Page 99 of The Outsider
Finally, we decided to call it a day and walked back to the stable.
“Thank you for bringing me,” Claire said, her voice full of sincerity, as we directed the horses toward home.
“Of course, baby. It’s our first real date; we had to do something special.”
Her smile was like pure sunshine.Christ, I’m turning into such a sap.
“And for getting Danny to lend me Poppy,” she continued. “I might have gotten a little attached. I’ll have to visit her.”
“You rode very well today,” I said. “And if you like her, she’s yours.”
Her eyes got wide, and I chuckled.
“What?”
“You heard me. I told you we were borrowing her so that you could decide if you liked her without any pressure. But since you do…she’s yours.”
Her eyes lit up with a joy that made the whole thing that much more worth it.
“You got me a horse? Jesus, John.”
“What?” I asked playfully. “We have more PNCs than we can use in a lifetime. I might as well spoil my wife once in a while. Call it a wedding present,if you want.”
It took a while to get home, since I always left a false trail to avoid anyone following us. After we’d finally made it back and returned the horses to the stable, Claire pulled me into a kiss. She smelled fresh, like the outdoors, and I never got tired of her silky hair under my hands. I sighed as she slipped her tongue in my mouth, and the kiss got needy, hungry. With my stupid schedule, it’d been a while since I took her to bed.
I missed her soft thighs wrapped around my hips, cushioning me as I drove into her. Missed her sweet little moans, the way she tasted on my tongue. How she said my name when she came.
I backed her against the wall, and kissed her harder, deeper. I didn’t care that we were in a stable that smelled like hay and animals. I ground my hardening cock against her, and she moaned. I broke away to frantically spread kisses down her neck.
“John,” Claire murmured, “we’re not going to make it to dinner.”
I grinned against her throat. “Definitely not.”
“Take me home to bed, then. I don’t want to have sex while my new horse watches.”
I laughed. “Fair enough.”
We only just made it back inside the house. I pinned her against the closed front door, nibbling her earlobe the way I knew she liked.
“Wait,” she gasped, “what about Kimmy…and Asha?”
“Asha’s scavving, and I asked Kimmy to stay over at Isla’s. We’re alone.”
She smiled coyly. “Oh. You came prepared.”
“Always do, baby.”
I caught her mouth with mine again, and she sighed. After a moment, she reached for my belt…and a sudden buzz came from my jacket pocket, where I’d stashed my outrider radio.
“Command to Ghost,” Danny’s voice said. “Sorry, man, but we need coverage of the west side tonight. Sadie’s kid got the flu, and she can’t make it. But we only need a few hours, tops. I got Will to cover the rest.”
I groaned. “Fuck me.”
“I was going to,” Claire quipped. “But it seems like they need you.”
“I’m sorry,” I said, gathering her face in my hands. “I promise it won’t be like thisforever—”
“But it’s your job,” she replied gently. “I get it. What you do is important, and you care about it. I’ll be here when you get back.”
