Saving Us(24)

“Far be it for the mother of your child to cock-block you. I wouldn’t want you having to suffer at all.” I was joking, but somewhere in my mind I had to wonder if he was being a little serious. I’d let myself fall so deeply in love with this man. It would kill me if he left me for someone else.

“As long as you keep bendin’ over, we ain’t goin’ to have a problem.”

Bend me over…

I sat up on my knees and looked down at him. The things he said still shocked me sometimes. I fell in love with this cocky side and a part of me never wanted it to go away, but another part of me feared that it could attract other women. The fear of losing him was real and with my hormones making me think crazy things, I just didn’t want to imagine it. “You really know how to charm a girl. I used to want a real cowboy, but now, I think it was just not as good as I had imagined.”

There, that should shut him up.

“Bullshit! You know I’m good at what I do to you, so don’t even try to deny it. How about I cut you off then. You think you’d still be sayin’ that?”

Oh, he was so good. That man had a God given gift.

“It’s alright. Nothing to write home about, though.”

He sat up and leaned his arms on his knees. Since Conner was shirtless, I tried my hardest not to stare at his chest. We played this sort of game all the time. The who wanted who more game. Each time, it made us both crazy and super horny. “You want to marry me, don’t you, Blaze? Go on girl, you can admit it.”

It was a question that he always knew the answer to. Still hearing him ask me that caught me off guard. I sat there with my mouth open for a minute. This could be one of those tests, like I gave to him. “Maybe.”

“Maybe, my ass. I bet you can’t wait.”

He was right. “Like I would ever tell you.”

Conner leaned in and got so close to me that I could feel his breath on my face. “The sooner you get a divorce, the sooner you get my last name. Keep that in mind darlin’.”

My heart literally skipped a beat. Was he actually offering me a forever with him? “Did you just propose to me?” Oh my God, Conner Healy just proposed I think.

He smiled and brushed his lips over mine. “I ain’t talkin’ anymore about it until I know you’re all mine. You know what you need to do, Blaze.”

“I am all yours,” I said as I pulled away.

“Not according to the state of North Carolina.”

Sometimes, I needed to not look into those eyes of his when we were talking. They messed with my head and distracted my train of thought. My mind went to his family and how wonderful they all were. I wanted to not only be Conner’s wife one day, but also be a part of that family for real. I needed to get a lawyer. “Will you go with me to talk to a lawyer?”

“Do you want to go home right now?” He stood up and reached out his hand for me. Once I was lifted off the ground, he walked over to put on his shirt.

I located my clothes and started putting them on. I probably had bark and leaves in crevices that I didn’t know I had. As excited as I was to get out of my marriage, it hurt my feelings that we were going to have to leave this amazing place. I could have spent forever and a day on this ranch. “We can stay another day.”

“That child needs to have his daddy’s last name, Amy. His mother needs that name too. I know earlier we were jokin’ around, but I am serious about this, right now. If I would have knocked up a girl in my past, I probably wouldn’t have even been responsible about it. This is how serious this is to me. I want this with you and I’m going to have it.”

I smiled. “I wasn’t arguing.”

“Good, because you wouldn’t win, if you were. Now, let’s get back before they send out a search party and find out where I took you.” He grabbed my hand and started walking us back to the golf cart. Our ride back to Colt’s was too short. As the cart came to a stop, Conner turned to look at me. “Amy, I want you to know that I’m crazy about you. I want to be a good father to our child, but I can’t stress enough the fact that I need you to be all mine. I ain’t goin’ to ask you if that’s what you want, because I already know the answer. When we get back, you’re goin’ to that lawyer, even if I have to drag you in there.”

I leaned over and kissed him. “You can be so romantic.”

“If that was romantic, you just wait until later.”

I didn’t want to wait, but no matter when it was, I’d be ready and willing for this man. Bent over or not, he could have me every which way he wanted.



Chapter 12