A Cowboy's Heart

by Janessa Anderson

  A smile danced across her face shortly before a rush of laughter escaped from the small opening of her mouth. She bowed her head for a moment to let the chuckles out so as to not laugh directly in his face.

  “I really appreciate you saying that to me, John.” She said, speaking in an appreciative tone to him. Lifting her eyes back to his face, she focused once more on his gaze as she continued to speak to him. “I needed that laugh.”

  “It was my pleasure to give you the chance to let out a good chuckle…but I did it for another reason.”

  “Oh?” Her curiosity peaked in her voice to him while she also showed it off in her dark brown eyes. “If I may ask…What was the other reason then?”

  “I did it…to see that sweet smile on your face.”

  The answer she received from him caused her cheeks to blush due to her bashful side kicking in at what he said to her. Her smiled widened a bit more as she looked down in the direction of her feet in an attempt to hide the light red color coming over the soft, fair complexion on her cheeks.

  * * *

  She looks so god damn cute when she does that…The way she is appearing bashful, shy and embarrassed all the same time is very adorable…and sexy to me.

  John found the way she appeared to his gaze to be both pleasant and pleasing. With her head hanging low and the fair skin of her cheeks becoming flushed with a light shade of red, he couldn’t deny that the visual was turning him on, immensely.

  Keeping his gaze on her, he took a risk by moving a step towards her, and slipping his hand that had been on her cheek down to her chin. Several of the fingers cupped it, and tilted her head up in order for his eyes to look upon the angelic beauty of her face. John found a rush of warm content swim throughout him from the top of his head all the way down to the bottoms of his feet in the boots he had on at the moment the second their eyes met.

  Look at her, John…She is ripe for the taking, and there is no reason at all that you can’t use this chance to stake your claim over her, and make it crystal clear of your intentions and feelings for this beautiful southern belle before it is too late and someone else steals her away from you.

  He couldn’t allow that to happen. If some other man took her away from him, which would surely destroy his soul. There was no way that he was going to let that happen.

  John inched his face in closer to hers a little more to where there were only several inches between the two of them. His mouth drew in a breath of air, and released it out with the tone of his voice taking on a more lustful sound.

  “If this is too forward of me…I want to go ahead and apologize to you.”

  Before she could answer back to him, he leaned in the rest of the way, and brought his mouth crashing down against hers, sealing her into a tender yet passion filled kiss. His mouth took notice of hers tightening up out of shock of the sudden kiss he was showering her mouth with at the moment.

  Take it slow and easy with her, John. After all…You have the whole summer to spend time with her.

  He took heed of what his conscience whispered to him, and agreed with what it stated to him. There was no need to be quick with her when there would be plenty of other chances to become more intimate with her.

  John’s mouth focused on keeping the kiss soft and tender with her instead of the passion aspect of it. His tongue didn’t prod at her mouth for permission to slip inside of it as his hands made sure to remain on her hips instead of trailing all over her gorgeous physique, deciding to not give into his true, unbridled desires that he had inside for her.

  Even though he burned with a need to get closer to her body, and touch her in ways that no other man had done with her, he found what he was doing at that moment to be just fine with him.

  His lips slowly pulled back away from hers, and gave her enough room in order for them to draw in a breath of air. John eased his eyes opened, and gazed upon hers starting to open up, and look upon him with a look of amazement. He fought against the fear of her rejecting him as he drew in a breath, and managed to find his voice.

  “I…I am very sorry for being forward with you, but I am not going to apologize for kissing you when I know that you enjoyed it as much as I did.”

  Chapter Six

  Surprised by the kiss that John gave to her for a brief moment, Emily could only stand in front of him with a look of shock and confusion on her face while one of her hands had lifted up, and touched her mouth for a few seconds, letting several of her fingertips dance across the surface that his strong mouth had been on only a short moment ago.

  What…What just happened? Her conscience felt a bit confused about what exactly happened in the last few moments. Did he…Did John just kiss you, or was that you imagining the whole thing?

  It was not her overly active imagination this time around. Her grandmother’s ranch hand had indeed kissed her for a short time frame, and then said he was not sorry for doing something that she enjoyed as much as he did.

  Emily lowered her hand down away from her face, but kept her gaze focused on his. Her face still had a look of surprise upon it while a new emotion was taking over in her eyes.

  Lust.

  The short kiss had made such a profound effect on her that it was making it quite difficult to erase it away. It’s intense passion and unconditional tenderness made every muscle in her body burn with the ferocity of a raging fire.

  Don’t you dare do it, Emily! Her conscience screamed at her. Knowing very well of what she was thinking about at the moment. Don’t you even think about kissing him back!

  She found herself to be torn at the moment from the situation she was in. On one hand, her body burned with an unbridled desire to feel his strong lips against hers for another moment no matter how brief it might be. On the other, her conscience was demanding compliance from her on the subject of refraining from doing just that.

  “Emily…”

  The sound of John’s deep voice whispering snapped her out of the inner struggles she was having with her inner voice. Emily blinked her eyes a few times before she focused on his handsome face. Her mouth drew in a breath of air, and released it fairly quickly as she discovered him to be close to her like he had been a second ago.

  With her attention focused on him, she watched John lower his face back down towards hers with a few inches between their lips. He inhaled a breath, and let it dance across the soft complexion of her face as his voice took on a slightly shaky sound to it.

  “If you want me to leave you be, and never come around you again…Tell me right now.” John said. His deep, southern tone had a hint of despair and fear to it. “If you don’t’ share the same feelings for me as I possess for you…Let me know right now.”

  Her heart nearly broke from seeing the sadness inside of him rising to the surface at the prospect of her not feeling for him like he did for her. There was nothing more she wanted at that moment then to take away his pain, and show how much she enjoyed both his company and the kiss he gave to her.

  Even though it went against what her conscience was wanting of her, Emily lifted her head up, closed her eyes, and brought their lips together in a kiss that possessed an unbridled need she had burning inside of her body for him.

  * * *

  The sudden impact of Emily’s mouth pressing itself tightly against his caught him by surprise, and nearly knocked him off of his feet. It took John several moments to let his mind and body soak in what was going on before he could start to relax the tension out of his muscles.

  I never thought Emily had it in her to be this forward with me…but I sure am glad that she is.

  Pleased and excited by Belle’s grand-daughter’s sudden kiss, his arms slipped around her hips, and pulled her up against him. The feeling of her round, firm breasts rubbing against his chest and her crotch pressed tightly against his almost caused a moan to slip out of his mouth.

  John loved everything about Emily, and found her to have all of the qualities and traits, as well as the appearance, of the kind of wom
an that he had been looking for. Someone who was not only sweet, good natured, and had a killer body…but also someone who was willing to work hard, get her hands dirty, and knows exactly what she wants.

  Finding her to be pulling him towards her instead of pushing him away, he soft nibbled on her bottom lip enough for her to take it as him asking for her to ease them open. The tip of his tongue started to run over her mouth, asking for entrance, when he found her to be opening them without any hesitation when his teeth had nipped at her lower lip. John eased it inside, and creased her tongue with his long one, making soft, caressing strokes on it. Once the kiss had took on a deeper and more sensual route. The taste of her mouth almost shook him down to the very core of his being, and brought him down to his knees.

  Mm…She tastes so good. Her mouth has an addicting flavor to it that makes me want to lick it all up.

  His body started to become a prisoner to the passion that Emily was the queen of. The strength of his willpower had started to disappear, quickly, and give itself over to that of his increasing lusts.

  Moving his hands down to where her tight ass was, John grabbed a hold of her cheeks, and lifted her completely off the floor. He gazed deeply into her eyes with an expression of unbridled sensuality while his body moved them over to one of the walls, and had her pinned against it underneath his own weight.

  “Emily,” John whispered, huskily, “I must say that you are doing a fine job at turning me on, and keeping me from showing you the jobs that you will have to do in this barn.”

  He was joking of course. At this point, John didn’t really care about what else had to be done. All that was on his mind at that second was getting as close as he possibly could to Belle’s grand-child that was a beautiful and curvaceous woman, not a little girl.

  “Well…” Emily said, speaking in a soft, teasing kind of voice, while her eyes showed a similar expression towards him from where she was. “IF you want to stop before things go too far…”

  “Who said anything about stopping, Darling?”

  “You seem to be getting a little tired with me.”

  “I am just getting warmed-“

  “Emily!”

  The sound of Belle’s voice screaming out her guest’s name downstairs on the ground floor of the barn echoed to his ears, and caused a soft groan to escape from his mouth while his head hung down in frustration.

  Belle…You have the perfect god damn timing! Just when things are going good for Emily and me, you have to come in here, and-

  “Emily, are you in here?!”

  Knowing that he better let his employer know where they were and release his southern beauty from the wall, John eased Emily down onto the balls of her feet, and let her take the time to straighten her clothes out while he drew in a breath of air, and released it with his voice bellowing out of his mouth in a loud tone.

  “We are up here, Belle.” He answered. “I was just showing her where to toss the hay bales down for the horses in the evening so she doesn’t have to do it in the early morning hours.”

  “Well, Emily, come on up to the house. You can see the rest of the barn later on. I need your help with dinner, and you need to get some sleep in . It has been a long day for you.”

  He couldn’t believe his luck. Here he was having an intimate moment with Belle’s grand-daughter, and now…she was having to leave him alone with all of the lusts and desires that were ravaging his essence.

  His eyes turned, and watched her heading for the stairs. He wanted to stop her, and give her one more kiss. However, he didn’t wish to press his luck with her. John kept his focus on her, and found her to be looking back to him with a sweet, shy smile on her face instead of a look of disgust or one of her being ashamed of what she had done prior to her body moving down the stairs. The visual brought a smile to his own face, and gave him confidence about what he had done.

  This summer…is going to be one that will never be forgotten.

  Softly chuckling, he moved over to a nearby hay bale, and grabbed onto the ropes that had it tied it securely in place to keep the hay from flying about everywhere. John hauled it to the hole, and tossed it down to the dirt floor before as the sound of the front doors to the barn slamming shut echoed in the background.

  To be continued in the following installment of A Cowboy’s Heart series, Texas Size Passion. To satisfy you until it is ready…Here is one chapter from the continuing saga of Emily and John

  Chapter Eighteen

  “I believe it’s time…that this country boy shows you how we dance down here in Oleander.”

  A playful growl escaped into his voice as he whispered to her in a way that only she could hear it, and sense the intense sensual side that he possessed for her and only her.

  With his strong hand wrapped one of her smaller ones, John pulled Emily towards the center of the dance floor with a look of determination in his eye, and a desire for her curvaceous body to match it. He turned around to face her only to twirl her around a few times before pulling her body against his.

  She fits so snug and perfectly against me right now…Her curves fit mine like a glove.

  There was no doubt that he was becoming immensely turned on by how their bodies pressed against one another in a way to keep little to no space between them. The sensation of her round, firm breasts pressing against his chest through her dress, and the lower parts of their bodies tightly pressed together only made the fires he possessed deep inside to burn much more than they had before she entered his life.

  Remember where you are at, John. His conscience whispered at him, slipping into the background and watching all that was going down. You are not exactly in the best of places to do what is on your mind at the moment.

  The voice inside of his mind was indeed correct about that one thing. The crowded dance floor was no place for the kind of ‘moment’ he wanted to have with his fiery angel from Houston.

  In an attempt to keep his raging hormones at bay and to calm his racing heart, John took a step back from her, and placed her hands on him to where they both were in a waltzing position. He returned his focus onto that of her eyes as his tall frame proceeded to dance the floor at an energetic pace.

  Gazing back at him, Emily grinned from ear to ear and started to giggle as she kept the pace up with him. She was thoroughly enjoying herself, and didn’t mind showing him that at all with so many people around them.

  Finding her to be enjoying what he was doing with her, John started to become a little more daring with their fast paced waltz by spinning her around his entire body for a few moments before pulling her back to him, and having them to spin together for a brief span of time. The entire time he was showing her his dancing prowess, his inner voice caught the sound of Emily giggling much more with enjoyment and amusement pouring from her mouth.

  You are doing a fantastic job, John. His conscience was sincerely surprised at capturing how happy he managed to make his date feel, but glad that he was doing so well at the same time. Keep this up, and you will be sweeping her off of her feet…and into your bed before this night is through.

  His conscience’s praise and comment gave his hormones some extra fuel. The idea of him picking her up, and tossing her onto his bed back at his home was very…very tempting.

  Bringing himself back to reality, John caught wind of the song reaching its grand final climax, and knew the perfect way to end the dance with her that would really knock her socks off. He spun her out one more time before twirling her back to him. His arms caught a hold of her as he dipped her down low to the ground, and brought his face a few inches from hers as the last few beats of the song played out.

  Nice move, John.

  With the song now done, the sounds of people clapping from how they danced and his inner voice showing him complete support faded into the background. All that he was focused on at the moment was the beauty in his embrace. Maintaining the eye contact with her, John kept her dipped down towards the ground as he flashed a charming smile in her
direction, and whispered out a question to her in a sensual voice.

  “How do I stack up the city boys and their style of dancing, Emily?”

  * * *

  “T-They don’t even compare to what you just did, John.”

  Emily’s voice came trembling out of her mouth from the amount of shock and awe she was under. It never dawned on her that he possessed the ability to dance up storm with her like he just did, or that he would even know how to do some of the moves that he performed on her in the short amount of time they were with each other.

  Keeping her eyes locked on his, she drew in a breath of air in order to swallow a lump that had grown in her throat before she exhaled it out while speaking at the same time.

  “I have never been around a man before that knew how to really dance like you just showed me.”

  A soft gasp left from the confines of her mouth as her body was lifted up to where it was standing upright amongst the frames of other people that were around them both. Her eyes kept the eye contact with his as she listened to the sound of his deep voice speaking directly to her.

  “I am good at other things besides my dancing…Emily.” John let his words flow from his mouth with unbridled sensuality and pure desire. He let his smile take on a sensual grin in her direction as he started to whisper to her even more softer. “My skills exceed beyond that of what I just performed for your very gaze just now.”

  Oh my god…He is making so turned on right now that it is taking every part of my being to keep me from caving in, and dragging him upstairs to my bedroom like I am really wanting to do right now.

  The level that her arousal had been at prior to the way he gave his answer to her had multiplied beyond that of what she was able to comprehend and handle on her own without any assistance from either herself or her conscience. She wanted to go to bed with him, and experience things only he could give to her.