His Tattooed Virgin(Divine Creek Ranch 12)(43)

Chapter Ten




The beat of the music pulsated in the air as Seth watched Jayne shake off her inhibitions on the dance floor. He’d been hard since their slow dance earlier, which had been a test of his will as he’d felt the shudders of orgasm ripple through her. Her responsiveness amazed him. She didn’t demand anything from him, but something about her made him want to give her whatever she desired. He enjoyed watching her have fun on the dance floor with her friends, but the swaying of her hips and the seductive way she moved reminded him that while she might be innocent, she was all woman underneath that outfit.

He peered around the club and realized he’d moved half the distance from their table to the dance floor. Looking around the room, he noted that the husbands and fiancés of several of the women stood watching their women with possessive gleams in their eyes.

Eli Wolf seemed particularly territorial as he stood at the perimeter of the dance floor watching his wife, Rachel. She’d edged over until she danced right in front of him, brushing her body against his with an equally territorial fire in her eyes. Seth also noticed that Jake Redman and his friend Gil James both stood nearby, watching Margot. The symmetry of that apparently new ménage relationship brought a smile to his face. Jake kept Margot on her toes in what seemed at times to be a volatile relationship, while Gil, foreman at the Rockin’ C Ranch, was about as laid back as they came and seemed to be gifted at setting her at ease. Margot smiled at both men alluringly.

Settling his eyes back on Jayne, Seth groaned as his temptress kissed fingertips on both hands and then slid them over her cleavage and down her torso, separating them a second before they reached the apex of her thighs to slide around her hips.

Holy shit.

His cock grew rock hard as she held his gaze prisoner, watching her hands as they traveled all over her body. She tilted her head back, making her shiny, reddish-brown curls swing behind her, and the lights on the dance floor illuminated her face for a brief moment as she bit her lower lip. He gritted his teeth as he envisioned that same rapt expression on her face while she straddled his hips with his dick buried to the root inside her. He could practically feel her satiny thighs and buttocks under his hands as he helped her.

The first time he’d seen her naked, he’d still considered her off-limits. He hadn’t wanted to be the one who left her with memories she might regret years from then but his outlook had changed. He wanted to be the man she thought of when she relived memories of her first time. He glanced at the men he now called friends watching their ladies, and felt like one of them. She was his, and he planned to claim her the moment the song ended.

As the music faded, Jayne smiled at him, her cheeks rosy and her eyes alight with a mixture of desire, need, and some other emotion. Instead of just taking his hand, she went straight into his arms and looked up at him as people moved past them to their tables. He realized then that what he’d seen in her eyes was trust. She was just as ready to leave as he was.

A male shout, a feminine cry, and the meaty thwack of a fist meeting flesh reached them across the throng, signaling that a testosterone overload was breaking out on the other side of the club. Seth watched as several people went down like a row of dominos. He turned and put his body between her and the surging crowd and made his way to their table near the door. “Stay put.”

“Seth, my mom and Lucy are in that.” She made as if to follow him but he stopped her.

“Stay here and I’ll be right back.”

He rushed back toward the group as Jake Redman emerged with Margot, who was arguing with him. “Jake, my sister is in there.”

With his hands on her shoulders, Jake halted her return to the dance floor. “Sugar britches, Ace and Kemp are helping Summer right now.”

Margot’s jaw jutted stubbornly. “I told you not to call me that, damn it.” Gil James joined them and directed Margot to the group that was growing a safe distance away at their table.

Shouting continued on the other side of the dance floor and fists flew as Eli Wolf directed Rachel over to Jayne, and then the former nightclub bouncer waded into the fracas. More people toppled, and Seth’s worry increased because he didn’t see Jayne’s mother and his sister. Finally, he spotted them with several other unknown women trapped against the mirrored wall at the rear of the dance floor.

Grace’s husband, Adam Davis, and Seth reached them just as the brawl surged in that direction. They shielded the ladies from the angry combatants as they threw blind punches. Seth grabbed Jayne’s mom and turned her, blocking a blow that would’ve landed square in her face, taking it in his shoulder instead. He and Adam cleared a path and directed all the women to safety. He turned at movement near the floor to his right and crouched down to help Teresa Martinez and the familiar blonde who’d come in with Teresa, Angel, and Joaquin earlier in the evening. Joaquin arrived at the same moment, breathing hard as though he’d moved several men to get to them. Joaquin helped Teresa, and Seth helped the blonde, who appeared to be limping.