“I’ve missed you,” David said when he pulled away from her.
“You’ve seen me every day at work,” she said, then let out a frustrated moan as he pulled away from her.
“I’ve seen my friend Sarah and my co-worker Sarah. I’ve missed my lover, Sarah,” he said as he began unbuttoning her shirt and removing her bra. His hands were cool as they touched her warm breast and then he replaced his hand with his mouth and she wanted to scream to the sky with the pleasure. But she wanted more. Squirming against him, she reached between them for the zipper of his jeans. Her breath caught as his hand skimmed inside her jeans and panties. He circled her most sensitive spot then dipped inside her with long, deep strokes that sent her hurdling into a climax that caught her off guard, but it wasn’t enough—she wanted more. She needed more.
“You have on too many clothes,” she said as she tried again to undo the pants that were keeping her hands from him. She wanted to feel the hard length of him so she could guide him deep inside her. She wanted him to fill that empty place that ached for him. She wanted to feel him come deep inside her while her body squeezed every bit of pleasure from him. But she’d never get what she wanted, needed, if she couldn’t get the clothes that were between them off.
David rolled away from her then wrestled off his boots then stood to take off his pants. For one second she caught sight of his heart-stopping naked form against the darkened sky as he covered himself with a condom. Then he was kneeling down in front of her as he worked her boots off and then her pants. She’d never felt so needy in her life. When he finally came back to her she lifted her hips up to meet him, her body unable to wait any longer.
As Sarah felt her body reach for their climax she understood what her body had known before she had herself. She’d needed David to fill not only her body but also her heart. It had been empty for so long. As they rode out their climax together she let go of all the pain inside her. She opened herself up to David and let him see the woman who had held back so much of herself for the last three years.
Her scream of triumph swept through the trees and seemed to echo over the valley. Tears filled her eyes but she didn’t bother to brush them away. Whatever it was that the two of them shared right there in that moment was more than sex, more than intercourse. For the first time since the day she’d lost her family, she felt whole again.
They lay there together and stared up at the twinkling stars above them. They could have been the only two people in the world right then and that would have been all right with her.
“We have to go back,” David said, though he made no move to stand.
“I know,” she said as she turned toward him. “Thank you for tonight.”
“It was my pleasure,” he said as he turned so that they were facing each other.
She had never screamed during sex before and she would have thought she would feel embarrassed, but she didn’t. Maybe she’d run out of feelings after purging so many from herself tonight.
She heard the buzz of a phone from the pile of clothes that lay scattered across the grass. “It’s Jack,” she said recognizing the ring tone as the one she had set up for him and hoping she hadn’t worried him because they had been out longer than they had planned.
They both stood and started searching. She located her jeans and slid them on before she pulled her phone from the back pocket. It just didn’t feel right talking to her father-in-law while she was undressed even if he was a couple miles of trail away and there was no way he could see her.
“Hey, Jack. What’s up?” It took a minute for his words to cut through the pleasant haze that had formed in her brain. “Are you sure? Yes, we’re headed back right now. We’re on our way. It’s okay. We’ll find him.”
She ended her call then looked up into David’s eyes. She knew he had heard the conversation and had to have realized what had upset Jack, but she made herself say the words out loud. “Davey’s disappeared.”
David tried to fight down the panic that had gripped him as he had listened to Sarah on the phone with Jack.
Davey had to be safe. It wasn’t like he was lost in the mall where someone could have stolen him. He had always loved playing hide-and-go-seek when he was younger. He had to just be playing with Jack. By the time they got back to Sarah’s house, Jack would have found him.
Fortunately, Fancy seemed to pick up that there was an urgent need for them to return to the ranch. Following behind Sarah, she’d sped up to keep pace with Sugar, but with only the moon to light their path they were unable to travel very fast. Finally they reached the road.
“Hold on,” Sarah hollered back at him as Sugar took off in a run. He had just enough time to grab the saddle horn before Fancy followed her. He hugged the horse with his thighs and bent low as he saw Sarah do. He could see the reflection of light in the dark night and knew that they had to be close to the house.
Finally they topped a small hill and he could see the house in front of them. It was lit as bright as an airport landing strip with flood lights shining from
