Faithful: Age Gap Small Town Romance (Whiskey Run Book 1) Hope Ford (the gingerbread man read aloud .txt) 📖

Her eyes are on me, wide and aroused. My most genuine smile stretches across my face. How did I get so lucky to have this woman in my bed?

I reach between us and stroke my finger through her folds before pleasuring her clit. She starts to writhe underneath me, and our thrusts become manic. The only sound in the room is our breathing and the sounds of our bodies slapping together.

“Yes, Austin. Right there. Please don’t stop.”

With her urging, I give her all I have. In and out. Thrust after thrust, I make her mine.

When there’s no more holding back, I tell her to come, and her body thrusts one more time before she tautens, overcome by the orgasm coursing through her body. She’s held so tightly, I grunt as I move in and out of her, releasing my cum deep into her sex.

I hold myself over top her and kiss her.

I lie to the side and pull her against me, never breaking our kiss. She molds her body into mine.

When I pull away, she surprises me. “Can we do that again?”

I laugh, a deep one that comes from my belly. “Yeah, sugar. We’re going to be doing that a lot.”

I pull from her arms. “I’ll be right back.”

I’m gone only a minute before I’m back beside her with a warm washcloth. I clean her up and then clean myself up in the bathroom. When I lie down next to her, she’s boneless and can barely hold her eyes open. I pull her into my arms. “Rest, honey.”

I can feel her head nod on my chest, but she doesn’t say a word. “You’re mine, Millie.”

She doesn’t move, making me believe she’s already asleep. I go to sleep with my arms around Millie as I try to figure out how I can keep her.

9

Millie

I can’t stop smiling. No matter how hard I try, I can’t stop. It’s crazy because I know I probably look like a crazy person. Every time my dad sees me, he makes some kind of joke about me smiling so much and then just shakes his head, asks me why I’m smiling and keeps walking. It’s obvious to everyone why I’m smiling... it’s because of one Austin Yates. He has completely flipped, turned me upside down. He calls and texts me every day, and he insists that he see me every day. It seems that everything is moving so fast, but also so slow at the same time. A part of me wonders if this is really my life. How did I end up with the hot cowboy?

I’m standing at the front of the store. I just went over a few things with Ranger, the ranch hand that Austin sent to try out the manager’s position. He’s been a godsend. He’s already helped so much with the store, my dad has been able to spend more and more time at home on the ranch.

My phone dings in my pocket, and already smiling, I know it’s probably Austin. I open the texting app.

Change of plans for tonight.

That’s all it says. I don’t text him back right away because I’m waiting for him to say something else. When a few minutes go by, I text him back. Ok.

I get back to work, and even though I’m wondering what’s going on, I know he’ll text or call me before I get off work.

Hours go by, and when it’s time for me to head home, I grab my purse, look at my phone one more time, tell Ranger I’m leaving, and walk out the front of the store. I get to the edge of the parking lot and freeze. Austin is standing next to his truck with his arms wrapped around a woman. Pain squeezes my heart. I swear I’d never believe it if I didn’t see it with my own two eyes. I turn quickly and run back into the store. I wipe at the tears that I didn’t even realize were falling. Ranger is busy putting things on a shelf, and I dash into my office. I drop my purse on top of my desk and pace back and forth. I’ll wait just a few minutes and leave. What’s he even doing here? All the thoughts are running through my head when the bells over the front door of the store ring. I completely stop breathing. I don’t even have to look to know who it is. It’s Austin... and that woman.

I walk out of the office and do my best to keep my expression guarded. But I must not be hiding my emotions very well, because Austin takes one look at me and frowns. As soon as he’s close enough, he pulls me into him. “Josie, this is my girlfriend, Millie. Honey, this is my sister, Josie.”

“Your sister?” I squeak out. He’s mentioned his sister, but she lives in Texas. He never mentioned that she was coming into town. My stomach unbinds with relief, and I can’t even try to hide it. “It’s so nice to meet you.” Even I can hear the relief in my voice.

Josie and I talk, and the whole time, Austin is looking closely at me.

We talk about going to dinner, and it’s then I realize this must be the change of plans.

“Josie, Ranger’s right over there. Why don’t you go say hi and then we’ll go to dinner.”

Josie turns to me. “You’re joining us for dinner, right?”

“Yes, she’s coming.”

Josie slaps her brother’s arm. “She doesn’t need you bossing her around, bub.”

I laugh, already liking his sister. “Yeah, I’m coming.”

As soon as Josie walks away, Austin grabs my hand and walks with me to my office. He closes the door and turns me