Chance for a Lifetime

Chance braved her egg bombardment and ran forward to tackle her. He picked her up off her feet, and she squealed. “Put me down, Chance Niven!”

“Hmm, I think not. You have quite the throwing arm.” He swung around to look at Harvey who was chuckling while he wiped yolk from his chest. “Harvey, disarm our guest here and get the rest of the eggs, please.”

“My pleasure,” Harvey said.

Chance walked away with Desiree still over his shoulder. The curve of her ass was right by his face, and he was tempted to turn his head and bite the delectable rump. She brought out some devilish thoughts in him that he hoped to act on very soon. In the kitchen, he placed her on the floor next to the sink and barred her escape with his hands. She looked up at him, and he could see the twinkle of merriment in her eyes. A smile was on her lips, and her face was flushed with excitement and happiness. He couldn’t help himself.

Chance swooped down and took her lips in a kiss. She made a sound of pleasure and stood on her tiptoes so she could wrap her arms around his neck and twine her fingers in the hair at his nape. It caused delicious sensations to have her fingers scrape his scalp, and because she had to reach up to hold him, her body was pressed intimately against his as they kissed. He could feel every luscious curve of her while his tongue penetrated her mouth and dueled with her. He lifted her against him, plundering her mouth and sinking deeper into pleasure at her taste. Finally, when she pulled away and looked at him with swollen lips and the mask of desire on her face, all Chance wanted to do was to take her upstairs and sink himself inside her.

“Darlin’, you taste better that apple pie,” he murmured.

Her lips curved into a slow smile. “You have an interesting way of complimenting me.”

“It is a flattering remark, honey. I love me some apple pie.”

“I am a mess again. I should go upstairs and get cleaned up,” she said softly.

Chance slid her down his body slowly until her feet touched the floor, and he gave her a grin. “Want some help to wash your back?”

“I think if you help me in the shower, there is going to be nothing clean about what we do,” she teased and stepped around him to walk away.

“Exactly!” he called after her, and she laughed back as a response. He added impulsively, “Hey, put some jeans on while you’re up there. I’m going to teach you to ride a horse after breakfast.”

Desiree peeked around the door frame. “Really?”

“Yeah, really. We have to bring the cattle out of the south pasture this afternoon, and I’ll be gone until after sundown. I can take an hour to give you a lesson.”

“I’ll be back in a jiffy!” She squealed in delight as she ran up the stairs. Her feet echoed, and Chance grinned. She was happy. For some reason her happiness made him want to jump and whoop.


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Desiree sat in the porch swing and watched the sunset behind the mountain. She took mental pictures of the scene because she knew she would want to remember it forever. Desiree didn’t see how anyone could become bored with this picturesque landscape. Even the horses in the pastured at sunset looked magnificent as they ran. Their muscles moved gracefully under their shiny coats, and it took her back to this morning when she had her first lesson. Chance had put her on a gentle horse named a Copper, a dark brown horse that stood and waited patiently for her to get on his back.

“Foot in that stirrup and throw your legs up, honey, and over his back,” Chance had said, and when she did it, he praised her. “Good girl. Now put your leg in the other stirrup.”

“I’m on a horse,” Desiree said with excitement. She patted Copper’s muscled neck, and he whinnied softly in response.

“Yes, you ar,e darlin’.” Chance chuckled. Now you hold the reins tight in your hand so you can direct him to which direction he should go. Give it a little tug right if you want him to go that way and so forth. Grip him tight with your thighs and sit up straight so you can get the rhythm of his movements. When he began a slow trot, everything seemed to be going well until she felt herself begin to slide sideways.

“Chance, I think I-I’m slipping!”

He moved to take the reins quickly and lead Copper back to the fence. He rushed around to catch her from falling sideways.

“I think I need to sit with you awhile until you figure out how to hold your body steady.” Chance laughed.

That was her favorite part of the ridding lesson. When Chance climbed the wooden coral fence, swung his sexy lean body over on the horse, and sat behind her, she could feel the warmth of his body against her back. His hard thighs moved against hers. It felt intimate and arousing, so much so she wished she could turn and wrap her legs around him and take him as they rode.