped through her walls gives my ego a huge boost.

It also makes me slow down the kiss, swirl my tongue against hers one more time to relish the way she tastes until I pull back. "Will my cock be the first to sink into your tight pussy?"

She wrinkles her nose. "No. My first time was over in minutes. Ted, a boy in school, was as inexperienced as me and I guess…let's just stick to the fact that it wasn't a success. With my issues pushed to the foreground I cut myself off from any type of relationship."

Now I'm the one taking her face in my hands. "There's so much to gain when you come from little to nothing. The way you opened up to me hasn't been easy, and you don't even know half of how much I appreciate the chance you're giving me. I'm going to show, and make you feel the silver lining of sharing your life with me." I make sure to add on a whisper, "Along with the whole brotherhood."

She huffs out a breath and mutters, "Just so you know? The first day of school was the worst and I hated interacting with others. By the end of the year, I was finally at ease and then I'd have to do it all over again after the summer."

I brush my nose against hers. "Good to know. But at least you've had your first day at the ranch and over the past few days you've met a lot of them. In time you'll find your way as the president's old lady."

Eastlynne gasps and I realize I fucked up by reminding her of what it entails to be mine. I take her mouth in a scorching kiss to distract her. She melts into my arms and I close my eyes to sink into the pleasure this woman gives me with a mere kiss.

My whole body feels as if it's recharging for pleasure combustion and I'm only seconds away from detonation. I pull her on top of me, and she comes willingly. Her hips start to move, allowing her pussy to grind down on my hard cock.

She gasps into my mouth and moans, so fucking sexy. I move my hand to open the button of her jeans, allowing the room I need to slide down and tease her pussy. Her panties are clinging to her folds.

Her lips move down my jaw and she buries her head into the crook of my neck, surrendering to the way I rub her clit while sliding a finger into her tight channel. I feel her mouth on my neck sucking, teeth nipping while I finger-fuck her.

My cock is painfully hard, wanting where my finger is right now. She moans and rotates her hips as she rides my fingers. I wish I could see her face right now. The way she groans and is completely absorbed in chasing pleasure is sexy as fuck.

If she keeps grinding down on me, I'm going to come in my damn pants. I swipe some more wetness from her pussy and press down on her clit. She throws her head back while at the same time, she clenches rapidly around my fingers. A gush of wetness coats my hand and she screams out her release.

All I can do is stare at her neckline as she slowly comes down from riding the bliss we created. Stunning. Gorgeous as hell with her chest rising and falling, eyes filled with the lust that's still simmering through her body.

"Wow," she breathes with a load of awe.

"Magnificent is more like it," I huskily tell her. "I can't wait for you to do it all over again. Except, next time you'll have that tight pussy of yours wrapped around my cock."

Sliding my hand out of her pants, I bring my fingers to my lips and taste her. I hum in appreciation. A chuckle rumbles through my chest when I see Eastlynne wrinkle her nose.

"Believe me when I say you taste delicious, darlin'. Sweet, tangy, all you. Now, if we were in bed, I'd put my mouth on you and make you come again on my tongue. I bet you won't be wrinkling your nose ever again once you've experienced me eating you out."

Curiosity has replaced the wrinkles. "I've never…and no one's ever done…that."

"You've never had an orgasm before the one I gave you? No one has tasted your pussy? What are you trying to tell me, darlin'?"

She sags against me and her mouth returns to my neck. The feel of her in my arms, molded against my body, feels damn good.

Eastlynne's voice is soft and sated when she says, "I've had orgasms by my own hand before, but nothing like this. And no, the only experience with sex was some fumbling and a few humps and that was that."

A satisfied grin slides across my face. "We're going to have lots of fun exploring."

"If exploring means I'll have more orgasms then I'm all in," she murmurs against my skin.

I knead her lush ass in my hands. "Keep that mouth of yours on my neck and I'll do anything you want, babe. Damn. You feel good."

She giggles and when she leans back her eyes collide with mine. There's no shyness, no evading; only honest and open feelings. It's as if her defenses are down and it's just the two of us in this fucked-up world and nothing else.

Deep down, I knew she was the one as I slowly got to know her. Eastlynne is the kind of woman who won't give herself to anyone, but if she opens up? It's like entering a vault stocked with a treasure of impeccable value. I know I haven't won her heart and we're still on the admiration and exploring level.

Though, her heart will be mine, no doubt. I'm not giving her up, not when we've barely gotten started. One taste made me realize this is the woman who has everything I admire in an old lady. She might think she has issues, but it makes her unique. I admire the way she lives her life and manages to thrive in her career.

She's my match, and I won't let anything or anyone stand in my way to explore a future with this woman.