Rydin' the Storm Out (17 page)

“Tammy just called and she and Danny are going to get a Christmas tree at the tree farm by Danny’s house. They wanted to know if we wanted to pick our tree up at the same time. Are you interested?”

“That sounds like fun. We haven’t even talked about that. What kind of a tree do you like to get, Molly?”

Molly wrinkled her face a bit. She took a deep breath and looked at Ryder. “I usually don’t get a tree. This will be the first year since…I guess since I was eleven.”

“Why didn’t you get a tree?”

Molly looked past Ryder at the kitchen light. Then she looked out the window for a little while.

“Hey. You with me here?”

“Yeah. Um, well, since my parents divorced, we just didn’t get a tree.” Molly’s eyes were watery with unshed tears. Ryder stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her.

“Oh, babe. I’m sorry. Do you want to talk about it?”

Molly shook her head vigorously. “No. Not really.”

“Okay, well I say two things. First, let’s go get us a Christmas tree to celebrate our first Christmas together. And second, there’s something going on and I want to know. For the past week, you’ve been edgy and withdrawn. Have I done something?”

“No, of course not. I know I owe you an explanation, Ryder, I just can’t yet.”

Ryder wrapped his arms around Molly. “I won’t lie to you, it’s been killing me watching you. Mom says it will help you to talk about it and get it off your chest.”

Molly nodded. “It might.” Taking a deep breath, she continued. “Maybe we can just come back here for pizza after we play lumberjacks.”

“Sounds good, baby.”

Ryder watched Molly call Tammy. Each day he grew more in love with her. This past week she had changed. She was nervous at little sounds and she was constantly looking out the window. It just broke his heart to find out she didn’t have Christmas trees growing up. He couldn’t imagine not having a tree and presents and a big, loud family around. Of course, their Christmases were about to get bigger. This year, Joci, Gunnar, and Molly are added to their family, and next year he would have another little sister or brother to play with.

What on earth happened when her parents divorced? She was pretty tight-lipped about it all. He could ask Tammy what was going on, but he really wanted Molly to tell him herself.

“Okay. We should meet them at Danny’s house in about an hour and then we’ll all come back here. Should we stop at Papa Murphy’s and pick up a fresh pizza?”

“Sounds fantastic.”

***

“This is going to be so much fun. We’re putting our tree in the living room, in the front window. Where are you guys putting your tree?”

Molly looked at Tammy and smiled. “Our tree?”

Tammy squealed. “I’m moving in with Danny this week! Isn’t that exciting?”

Molly hugged Tammy and Danny. “Very exciting. Things seem to be going great for you guys.”

“They are.” Tammy looked at Danny and smiled brightly as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. “Things are changing so fast in our lives. Even Cara has a boyfriend now. We should get together soon and go out for a girl’s night.”

Molly’s smile didn’t reach her eyes. “Sure. Sounds fun.”

They got in their vehicles and drove the couple of miles to the tree farm. Once there, they began their trek through the woods in search of the perfect trees. Ryder found one that he liked, but Molly didn’t think it was full enough. Tammy found one she kind of liked, but it was about nine feet tall. Danny told her it wouldn’t fit. They began to argue about it, so Ryder and Molly headed in a different direction to give them privacy to work it out. After wandering around the trees for a while, Molly spotted a tree she thought looked perfect. It still had pine cones in it and she was hoping for the rustic look. She clapped her hands as she hopped up and down with glee. It was the first time in a week he saw that spark again; there was no way Ryder was taking this joy from her. He watched her eyes light up and her smile spread across her whole face, and he couldn’t help but pull her in his arms and kiss her.

“Jesus, you’re a beautiful woman. You take my breath away, Molly.”

Molly wrapped her arms around Ryder’s neck and kissed him back. “I feel the same way about you, Ryder. You are a beautiful man. Inside and outside.”

They kissed until they were breathless. “I guess I better cut this tree down before we get so hot we melt the snow.”

Molly burst out laughing. “Good idea.”

Ryder worked at cutting down the tree. It wasn’t a huge tree, so it didn’t take very long, and with his muscles, it really wasn’t that hard to do. They started dragging their tree toward the spot where they left Danny and Tammy and found them lying in the snow making out next to a tree they had just cut down.

“I guess we weren’t the only ones melting snow.”

Tammy started laughing and so did Danny. They stood up and started pulling their tree towards their truck. Ryder had learned a while back not to ask Danny if he needed help. He hated that. He would try and do everything himself first, and if he struggled too much, then he would ask for help. But Ryder started ahead of Danny and Tammy, dragging their tree to knock the snow down a little. They chatted and talked the whole way back.

***

“This pizza is good. I’ve never had this kind before. What did you call it?”

“It’s Ryder’s favorite. It’s called Mama’s Special.”

They were sitting in the living room of Ryder and Molly’s place, eating pizza, drinking beer, and watching television.

“So, did your landlord sign the Offer to Purchase yet?”

“Ugh, wait till I tell you what happened.”

Molly proceeded to tell Danny and Tammy about the episode with Jepson. Tammy was horrified at it all. Danny looked pissed. He looked at Ryder. “What happens next?”

“I called my uncle Tommy, he’s a cop. Not a lot we can do, but I gave him a description of his vehicle and they will have officers drive by a couple times each shift to make sure his car isn’t in the area. He didn’t sign the Offer to Purchase yet, but he has another day before the Offer expires.”

“Gawd, that’s frustrating. Sorry, Moll.”

Molly shrugged. “Nothing we can do but wait.”

They continued eating their pizza as Danny and Tammy talked about moving in together and the Christmas decorations they had purchased for the house. Danny loved the addition added to his home and told everyone how much easier it had made his life already.

Danny and Tammy left around eight-thirty to decorate their tree.

Molly was excited to decorate her tree. “I have some older decorations in the basement from my mom’s house. I haven’t looked at them in years, but maybe some of them are still usable.”

“I can go down and pull the boxes out for you. Where are they?”

“I need to go down and look. It’s been years, and I’m not sure how much stuff I’m going to need to move to get to them. Can we do it tomorrow?”

“Well, tomorrow we can go and buy new ornaments for our tree. If you find some in the basement you’d like to keep, you can just add them to the tree. But, for right now, Molly, I want you to stand in front of that tree and strip for me. You will be the only ornament in front of the tree, and I can’t think of anything more beautiful than that.”

Molly loved the way Ryder made her feel. She felt beautiful, alive, loved, and happy. He made her feel like the past was just that—the past—and the future was bright. She smiled at Ryder and stood up. She slowly walked to the tree and stood between it and Ryder and button by button, started undressing.

Once she had her jeans and blouse laying on the floor, Ryder started rubbing his cock through his jeans. It was swollen and hard and needed to be inside of Molly, soon. She was beautiful—this woman of his. He couldn’t imagine life without her in it. He was going to marry this girl. They were going to have beautiful babies, one day. But, he wanted her to himself for a few years first.

Molly smiled at Ryder and reached behind her to unhook her bra. She let it fall from her shoulders to the floor with the rest of her clothes. Just watching him touch himself was such a turn on. Pulling her bottom lip between her teeth, Molly shimmied out of her panties and let them fall to the floor. She gave them a little toss with her toes toward Ryder and stood before him, naked and waiting.

Ryder smiled at her and slowly rose from the sofa to stand before her. He held her head in his hands and kissed her slowly. He explored her mouth, tasted her lips, and kissed his way around her whole face. He slowly dropped to his knees before her, sliding his hands down her waist. He lifted his face and sucked a nipple into his mouth, gently loving her breast with his tongue and his lips.

Molly’s hands cupped Ryder’s head to her body. She should be embarrassed standing here completely naked, but she wasn’t. He made her feel so important, so real, so needed. God, she loved him—so damn much.

Ryder loved each breast in turn and began kissing his way down Molly’s body. He licked and kissed her torso, her tummy and her hips. Very slowly, he swiped his tongue across her clit. He heard Molly whimper and smiled against her body. He parted her moist folds with deft fingers and touched her clit again. This time, making contact so profound, Molly’s knees began shaking.

“Hold on to my shoulders if you need to, babe.”

Molly did just that. She needed the support; the slow assault he was putting her through right now was making her weak. She had never felt so worshiped.

“Open your legs for me, Molly. Give me access to that beautiful pussy of yours.”

Slowly, Ryder slid two fingers inside of her—in and out—as he continued licking and sucking at her body. Molly whimpered. Her legs were shaking and she could feel an orgasm building. Her body was flushed and warm, and a fine sheen of sweat had formed on her forehead, chest, and face. Ryder applied more pressure to her clit and crooked his fingers inside of her causing an orgasm to burst from her body with fury. Molly cried out as her weakened legs gave out.

Ryder caught her and laid her on the floor next to him. He raised himself above her and slid the zipper on his jeans down. Wiggling his jeans down his hips, he rolled Molly over onto her belly and pulled her back until her knees were up to her chest.

“We didn’t get to this yesterday; tonight, I’m going to come in here.” He rubbed Molly’s tight, puckered anal opening with his fingers. He added a little pressure and Molly stiffened waiting for him to enter her.

“Stay right here, just like this. Move your hands and arms above your head, palms flat on the floor. I’ll be right back.”

Molly did as she was told. Her breathing was raspy and ragged. She was turned on beyond belief. Anal sex was something she had never experienced; doing it the first time with Ryder would be amazing. Tammy had told her stories, and Molly was surprised to be told that it could feel so good.

Ryder came back into the room, completely naked and looking hot! His body was to die for!

He kneeled down behind her and ran his hands over the globes of her ass, gently kneading and enjoying the feel of her soft skin against his. He reached around and grabbed the lubricant and squeezed it into his hand.

Ryder applied lube to the outside of Molly’s puckered opening and gently pushed a finger into her. Molly gasped as his finger slid in. “Breathe, baby. Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.”

He pulled his finger out and pushed back in a few times, allowing her body to get used to the feel. Gently, he inserted a second finger, opening her up more for him. All the while, he crooned sweet words of praise in her ear—how beautiful she was, how special she was, how much he loved her and wanted her always.

Molly was feeling so pliable and safe in Ryder’s care. Her body felt good, his invasion of her behind was sensual. It felt forbidden and naughty and yet, she really wanted him to come inside her there.

“I’m coming in, babe. Are you ready?”

”Yes,” Molly breathed out.

Ryder seated the broad head of his cock at her opening, applying a small amount of pressure. “When I push in, I need you to gently push out to ease my way.”

“Okay.”

Ryder started slowly pushing into Molly, allowing her time to adjust. Molly’s opening gave way and allowed him entrance. Ryder slid in a few inches and they both gasped at the feeling. Still allowing more time to adjust, he reached around and rubbed her clit, sending new sensations throughout her body. He heard her gasp. Molly pushed herself back into Ryder and he slid in a little more, hissing out a breath as he did.