Page 29 of Rodeo Cowboy

Chapter Eight

SAMMY

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MY DICK SPRINGS UPlike it’s about to get some action.

Fucking thing.

I’m too goddamn tired to fight the desire pumping through me.

It doesn’t help that Charli’s planted on top of me and her soft curves mold into me. We fit perfect together. It would be so damn easy to flip her over, strip her naked and make love to her on this couch. But it’s not making love because as much as I’ve always wanted a marriage and kids, that’s not what this situation is. We may have a piece of paper that says we’re married, but that’s all it is-a piece of paper.

Obviously, I didn’t learn my lesson the first time I agreed to play house. Now, I have a whole goddam family who I need to keep at bay because just like Elsie, they’ll find whatever it is their looking for and leave me behind.

I run my hands down her bare arms, noting her skin is as damp as her shirt. I want to ask her about the nightmares that leave her thrashing in my bed, but it isn’t any of my business. Keeping my distance so my heart doesn’t crush into a million pieces all over again. I can’t do it a second time. I won’t survive.

“One time isn’t going to satisfy my hunger for you, Charli.” She can’t hide the disappointment in her eyes.

THE END