Gunner’s hands moved gently over me, sending an instant warmth through my body.
“Hmm, you feel so good.”
With a smile, I rolled over to face him. “We almost died last night.”
He chuckled lightly. “Hardly. But she was a big cat.”
“She was a lion! Not a cat!”
Gunner drew me in closer to his body. “That was something to tell our kids someday.”
My finger moved lazily over his chest. “This is our last day here.”
“Have you had fun?”
“I have,” I said with a wide grin. “I could have done without Josh almost cracking his head open, the bad art project, the skunk, the lion, and not to mention the almost orgy yesterday.”
Gunner let out a laugh. “Yeah, that was … different. Heather felt really bad.”
“She should! It makes my skin crawl thinking about it. Blah.”
“Well, Josh came to the rescue on that one as well.”
A small chuckle escaped from my lips. “You know he is never going to let you and Jeff forget how he scared that mountain lion away.”
Groaning, Gunner moved over me, causing me to lay flat on my back. “Tell me about it. The way he walked off like he was king of the world was only the beginning.” He leaned down and rubbed his nose against mine as he pushed his hard length on me. “What concerns me more is how your damn dog slept through the whole thing.”
We both turned and looked at Gus. He was asleep on his bed, all four paws up and snoring.
I shook my head as I gazed back up at Gunner.
He pushed into me again. “I really don’t want to talk about Josh or the crazy folks we met yesterday, or even that damn dog.”
My teeth captured my lip and I wiggled my brows. “What do you want to talk about?”
“Nothing. I want to make love to my wife before the air leaks out of this mattress.”
“I haven’t brushed my teeth yet.”
His finger traced along my jaw. “I’m willing to take the risk if you are.”
My stomach dipped. I loved this man so much and I each time we were together, I swore it felt like the first time.
“For the sake of the air in the mattress, I think we should skip brushing our teeth.”
We both chuckled before our eyes met and that familiar feeling we shared with each other filled the tent.
“Drew,” I whispered before he pressed his lips to mine. He slowly pushed inside of me, then retreated a bit, before pushing in further. It was a heavenly torture.
“More,” I gasped while pulling him in more with my legs.
His lips moved softly across my neck. “Greedy little thing.”
“When it comes to you, I am. I never can seem to get enough.”
We were face to face again. Blue eyes staring back at one another. The magic in the air was undeniable. Gunner pushed completely in and remained still. I could feel him pulsing inside of me. Lifting my hips, I silently begged him to move.
“I love you so much, sweetheart. Each morning I wake and look at you sleeping so peacefully. I’m taken by how much my heart grows more with your love.”
His whispered words had my body already trembling and he hadn’t even moved yet. My fingers slipped through his hair with ease, urging him to kiss me. When his lips touched mine, we quickly got lost in one another. Gunner moved slowly at first. Our hands exploring each other softly, our kiss growing with urgency.
“Ellie,” Gunner said as he moved faster. Harder. Driving my orgasm to the surface.
“So close,” I whispered as the feeling grew more. “Drew, I’m going to come.”
He pushed in deeper as he spoke against my neck. “Ellie, feels so good. Baby, I’m coming.”
With each thrust forward, Gunner’s body trembled. A low growl as he finally released himself into me.
When he finally stopped moving, he stayed inside of me. Cupping my face with his hands, he peppered me with kisses while my fingers traced over his arms.
“Let’s stay like this all day,” I said.
His warm breath tickled my ear. “Should I blow up the sinking mattress?”
It was then I realized how fast we were slipping toward the floor. “Oh, my gosh what happened?”
With a chuckle, Gunner replied, “I might have gotten a little crazy toward the end.”
Gus jumped up and barked, causing both of us to let out a small yelp.
“Who’s up and ready for breakfast?”
My eyes widened in shock while Gunner dropped his head and shook it. He slowly pulled out of me and got up.
“Knock knock, love birds. Are we up?”
“Yes, Ari! We’re up!” I shouted.
“Jeff’s got breakfast going. This is our last morning so rise and shine! Y’all have plenty of time to bump uglies later. Off to wake up Josh and Heather now! Chop chop!”
Gunner groaned while he slipped on a pair of sweats. “She’s so lucky she didn’t show up three minutes earlier.”
I let out a giggle and quickly cleaned up before getting dressed.
After I washed up and brushed my teeth, I threw my hair in a ponytail and met Gunner outside the bathrooms.
“Ready?” he asked with that dimpled smile of his.
“Yes! Today is starting out to be a wonderful day.”
Gus jumped up and down, trying to get Gunner to throw a stick. “Not now, boy.”
His arm wrapped around my waist as we headed back to our tent. “Hmm, wonder why?”
I leaned my head against his arm. “Thank you for this morning. It was amazing.”
Gunner kissed the top of my head. “I agree.”
“As much as I’ve loved this trip, I miss Alex something awful.”
“Same here. I can’t wait to see her.”
Gazing up at him, I couldn’t help but smile. I loved how Alex already had Gunner wrapped around her little finger.
We dropped our things back at our tent and headed over to Jeff and Ari’s site. Josh and Heather were already there. As we walked up, we heard Josh re-telling the story of the mountain lion last night.
“And it’s started,” Gunner said with a chuckle.
“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Hayes. The mountain lion keeps getting bigger. It wasn’t that big,” Ari said as she shoved a piece of bacon into her mouth.
Heather glanced up at us and smiled. “Good morning. Why Ellie, you certainly look beautiful this morning.”
“I feel beautiful,” I said as I kissed Jeff on the cheek. He gave me a wink and said, “Good morning, sis.”
Sitting, I reached for a piece of bacon. I inhaled deeply. “Pancakes,” I whispered.
“Not just any kind of pancakes. Chocolate chip with fresh strawberries.”
My stomach growled as I watched a large plate of pancakes be placed in the middle of the table. By the time I picked up my fork and went to get a pancake, they were gone.
“What in the heck, y’all?” I asked as I looked at Heather and Ari.
“What? I’m feeding two other people,” Heather said with a huge smile.
Ari on the other hand stood and put a pancake on my plate. “There ya go, Ells.”
I glanced down at the one cake then back up at Ari. “One? You’re only giving me one?”
With a shrug, she motioned over to Jeff with her head. “He’s making more.”
“Here, Ellie, got you some more.”
Jeff placed two more pancakes on my plate. Heather and Ari were both eyeing them, causing me to slide down the picnic table away from their reach.
“Hey, it looks like she has more chips in hers,” Ari called out to Jeff.
Spinning around, Jeff grabbed the chips and dumped them over Ari’s food. “There. You’ve got more chips. Happy now?”
“Yes, I am.” Her eyes widened as she looked up at Jeff. “What in the hell are you wearing?”
Everyone looked at Jeff. I couldn’t help but start laughing. His T-shirt said,
Gunner stood and walked over to Jeff, hitting him on the back. “Now I get the diving symbol on the back of your shirt. Only you, Jeff. Only you.”