His groan made her giggle and hearing him practically growl as Randall approached had her whisper, “Careful, or they might put us in separate tents.”
“Over my dead body,” he managed before smiling and handing the reins of their horses to the wrangler.
“Oh, wait,” Micah said, remembering her promise. “Do you think I can have another apple? I sort of promised Jed a reward.”
“Sure, Miss Micah, there’s some on the table over there.” He jerked his head in the direction of the campfire. “I’ll go on and unsaddle Jed but won’t let him out to pasture until you have a chance to say your goodbyes.”
“Thanks, I’ll just be a minute,” Micah promised and tugged on her Daddy’s hand. “Come on, you can get one too so Dallas won’t feel left out.”
They fed the apple slices to their horses and Micah threw her arms around Jed’s neck. “Thank you,” she said. “You’re a great horse. Thanks for sharing your mountain with me.”
“And for keeping my Webby safe,” Stone added, opening his hand where a few white cubes sat.
The horse picked them up and crunched as Micah just stared at her husband. “Where did you get sugar cubes?”
“Let’s just say I came prepared, and don’t fret, I saved one for you.”
“Do I have to neigh first?” she teased as another cube appeared in his fingers.
“Why Mrs. Barrows, when did you become so kinky?”
“Jeez, let me think… oh, right. It was on our first date when you threatened to pull down my panties and spank my bare bottom if I didn’t eat those awful Brussel sprouts.” She snatched the cube from his fingers and tossed it into her mouth.
“Not exactly a neigh, but I’ll take it,” Stone said as she moaned at the burst of sweetness that bloomed on her tongue the moment she crunched down. Pulling her to him, he kissed her, tasting a few sugar crystals on her lips. Pulling back, he grinned. “I’m going to have do some research on animal roleplay.”
Micah ran her palm over his crotch. “Or I could just save a horse and ride my cowboy.”
With a toss of her curls, she smiled and, swaying her hips, walked away.
Chapter Fourteen
Stone
He was sure dinner had been great but all he could think about was Micah’s parting comment and that gorgeous butt encased in tight denim switching from side to side. Every time he caught his babygirl’s eyes, she smiled, batted those long lashes, and if she had just put a bite into her mouth, withdrew the fork at a deliberately slow rate, letting her lips purse around the tines. It seemed his Little girl was determined to make him pay for teasing her and it was working. His cock had been rock hard from the moment she’d cupped his crotch.
He loved hearing his Little laugh with the others in the group and was happy to see she’d eaten most of her dinner, but the moment Randall pulled out a harmonica, Stone decided he’d suffered enough. Bending toward Micah, he whispered, “Follow my lead.”
She didn’t question him, simply nodded while he stretched his arms above his head and yawned so widely he could hear his jaw crack. Evidently so could a few others as heads turned toward him.
“Sorry, folks. I’m plumb tuckered out,” he said, shooting Micah a look when she giggled.
“Oh, right, me too! Fu… tuckered, I mean.” The darkness hid most of her face, but Stone could see the blush at her faux pas.
“Thanks for a great dinner. Go ahead and enjoy the music,” he said, standing and offering his hand to Micah, who took it and stood. He could see her trying not to laugh as she added her thanks to his and told everyone she’d see them in the morning.
“Do you think they bought it?” she asked.
“Not a chance in hell,” Stone said even as calls of “good night” rang out as they walked away from the fire.
“Do you even know which tent is ours?” Micah asked when they were out of the hearing range of the others.
“It’s the purple one, of course.”
“Really? They make purple tents?”
He laughed, “Probably, but I was teasing. But I do know it’s the one on the end.” Once he’d seen what tent the men were setting up, he’d asked Cody to place theirs out in the open rather than beneath the canopy of trees where most of the other tents had been erected. Before he unzipped the door, he removed his boots and helped Micah with hers.
“Wow, it’s bigger than I thought,” she said after she ducked down to enter the tent “Look at all this space.”
