“After that day, we snuck off to that spring every chance we got.” Her eyes glaze over thinking of the fond memories. “Eventually we had to tell my daddy that we were courting. To start with he wasn’t happy, but Grayton, as stubborn as he was, never gave him the chance to think it could go any other way. Daddy finally came along, he said he always knew Grayton would take care of me until the day he died. Now all of the property is one big place. That spring is on the west forty. I ain’t been back there since Grayton passed away.”
My phone starts ringing and I see it’s Naomi.
“Hello.”
“Annabelle.” She sounds out of breath. “Can you come up to the main house? Nelson’s passed out.”
I jump up from my chair. “I’ll be right there.” She hangs up and I shove my phone in my pocket.
Nana jumps up. “What’s wrong?”
“Nelson passed out.”
She puts her hand on her chest. “Oh Lord. Let’s go.”
We both make our way out her back door and take off on the Ranger.
Chapter 31
I look up and see the Ranger, with Princess driving and Nana in the passenger side, flying up to the main house. She jumps out of the UTV and comes up on the porch where we have dad sitting.
She pulls her hair up in a loose bun. “Nelson, what’s going on?”
The sweat beading off his forehead and the paleness of his lips is scary. He won’t answer her. He’s just shaking.
She tries for his attention again, getting closer in his face. “Nelson!” She looks to my mom. “Get me his testing kit. I think his sugar is out of balance. Ryder, grab me some orange juice out of the house.”
Dad finally looks up at her and shivers a little. “I- I j-just g-got a lil’ light headed. T-that’s all.”
She shakes her head. “Nelson, this is more than a little lightheaded.” Mom comes back and hands her the kit. She pricks dad’s finger. “Your sugar is very low. Have you eaten today?”
Dad looks at her. “I h-had s-something s-small th-this m-morning.”
She hands him the glass of juice that Ryder brought out. “Drink some of this.” She looks at him pointed. “You know you need to eat balanced. Have you been working out here all morning?”
He nods. “Yeah.”
“You need to make sure you snack when you’re out here working. You have to pay attention to your body.” Dad finally starts to get some color back to him and stops shaking.
She looks at mom. “Naomi, I think he needs to go home for the rest of the afternoon.”
Mom nods and hugs her tightly. “Thank you so much, Annabelle. He scared me to death.”
She smiles. “No big deal. He’s just got to remember his limits. I know it’s a learning curve for him, he’s not used to having to stop, but he’s gotta learn.”
Mom and Dad leave to go home. Ryder hugs Annabelle. “Thanks for coming.”
She and I sit beside each other on the swing. “I knew dad wasn’t feeling well this morning when he came out here to help Ryder and me. He knew we really needed to get this tagging done, so he was determined to stay. Finally, Mom came down here to make us stop for lunch.”
“Y’all are gonna have to watch him a little until he figures all of this out. Diabetes is an entire new way of life. Not everyone has the same signs and symptoms. Just little things like making sure he stays hydrated and having some things for him to snack on are important.”
I nod. “Yeah, he did a good job of scaring the crap out of us today. I’m sure Ryder and I will be on our toes from now on.”
She smiles at me. “Hey, do you think you can take me somewhere on the Ranger?”
“Yeah, where do you wanna go?” We start walking toward the ranger.
“There is a spring on the west forty. Do you know what I’m talking about?”
I nod. “Yeah. Come on.”
We head out through the pastures. Coming up on the spring, I turn down the little trail that leads to it. Once we get to it, I smile. “I haven’t been down here since Ryder and I were little kids. How did you even know it was here?”
“Nana told me about it today. She and Grayton used to sneak down here and go swimming. This is where she got her first kiss from Grayton. Well, her first kiss period.”
“Wow. I never knew that. You know this used to be her family’s property?”
“Yeah, she told me that. You know she hasn’t been here since he passed away.”
I kick some rocks. “Yeah, they were who took Ryder and me down here. Pa would pick us up and throw us off that rock over there. It was fun.”
She laughs. “I bet. From the sounds of it, the two of them did more than just kiss and swim down here.”
I put my hands on my ears. “Oh, don’t say shit like that. Those people are like my grandparents.”
She winks. “Just sayin’. You know it really is a warm day.” She tugs the shirt off that she’s wearing. “Maybe we should go for a swim.”
I try to act coy. “I didn’t bring a pair of swim trunks.”
She winks. “I was thinking we could just skinny dip.”
I tug my shirt off. “Sounds like a plan to me.”
We both strip out of our clothes quickly and jump in the spring. She screeches when she comes up out of the water. “Holy shit, that’s cold!” Her teeth are chattering.
I swim over to her and pull her into my arms. “What did you think, we had a hot spring back here? There are a few in Georgia, but it’s not this one.”
She swats at me and I pull her up to me. “No, smart ass. I just really wasn’t thinking it would be this cold.”
I kiss her neck and nibble at her ear. “I think I know something that might warm you up.”
She giggles. “I’m sure you do.” Wrapping her legs around my waist, I reach down and take one of her nipples in my mouth.
They were already hard and sensitive from the cold water. I nibble on them she screams out. “Oh god, Judd!”
“Oh, I’m just getting started.”
I doesn’t take long before we are both calling out with an orgasm.
I wrap her tighter in my arms. “God, I love you.”
She buries her head in my neck. “I love you, too. You’re my everything.”
Chapter 32
Judd and I have both been so busy that we haven’t spent any time together since we were at the spring almost a week ago. I’ve been on day shift, but by the time I get in and go help Nana for a little while, I’m beat. He and Ryder have been being OBGYN’s for cows this past week. It seems every night they have a new critter being born.
I try to wait up for him most nights in his apartment, but this week I’ve passed out before he gets there. When he woke me up with his tongue this morning, I was so excited. It didn’t last long, though, before Ryder was knocking on the door.
I groan and he sits up. “Shit!” Making his way over to the door, I hear him and Ryder talking.
He walks back over to me and shakes his head. “Damn it. My dick is so hard right now it may blow apart soon from the pressure. But if we don’t go help this cow now, she may die. I promise I’ll make it up to you, Princess.”
I groan. “Fine, but right now I guess I’m going to take care of this myself. You aren’t the only one in pain here.”
If we didn’t have sex soon, I was going to scream. I don’t know what’s come over me these past few weeks, but I can’t seem to get enough of him.
Here I am, hours later, entering damn chart info at the nurse’s station and all I can think about is Judd entering me. Pounding into me, bending me over, and smacking my ass. Shit, I’ve got to fucking stop. My panties are drenched and I’m at work. This is embarrassing. He has to fuck me tonight, I don’t care how tired we are. We have to.
I hear my phone ping that I have a text.
Scarlet: Hey Ryder wanted me to make sure you don’t have to work tonight.
Me: No why?
Scarlet: He knows they’ve been crazy swamped and he wants us a
ll to go out for dinner. He’s buying. Maybe the steakhouse or something.
Me: So no birthing tonight?
Scarlet: Nope. I think the last cow is giving birth now. I told him if we don’t have sex soon I’m going to kill someone.
I smile thinking about the uninterrupted sex I’m having tonight.
Me: I understand completely. I’m about ready to break something.
Scarlet: I feel your pain. So dinner is good for you then? I’m sure it’ll be an early night. ;)
Me: Sure! Sounds great. I’m out at 3 today.
Scarlet: Okay. Plan to leave around
6?
Me: K- Sounds good. : )
I feel like today has been the longest day ever. First of all, I’m so damn tired. This schedule I’m keeping right now is insane. Nana and I almost have everything together like she wants it, though. I can’t wait to get the final product together for her. We are going to work solid on it this Friday since I’m off. She wants us to get it all together in time for Christmas. I’m going to load it to one of the self-publishing websites and get printed copies for the family.
I climb in the shower to start getting ready for our night out. I feel the water pounding over me as I scrub my body. Wishing it were Judd’s hands all over me gets me hot.
After I’m finished making sure every part of me is scrubbed, buffed, shaved and moisturized, I stand in front of my closet. I have been in tennis shoes and scrubs all week. I want to dress like a girl tonight.
I grab a turquoise cotton dress and my brown, silver and turquoise cowgirl boots. Throwing them on with some silver jewelry, I take one last look at my hair and makeup and head downstairs.
I smile when I see Judd. He lets out a low whistle since it’s just us. “Well, Princess, you look super sexy.”
I grin. “Thanks, that’s what I was going for.”
“I vote we stay in and I get to have my way with you over and over again.”
I chuckle. “As much as I would love that, Ryder feels bad about you two pulling such long hours. Trust me, Scarlet is just as bent on us getting back home. We’ve all been missing out on our alone time.”
He laughs. “Well, let’s get going.”
Scarlet and Ryder left a few minutes before us. They had to stop by for him to sign some papers at the lawyer’s office for his dad.
We all meet at the bar and grill the guys decided on a little after six. This place has a live band going on tonight so it’s pretty packed. Scarlet and Ryder go out for a dance after we order our drinks and food.
Judd leans over and brushes his hand up my leg to the apex of my thighs. He whispers closely in my ear as he brushes over my clit. “You aren’t wearing panties. You are such a bad girl. Follow me.”
He stands up and pulls me behind him. I can barely breathe. Between not having sex with him for days, him rubbing my clit at the table in a crowded place and his vibrating voice in my ear, I almost came at the table.
Once we reach the door to a small storage closet, we look around and step inside. He pushes me up against the shelving. “Damn baby, you are sexy. I can’t wait to get home and make love to you all night to make up for the past week. Right now, though, I’m going to fuck you hard and fast, otherwise I won’t make it through supper.”
I reach down and unfasten his jeans, pushing them and his boxers down. He puts his hands under my ass, lifting me, and I wrap my legs around his waist.
He slams into my wet pussy. “Fuck, baby.”
“Oh God, Judd.”
He pumps harder and faster. I hold on to the shelving, trying not to scream loud enough that people hear us.
“Fuck, Princess, I’m about to come.”
I nod, letting him know I’m there, too. He slams into me three more times, emptying himself inside me.
He slowly lets me down and reaches over on the shelf, grabbing some paper towels for us to clean ourselves up with.
“That was a great appetizer, I can’t wait for the main course later.” He rumbles in my ear as we are walking back down the hall.
Once we make our way back down the hall into the bar, I see a guy watching me. I don’t think I know him, but maybe I went to school with him or something.
I shrug it off and sit down at the table about the time our food comes out.
Scarlet looks at me and smirks. “So what were the two of you doing?”
As soon as I cut into my steak, I look up and see that guy watching me again. I get a strange nauseous feeling. I stand up. “Excuse me.”
I jump up and run to the restroom. After emptying my stomach, Scarlet comes in the bathroom while I’m washing my face and hands.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I guess my stomach got a little nervous from what we just did.” I giggle. “Plus, there is this guy I keep seeing watch me in there, it’s giving me the creeps.”
“Should we tell the guys? Did he say anything to you?”
I shake my head. “No, but I feel like I should know him or something.”
We make our way back out and when we come to the end of the hall, I see Patrick Wilson standing with the guy. “That’s Patrick with him.”
Then something about the way the light hits his face, it all floods back.
I don’t even hear what Scarlet is saying.
“Scarlet, that is the guy who slipped me drugs.”
Chapter 33
I’m just about to go check on Princess when they come back to the table. I can tell by her facial expression that something is very wrong.
“Are you okay?”
Scarlet looks at me. “Judd, we’ll get everything boxed up and bring it home. You get her out of here.”
Ryder looks up from his plate. “What’s going on?”
Princess still won’t speak.
Finally, Scarlet looks at me. “Patrick Wilson is here and he’s talking to the guy that she’s pretty sure slipped drugs in her drink that night.”
I see red. Ryder knows me all too well. He puts his hand on my shoulder. “Get her home. This is upsetting her, and as much as I want to go beat that fuckers face in, she needs to go home.”
I nod and take her hand, trying to make it through the bar. We make it just outside the door before we come face to face with some preppy ass douche bag.
“So Annabelle, this is what you are doing now? Your father’s business is going into the toilet and you are fucking farm boys in storage closets in bars.”
She finds her voice. “Shut up, Patrick! Get out of my way.”
He shakes his head. “You’re a real gem, aren’t you? Glad I didn’t end up with you. You know, the company you keep and everything.” He motions to me.
She glares up at him. “Oh, so you’d rather hang out with people who puts drugs into women’s drinks? That fucker you were talking to in there is a rapist. He put drugs in my drink one night.”
“Like you wouldn’t have fucked him anyway. He doesn’t do that to girls who aren’t already asking for it.” She hauls off and slaps him.
“You’re a stupid cunt, Annabelle.” He turns and storms off just as I’m about to knock the shit out of him.
My heart is about to pound out of my chest when the door opens. The guy in question walks out.
He looks at Princess. “Nice to see you again, Annabelle.” She shivers beside me.
His smirk sets me off. “You son of a bitch. You are a piece of shit.” I charge toward him. I hear Princess telling me to stop but I just can’t. I punch the guy repeatedly in the face until I feel hands trying to pull me back. I turn around and swing, almost hitting my princess in the face.
Ryder tackles me to the ground. He looks over at the guy. “You better get the fuck out of here before I let him up to finish the job. Don’t show your face around here again. I know people who can make your sorry ass disappear.”
The guy jumps up and runs to his car, tearing out of the parking lot. Ryder looks down at me. “Judd, get ahold of yourself. You could’ve killed that guy and you almost
hit Annabelle.”
I try to sit up. “Oh my God. Princess, are you okay?” She steps back a little and I feel like shit.
She nods a little. “Scarlet is going to take me home.”
I stand up. “Wait. Princess.”
Ryder puts his hand on my shoulder, stopping me as I’m trying to walk after her. He starts walking me in the direction of my truck and motions for me to give him the keys. “Man, give her a little bit. All of this scared this shit out of her. She just saw you try to kill the guy who was going to rape her a few months ago. She couldn’t get your attention and about the time I was walking out was when she put her hands on you to stop you. I know not to do that but she didn’t. You almost hurt her. She needs some time. Don’t be stupid, give it to her. In the morning, go talk to Luca. You lost it there.”
As we climb in the truck, I nod. “Ryder, I can’t lose her.”
“You won’t but you lost it back there, man. You only saw red and while I understand wanting to kill that bastard, trust me, I do after what happened to Scar, you can’t do it.”
I nod and lean my head back against the seat. “Yeah, I know. I’ll go talk to Luca in the morning.”
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