Cuffing The Law Book 2 in The Willowbrook Series

Chapter 40

Daisy

I love hiking, the way my legs feel strong and the breeze on my face, it's a bit chillier today and the air has that crispness to it that you only get this time of year. Up high it is breathtaking and I am so pleased that Logan and Sage decided for us all to do this today. For a hen and stag weekend, it's the best, who needs to go to a bar or wear those sashes anyway. Lottie and Ryle are behind Deacon and I, those two sure seem to be hitting it off.

I hope my bestie goes easy on Ryle, only she has always stemmed away from any kind of relationship, ever since her daddy left when she was a little girl she has had some major issues with commitment. Ryle seems like a nice guy, and his story about losing his wife is tragic. I can't wait for us all to meet his little girl, she sounds adorable. I wonder if this is just a weekend fling for Lottie and Ryle, it makes me smile. I'm glad they have each other for how long it lasts. I am guessing Ryle won't be going into anything new without a lot of thought, not with a kid to think about.

Deacon is behind me and I can feel his eyes on me even though I am not looking at him. "Are you checking my ass out, Marshal?"

"What do you expect, it's right in front of me and it's like a damn peach, Buttercup. I could bite it."

"You can do that later, I can't wait to curl up in your arms again and feel your hardness against my stomach."

"Daisy, behave. Not out in the open for God's sake. I'm having enough difficulty keeping my dick under control as it is." He chuckles, I love it when he does. It's deep and throaty just like his groaning is when he's about to explode. My that man sure does know how to get a girl all worked up and then some. The way he took me in the shower was out of this world. I've never done it in a shower before, don't get me wrong I am no novice to sex but let's just say the guys I have dated, well it was all over rather quickly. But not with Deacon. He savored me as if I was some fancy dish in a restaurant, he took his time and made me feel as if I was the only woman alive.

"So, you and Molly," I begin.

"Molly?"

"Yeah the woman in Coppertown."

"Oh, that Molly. What about her?"

"You guys were serious?"

"No, Buttercup. She understood me and I understood her. I've not seen her for a while now not since, I caught myself thinking about you all the time."

"Seriously?" I keep my eyes on the ground not wanting to trip and bust up my ankle or sprain it like Sage did not long ago. Oh, boy when she did they had the helicopter out for her and the rescue team. She was spitting mortified and angry. Personally, I think that was the point that brought her and Logan closer together, when he had to make a house call, even though she was still pissed at him.

"Seriously, Buttercup. I've not been able to take my mind off you for quite some time now. Molly and I would only spend a night together a week and then to be honest, we didn't spend the whole night together. It wasn't like that. We both had our needs and that was the relationship. Nothing more, nothing less."

I mull it over, just the thought of Deacon being with another woman makes my chest lurch and knots my stomach right up. I don't want to even think about it, but I do get that a man and a woman have basic primal needs.

"Good to know." I feel his fingers lacing through my own, he stops me in my tracks and forces me to face him, lifting my chin up with his thumb and forefinger.

"Oops sorry." Lottie says as she practically bumps into me. "I'll er, just go round. Come on Ryle, lets leave these two lovebirds to it. We can go catch Logan and Sage up." She pushes Ryle to the other side of Deacon.

I look into Deacon's eyes, there is a tenderness there that I hadn't noticed before, and a hint of amusement. "Are you jealous, Daisy? Of Molly?"

"No, don't be so ridiculous, I was just asking. That's all. Only what I felt last night with you, it was nothing I've felt before and I kind of don't want it to end when we get back to town." He lowers his lips to mine and softly kisses me.

"I don't want it to end either, Buttercup and nobody says it has to. Everyone here on this weekend knows we've sealed our whatever this is. Relationship?" I blush, I like the word relationship tripping off his tongue, it sounds so kinda like we could be going steady. Oh, will you listen to me, I sound like a damn teenager with all that going steady. But you get what I mean, right?

"I'd like to see where it goes, Deacon I don't want it to be just sex." I blush. He runs his thumb along my jaw line, it feels sensuous and warm.

"Me too, Buttercup. Me too. I'm scared, I won't lie I mean you might change your mind in a few weeks or a month, but I'm not going to lie, Daisy I really, really like you." I want him to tell me he loves me, but I know for him it's probably way too soon.

I know already that I love Deacon, I've loved him since High School, the way he makes my heart race, sends my butterflies in my stomach all a flutter, there is no doubt in my mind. But I get that Deacon is older, wiser and perhaps a bit more cautious. I guess it's up to me to show him that I am serious about having a proper relationship with him. Sure, I've flitted around with different guys here and there, I've had a few casual relationships but never have I had feelings like I have for Deacon.

When you know, you know, right? Your heart races, he hangs the moon, his words mean so much. He makes my pulse beat and takes my breath away. I love this man more than words can say. I want to have everything with him, I want to have my first last everything with Deacon. There are no two ways about it.

"Deacon I won't be changing my mind, you light up my life, you've made me the happiest woman alive. I've crushed on you since I was in High School, you know that." His eyes dance like I've handed him the moon.

"Have to admit, Buttercup I've kind of had a thing for you since you were in High School. Only I've been so damned blinkered by the whole age gap business that I've let it stand in the way of everything. I don't want to do that anymore." Music to my ears, I am brimming over and my smile must be cracking my face, least ways it feels like that.

"I've never felt like this about anyone before and If I am totally honest, I have always been a bit shy of commitment. In my book I want what my folks have," he tells me making me swoon so much my legs feel like they're going to give way and I'll be a puddle at his feet. "you know to be with a partner for life, someone I can share the small and the big things with, someone who will stand by me, respect me and feels the same way I do."

"I'm your girl, Deacon surely you know that already and as for the whole age gap thing. Honestly, nobody cares. Certainly not me. It's just a number and it only signifies how many years we haven't managed to have together." His lips brush mine sending a shiver up and down my body, warmth creeps through my lower regions up to my stomach and pools. His lips are soft and gentle, his tongue enters into my mouth. Is the mountain moving?