Her Prada Cowboy: McCulloch County Series #1 (8 page)

This time her whisper against his lips
got her the reaction she was after and his hard lips closed around hers in a
long, deep and sensual kiss. His arms tightened around her back. Being pressed
against his hard body was something she could only withstand for so long.  She
had been dreaming of him, of his touch, of his hardness, his erotic fullness
inside her and she needed him. 

Sooner, rather than later! Much
sooner!

A knock on the door shattered
Shannon’s need and she moaned in distress as did Jarrod.

Lord knows he needed this woman.  So
damn much his whole body ached with need.

“I brought you somethin’ cool for
those chapped throats.  Open the door, Jay.”

Jarrod lowered Shannon slowly down the
front of his body, watching her eyes close and he groaned.

He pushed her back and stalked to the
door.

“Your timin’ sucks, Rosa.”

“What’re you blabberin’ about, my
boy?”

She carried the tray to the desk and
smiled at Shannon who sat demurely on one of the chairs in front of the desk. 
Her spikes back on her feet.

"Enjoy.  I am makin’ somethin’
real special  for lunch.”

She walked through the door and left
it standing wide open.  Jarrod chuckled and walked to take a seat on the other
side of the desk.

“I guess she has just appointed
herself as your chaperone.”

“It’s a good thing, don’t you think?”

“Oh no, doll face.  Nothin’ would keep
me from you.  Not after the promise you just made.  But to honor Rosa’s effort,
I will desist for now.  I want to hear your cries and screams and with her here
…”

Shannon blushed, remembering how loud
she became that night they spent together.  He wrung emotions and pleasure from
her so expertly, she could not keep her cries and screams down.

She picked up one glass of soda and
gulped half of it down.  She sat back and watched Jarrod do the same.  She
still could not believe how her life has changed since that rental car broke
down next to the road.

“I’m waiting, Mr. Parker.”

“Mr. Parker me, one more time and I’ll
whip your ass!”

Her eyebrows rose and she smiled
sensually.  His dick jerked in reaction.

“I want you to move in here.”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Because technically I work for you
and that sort of thing is still frowned upon.”

“You don’t work for me.  You still
work for Global Media.”

“Are you going to make this another
condition of that damn contract?”

“No.  I am askin’ because I want you
here.”

“I have always separated my personal
life from work, so I am afraid the answer is still no.”

“You can have you own room.”

Shannon laughed outright and he smiled
along with her.  They both knew she would be sleeping in his bed if she moved
in with him.

“I am serious, Shannon.  I want you
with me.”

“What would happen to me if you decide
you’ve had enough of me?   Apart from being cast aside, would I be kicked off
the project too?  My superiors would immediately believe I messed up no matter
what you said and I would end up jobless.  No Jarrod, I am not moving in with
you.”

“I won’t terminate the contract,
Shannon. No matter what.”

“Why?”

“Why what?”

“Why do you want me to move in here? 
From what Noah said, you have never had a relationship with anyone.  You are a
slam bam kind of guy.”

“Noah has a big mouth! He wants you to
himself!”

“He does?”

“Don’t look so damn pleased about it!”

“Is this what you wanted to talk to me
about, Jarrod?”

“No.”

“So?”

“You are not goin’ to change your
mind?”

“No.”

He sighed dramatically and she wiggled
on the chair.  He was giving up too easily.  One thing she has learned about
him over the past few weeks, he never gave up once he made up his mind.

“I want to offer you a permanent job.”

She gaped at him.  From the one
extreme to the other.

“I …”

“Hear me out.  I am extremely
impressed with everythin’ you have done, from the start of this project.  We
already made a decision that we wanted to put a Marketin’ and PR department in
place.  We’ve just not had the time to start lookin’ for candidates.  You,
Shannon, are the perfect candidate.  You don’t have to decide immediately, but
I’d like you to think about it.”

“Jarrod, this is just too much.  It …
the same principle applies here.  We have a history  … we’ve been too …
personal with each other to have a direct professional relationship.”

“Shannon … just think about it.  Chris
will give you the full proposal on Monday.  Go through it and then we will
discuss it further.”

“Very well.”  She sighed and finished
her soda. 

“Lovies … grubs ready!”

Rosa’s shout echoed from below and
Jarrod rose immediately.  If he had to sit across from her alone for much
longer, he was going to jump her bones.

Lunch, with Rosa joining them, was a
pleasant affair.  She talked non-stop and had them in stitches with her tales.

After lunch Jarrod would not take no for
an answer, they went swimming before he would take her back to Houston. 

She had to wait whilst he took a
shower and got dressed.  Her breath caught in her throat and nearly choked when
he walked back into the room.

He was wearing a formal black suit with
a white shirt and a silver tie.  His hair was tied back and he looked like a
movie star.  

“Are you going out?”

Her heart hammered against her chest. 
Her ire rose high inside her at the thought of him on his way to a date with
another woman.

“Yes, doll face.  We are goin’ to
dinner in Houston.  Had you lived here, you would have been ready by now. .”

“Jarrod …”

“Shall we?”

Oh Lord, I am in so much trouble!  He
is supposed to be a Cowboy, for heavens’ sake!

Now he looks a lot like the high powered
corporate type you usually go for t.

But he is supposed to be a Cowboy!

I’m not sure I am following you, doll
face.  Are you upset, or happy about it?

Oh, shut up!

Jarrod
took her to one of the most exclusive restaurants in Houston.  He could not
take his eyes of her.  She wore a white off the shoulder sheet dress made from
some stretchy material that hugged her body before it fell to her ankles.   It
molded around every damn curve of her body.  When she walked, her leg peeked
out from a long slit on the front side of the dress.

He most definitely did not appreciate
the reaction she got from the male population when they walked into the
restaurant.  Some stared blatantly and he cursed.  He curled his hand
possessively around her waist and led her to their table.  Realizing with a
start he was jealous.  An emotion he has never had to deal with  before.

Last time I brin’ her to a place like
this!  These gigolo’s are forward enough to proposition her in my presence!

Their table was to the one side and
secluded from the rest.  He made sure he seated her behind the massive potted
plant so she would be out of sight.

“This is quite a beautiful place and extremely
popular by the looks of it.  Do you come here often?”

“I do most of my business lunches
here, yes.”

“And your woman?”

He frowned at her and shot her an
annoyed glare.

“There is no ‘your’ woman in my life. 
Never has been.”

“Ah, yes.  I nearly forgot.  The slam
bam man.”

“Are you deliberately tryin’ to
antagonize me, doll face?”

Shannon looked at him and sighed,
deciding to back down.  It was not his fault that he looked so damn gorgeous,
all the woman drooled over him when they walked into the restaurant.

“Okay, I’m sorry, but I am still angry
at you for the backhanded way in which you took over my life!”

“I did not take over your life.”

Yet.

“Really?  The fact that I had to move state
and house, was a decision I just took because I felt like it?”

“You’re still stayin’ in your own
apartment, aren’t you?”

Shannon glowered at him, but refrained
from taking the bait.  The waiter arrived with their wine and starters.  For a
while there was silence.  Shannon led the conversation to work , desperate to
find some way to separate her raging need for this man from the purpose of her
being here.

No matter what she said, she knew
there was no way she would be able to stay away from him.  They had just
finished their dessert and were sipping on some Irish coffee, when a beautiful,
tall blonde stopped by their table.  Her glittering, long red nails stroked
over Jarrod’s cheek.  Shannon shimmered with anger.

“Jarrod, daarhlin’ … I thought it was
you.  Shame on you for neglectin’ me the past few weeks.”

Jarrod groaned and watched Shannon’s
eyes glitter.  He removed Carmen’s fingers from his face and let her hand
drop.  His voice was icy.

“I have been busy, nor do I remember us
agreein’ to meet.”

The woman’s dark brown eyes turned to
Shannon and flashed in the candle light.

“He is such a tease.  We’ve met up
every month at least.  I am really upset with you darlin’.”

“I don’t appreciate havin’ my dinner interrupted
so rudely, Carmen.  I suggest you leave.”

“But darling’ …”

“Goodbye Carmen.

She huffed and spun around, walking
away with swaying hips.  Shannon’s eyebrows rose. Jarrod  watched her in silence.

“One of your slam bams, Jarrod?  Oh
no, can’t be … she has a special once a month spot!  What does she do that the
others don’t?  Whip you?”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

“Well, it was clear that you two have
had more than the proverbial once off.  Why are you so defensive about it?”

“I’m not, but she was lyin’ and I hate
people that lie.”

“What did she lie about?”

“That it’s been a few weeks.  It has
been close to a year , I have no desire for her company ever again.”

“And why is that?”

“Because, doll face, now I have you.”

“You don’t have me!  Don’t confuse the
one night we have with …”

“You’re about to say somethin’ that is
goin’ to make me angry.  I think it is better that we leave.”

He waved at the waiter to bring the
bill and his jaw remained rigid all the way to her apartment block in Shore
acres in Trinity Bay. It was about a forty five minute drive to the office, but
Shannon did not want to live in the city center. He parked the car in front of
the building and she turned to him.

“Well, thank you for a wonderful
evening.  You don’t have to see me to the door.  There is a doorma …”

“Forget it.  I’m comin’ up.”

He got out and walked around the back
of the car to open her door.  He took her arm and did not let go until they
were inside her apartment.  He went to the office, while she got ready earlier
and now he was curious to learn more about her.

Jarrod looked around and was surprised
at the décor.  It was fresh, relaxed but modern.  The color scheme in the open
floor area was earth shades and white.  The lamps around the large area casted
a romantic hue. 

Shannon dropped her clutch bag on the
couch and turned to Jarrod.  Before she could utter a word, he pulled her tight
against him and his lips covered hers.  He kissed her slowly, savoring her
taste.  He stroked her back until he reached her ass and folding his hands
around the perfect globes, lifted her against him and slammed her hard against
his aching dick.

She groaned into his mouth and her
arms wrapped around his neck.  She pulled the band from his hair and twirled
her fingers through the soft tresses at the nape of his neck. He growled and
withdrew his mouth from hers.  Their eyes met, both glittering with heat.

“I need you, doll face.  So damn
much.  I have been slowly goin’ insane with desire for you.”

“Jarrod.”

“Yeah doll face.”

“You talk too much.  Take me to bed.”

He smiled and picked her up and
carried her to her bedroom.  He lowered her to her feet slowly and shrugged his
jacket off his shoulders.  He draped it on the chair in the corner and kicked
off his shoes and socks.  He turned to her, slowly going down on his haunches,
caressing her body as he went.  

He lifted her one foot and removed her
ridiculously high heeled shoe and then the other.  His large hands closed
around her calves and he stroked his way up her legs, lifting her dress with as
he went.  Shannon pulled down the zipper on the side of the dress and Jarrod
kept going until he lifted the dress over her head.  It followed the same route
his jacket did.

His eyes blazed as he took in her
exquisite beauty.  His dick jerked and went from semi hard to rock hard with
each breath he took. .  He reached out and cupped her breasts, watching them
pucker into tight nubs.

“Good Lord, Shannon … you are so
beautiful!”

Shannon reached for his shirt and
quickly unbuttoned it, moaning as he kneaded and caressed her breasts.  She
pushed his shirt over his shoulders and she felt bereft when his hands left her
to allow it to drop on the floor.  He stepped back when she reached for his
belt and shook his head.

“I’ll do it.  If you as much as brush
against me, I’m likely to explode.”

She smiled at his confession.  While
he took his pants off, she pulled the covers to the end of the bed and sat in
the middle of it waiting for him. Her breath caught in her throat at the sight
of his arousal.  It appeared even larger and bigger than she remembered.  Her
heart thumped  and she lifted her eyes to his.  He stood looking at her with so
much heat, she felt it burning her skin.

“I’m afraid you are going to suffer
the same fate you did the last time, doll face.”

She blushed, just thinking of the
hours of pleasure they shared.

“And what would that be?”

“You won’t be able to walk for a few
days.”

Before she could respond he pushed her
back on the bed and covered her with his hard, delicious body.  He nuzzled her
throat, while he drew slow circles around her nipples, making her squirm.  Good
Lord, how she needed his mouth on her breasts!

He was too impatient himself to tease
her for too long and his fingers closed around her nipples, tugging and
tweaking gently.  He kissed a slow path of fire down the center of her chest
and up over the slope of her one breast.  Shannon arched her breast invitingly
and he did not hesitate. His lips closed over the nipple and he drew it into
his mouth, twirling his tongue over and over the tight tip.

Shannon mewled, heat shot directly to
her core from where he was sucking her nipple.  She lifted her hips against his
rough leg resting between her thighs.  He swopped to the other breast and
exulted in the exquisite succulent taste..

She withered against his leg,
desperate for his touch.  The tender ministrations to her breasts turned her
body into a mass of need. She complained when his lips left her breasts.

“Easy, honey … the night is young.”

“Jarrod, I nee … Oh my LORD!”

Jarrod’s lips closed over her clit
without any warning. Shannon nearly climaxed there and then.  Her hips shot of
the bed to press into his mouth and he smiled.

Ahh … virgin territory for my sweet
doll face!  Damn, I am a lucky man!

“Jarrod … please stop … it’s too much
… ooohh!”

Shannon’s head thrashed back and forth
on the pillow.   Jarrod was right.  This was the first time for her having a
man pleasure her with his mouth and the sensations nearly crippled her.  It was
so intense, so highly erotic, she did not know how to deal with it.  He lapped
the tiny nub with his tongue and she cried out.  He pulled the tiny nub in his
mouth and sucked and she mewled.

Jarrod settled deeper between her
thighs and hooked her legs over his shoulders.

“Jarrod … no!”

He ignored her, his one hand curved
around her waist to stroke, pull and tweak her nipples.  He opened his mouth
wider over her and suckled more of her, harder, whilst lapping at the tip with
his tongue.  She thrashed against his mouth, helpless against the sensual
pressure building inside her with painful force.  Jarrod stroked her sheath,
from the one end to the other and separated the folds to push his finger
inside.  He growled against her clit and she jerked against his mouth. 

She was so damn hot and wet!

He pushed his finger deep inside her
and then added another and yet another.  He caressed the inner walls of her
channel with slow strokes, searching for and finding her G-spot. He stroked
over it, slowly and softly at first, building her pressure higher and higher. 
Then faster and started pumping his fingers in and out, making sure he hit the
bundle of swollen nerves every time.

Shannon keened and thrashed against
his mouth and wicked fingers inside her.  She did not know how and what he did,
but he was slowly driving her  insane.

“What … are you … oooh … doing!  It’s
too … oh … ohlordohlord!”

The next moment her whole body arched
off the bed as she climaxed so hard it felt as if she was ripped in two.  She
screamed at the wave of pleasure that crashed over her and it was so intense
she tumbled into a black abyss for several seconds before stars exploded behind
her eyes.  Shannon clawed at Jarrod, panicked when she could not breathe.  He
continued to feed her climax that had total control of her body, pulsing and
milking at his fingers.

“Pl ... ea ... se, br … eathe … I can
…”

Jarrod looked up and realized she was
panicked and could really not draw a breath.  He lifted his head and stopped
stimulating her clit.  He kept his fingers inside, enjoying her clutching and
releasing  too much to remove them.  He watched her riding the wave of pleasure
and it was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.  She gasped when she at
long last managed to catch her breath.

She cried out when Jarrod lowered his
head and continued his quest, enjoying the helpless pleasure that rushed
through her too much to stop.  He took her to explosive heights three more
times in less than five minutes.  Shannon’s breathing was haggard and desperate
when he rose above her and spread her legs wide.  He looked at her while
entering her slowly, torturing her with his hardness, his fullness filling her
inch by inch.  He did not stop until he rested inside her to the hilt.  Her
eyes were wide and she clamped her inner muscles around his hardness.  His dick
jerked inside her and she mewled, pressing her hips into his.

Jarrod straightened his arms and
started thrusting, setting a hard, fast pace.  They hurled into oblivion within
moments, their shouts echoing through the room.   He kept thrusting short, hard
plunges, emptying every drop inside her.

How is it that this woman turns me
into a mindless puppet?

Yet,
he could not stop and it was only the beginning.  He took her to new heights
she did not think was possible.  Not after what she just experienced and their
first night together.  The sun peeped over the horizon before Jarrod pulled her
against his side and they fell in a deep, exhausted sleep.