His entrance was tender, and his first thrust gentle as he breached her virgin barrier. She flinched at the quick flash of pain, but then wrapped her legs around his thighs and arched, accepting the solid, full length of him. He slid out and in again, coaxing her to open and close around him, gaining speed gradually. It was the most glorious feeling she’d ever encountered.
His hot, muscled skin flowed beneath her fingers, and her breasts connected blissfully with his chest as every thrust brought them deeper together.
Their gazes locked and she whispered, “I never imagined loving you would be so beautiful. You make me feel as if I’m flying through the clouds.”
“Are you ready to go to heaven on earth?” he asked.
“Oh, yes,” she readily agreed.
He increased his speed, bringing her with him, and with an explosion of joint power, they merged abundantly, neither holding anything back. The world opened up as they soared beyond any imaginary human boundary. When they reached their destination, Angel dug her fingers into his back. “Rowdy!”
His body arched, and with his hands firmly gripping her hips, he gave a deep thrust. Angel barely comprehended the colossal impact as she accepted his ultimate gift of love. The shattering act left her trembling from head to toe, exhausted and elated.
The room spun as she spiraled back to reality. Angel repeated his name over and over as she clung to him, peppering his shoulders and neck with kisses and relishing his love, until she sank deep into the mattress.
Some time later, as he held her tight against his side, she asked, “Will you take me there again, Rowdy? To heaven on earth? It’s a beautiful, wonderful place.”
He kissed her temple. “Yes, it is, and yes, I’ll take you there again.”
“Promise?”
“I promise, Angel.” Then he gave her one of his saucy winks. “As soon as your father returns and gives us his blessing.”
Epilogue
Despite her pleas and demands, Rowdy didn’t give in. If possible, his willpower made her love him even more, along with the way he made the waiting a tad more bearable by showering her with loving touches and profound kisses. Hard work helped, too. She spent days cleaning and refurbishing the log cabin for them to live in after the ceremony, and evenings creating the most beautiful wedding gown Wyoming had ever seen. It had a modest neckline. What was beneath was for her husband’s eyes only.
When their wedding day finally arrived, she sat in the small room off the back of the church, waiting for the guests to take their seats.
Her father walked in. “Are you ready?”
She leaped to her feet. “Yes.” Fluffing the layers of lace floating to the floor, she slowly raised her gaze. “How’d you know, Pa? How’d you know I loved Rowdy?”
His eyes grew soft and misty. “It takes someone deep in love to see it in another.” He kissed her cheek. “You look at Rowdy like Constance looks at me.”
Angel didn’t think she could get any happier, but somehow her heart grew.
“Let’s go. Rowdy’s waiting,” Ellis whispered.
Angel kissed her father’s cheek when he handed her to Rowdy at the front of the church. She shed a tear or two while pledging her love, and even more when Rowdy vowed to love her forever. After the last words were spoken, he bestowed a long, promising kiss on her lips.
When he lifted his face, he winked at her. “I love you, Angel girl,” he said, and then scooped her into his arms.
Laughing out loud, she looped her arms around his neck as he carried her past the rows of people clapping and whooping, and out the front door of the church.
Rowdy’s gaze was as bright and sparkling as the summer sun overhead. Her heart threatened to burst. He walked straight to a buggy covered with crepe paper and bearing a Just Married sign between the two back wheels, and set her on the front seat.
Giggling, she kissed his cheek when he’d climbed in beside her. “I feel sorry for anyone who’s not me right now,” she whispered.
He kissed her lips as he flicked the reins over the horse’s back. “I know the feeling, Angel girl, I know the feeling.”
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Lauri Robinson’s chosen genre to write is western historical. When asked why, she says, “Because I know I wasn’t the only girl who wanted to grow up and marry Little Joe Cartwright.”
With a degree in early childhood education, Lauri has spent decades working in the non-profit field and claims once upon a time and happily ever after romance novels have always been a form of stress relief. When her husband suggested she write one, she took the challenge and has loved every minute of the journey.
Lauri lives in rural Minnesota where she and her husband spend every spare moment with their three grown sons and four grandchildren. She works part time, volunteers for several organizations, and is a diehard Elvis and NASCAR fan. Her favorite getaway location is the woods of northern Minnesota on the land homesteaded by her great-grandfather.
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