Shane (11 page)

****

Lacey was scared. It was only a lunch and birthday
celebration, but all of Shane’s family would be together in one spot. He put
his hand in the small of her back and encouraged her to sit at the table beside
him. He’d introduced her to his big brother Rory who now sat at the end of the
table, carving the biggest slab of roast beef she’d ever seen.

“Anyone like their beef well done?” he asked.

“I do,” said Lacey.

Shane handed her plate down to Rory, and he set two
thick slices of beef upon it and handed it back.

“This looks wonderful,” said Lacey.

“Rory’s a great cook. He’ll make someone the perfect
wife one of these days,” said Shane.

Emily laughed, and Rory knitted his eyebrows
together and gave her a playful look.

“So Emily Ann, how does it feel to be officially a
teenager today?” asked Marie. She passed a bowl of mashed potatoes to Lacey.

Emily shrugged her shoulders.
“The
same.”

“Seems like just yesterday you were a baby,” said
Marie. “And here you are a young woman. I think we’ll need to fill the house
with some more babies very soon.”

She glared at all three of her sons. “Of course, it
would help if you found yourself some women first.”

She looked at Shane and winked. Lacey glanced at him
and noticed he was blushing.

“So how are you settling into the apartment?” Marie
asked her.

“I love it. I got a bed yesterday, and the view
every morning is the best.”

“Does that mean you’re definitely making Timber
Creek your home?” she asked.

“If the sheriff allows me to stay in his county,”
said Lacey.

“Well as long as I don’t get any more drunk and
disorderly reports, I think I can offer my approval,” said Shane, taking a
bread roll from the plate in the middle of the table.

“Have I missed something?”
asked
Rory.

“I didn’t realize just how strong the local
bartender pours the drinks and got a little too happy my first night in town,”
said Lacey.

She saw Shane pulling a face, and she jabbed him
with her elbow.

“Don’t worry about the teasing from my son,” said
Marie. “He’s got his father’s dry sense of humor, but that’s what made me fall
head over heels for him.”

“I have a great idea, why don’t we start handing out
our gifts for Emily,” said Shane.

It was plain to see that his mom was matchmaking,
and more than obvious that Shane was finding it uncomfortable.

“Yeah, let’s do it,” said Emily.

Flynn reached over to another chair and put a hat
that said official teenager on her head, making Emily burst out laughing.

“I would like to say I have the most wonderful
daughter in the whole world, and for giving me thirteen years of love and
pride, we’re going on a long weekend vacation to a hotel in Missoula. There
she’ll swim, play in the game room, and just
have lots of fun
.”

“Really?” said Emily. He nodded, and she flung her
arms around him.

“That’s perfect because while she’s there, I have
tickets for her to go and see a play at the new theatre,” said Rory.

“No,” said Emily.

Rory nodded.

“And she’ll have something special to wear because I
have a gift certificate for her favorite clothes store,” said Shane.

Emily put her hands over her mouth.
“None of its true.”

“Oh yes, it is, and while she’s at the hotel, she
and her grandma are going to have a day at the spa. Our nails will be painted,
and our faces made even prettier.”

Emily began crying, and Flynn put his arms around
her and hugged her. “Why are you crying honey?” he asked.

“I’m so happy. My family makes me happy.”

“That’s what we’re here for,” he said.

“And I also have a surprise,” said Lacey.

Emily looked around at her. “While you’re gone I can
draw a design of whatever you’d like on your bedroom wall. Here, I have some
ideas.”

Lacey slid the paper with her sketches over to her.

“Dad, I like flowers, can I have them on my wall?”

“Sure you can, but I think we need to empty and tidy
the room first. Maybe get rid of some old things?”

Emily nodded and then got up and threw her arms
around
Lacey’s
shoulders. She kissed her cheek.

“Thank you,” Shane mouthed to her.

****

Lacey put her sketch on the carpet and stepped back
to look at the blank wall in Emily’s bedroom.
 
She began sketching the outline by the baseboard and worked her way up
the wall but was suddenly distracted with what was happening outside the
window.
 
Shane was helping out his
brother Rory while Flynn and Emily were away on her birthday treat in Missoula.

He literally took her breath away as pushed his
cowboy hat back and rode the horse down the path and into the stables. Could a
man get any sexier? She seriously doubted it.

She watched until he was out of sight and then got
back to work, forming the stems of the flowers, and then a branch of a tree
running at the top as if it was hanging over the room.

Lacey hoped Emily would like it. She was a great
girl and Lacey liked her a lot. In fact, she liked the whole Malone
family.
 
A tap on the window made her
look that way. It was Shane. She walked over to it and opened it.

“How’s it going?” he asked.

“Good. I have the outline all finished, now I have
to work on filling in the colors.”

“I’m helping Rory feed the cattle and then I’ll be
by to take a look.”

Lacey knew she should be getting the job ready for
when Emily returned home tomorrow, but she couldn’t help but look at Shane
again and that cute butt as he walked away.

She got back to work by mixing colors together. This
is what she really wanted to do. Maybe she could find a way to make a living
here doing just that.

Obviously she’d been too engrossed in the illustration
because she didn’t even hear Shane enter the room until she detected his
familiar spicy aftershave and feel his breath on her neck.

“Lacey Metcalfe, you are one talented lady,” he said
throwing his arms around her. He kissed the side of her face. “I’m glad I never
you gave you the job of office assistant because you would have been wasted
sitting behind a desk.”

“I guess, but you know I still haven’t totally
forgiven you for not giving me a chance.”

He kissed her again. “You want to know the real
reason I wouldn’t hire you?”

She turned around. “Yes I do.”

“Stop by my office after work and I’ll show you. And
wear a dress.”

Chapter
Ten

Shane was about to live out one of his fantasies. It
hadn’t been his fantasy that long. Just since Lacey had walked through his door
that morning. He dimmed the light in his office, thinking that added to the
atmosphere.

Hearing the outer door open and close, and knowing
everyone had gone home for the night, he ran his hand through his hair, sensing
it was Lacey.

She slowly pushed back his door and stood there
looking sexy, as she always did.

She leaned against the doorjamb.

“I have a feeling the reason you didn’t hire me has
something to do with sex, not my sex, but sex in general.”

He beckoned her over. She walked to him and then sat
on his lap.

“I have this policy, no dating, and absolutely no
sex between co-workers.”

Lacey ran her finger along the edge of his lips.

“So you knew you wanted me from the moment you saw
me?” she asked.

“Oh yes I did.
Didn’t know if you
wanted me through.
Did you?”

“I
kinda
did.”

“
Kinda
did?”

She smiled. She was messing with him in a way only
she could.

“I kept thinking that if I hired you I’d bring you
in here and we’d do all sorts of naughty things.”

Shit, he was getting rock hard thinking about it.

“Show me,” said Lacey.

“Take off your coat and then sit back down on my
lap.”

Lacey stood, rid herself of her winter jacket, and
then as he’d requested, sat.

He pushed up the hem of her dress. She’d been brave
in this cold weather because her legs were pantyhose free. He pushed his hand
up underneath the dress, feeling the lace on her panties.

Shane had played the scenario about removing these
goodies over and over in his mind. Would the real thing be just as good? There
was only one way to find out.

“Stand up and lean over my desk.”

Lacey stood, turned around and put her hands on the
top of the magazines that sat on his desk.

He ran both his hands up the side of her legs and
then around to the front of her thighs.
Such soft skin.
He moved his finger higher, anticipating the next move. The one he’d wanted to
do since that first day they’d met.

Shane hoped he could do it, and that it wouldn’t
hurt her.

He grabbed the top of her panties and pulled at them
as fast as he could. The material ripped just as he’d hoped it would, and
shreds of material now sat around her ankles.

Pulling up her dress, he bunched it up and sat it on
the small of her back so he could take a good look at her ass. With his free
hand, he pulled open his fly.

“Shit,” he said.

“What?” asked
Lacey.

“The condom is in my jacket pocket by the door.”

“Shane, I’m on the Pill. If you trust me, I trust
you, so we don’t need one.”

He took a deep breath. He’d never been inside a
woman without a rubber before. And yes, he trusted her. Hell, he’d trust this
woman with his life.

Without giving it another thought, he took his cock
and pushed it into her pussy.

Holy fuck, it was the best sensation he’d ever
experienced. Her channel was hot and wet, and if he didn’t stay focused he was going
to ruin it right this second.

Shane tried to think of something boring as he began
thrusting inside her. But that was impossible because this was Lacey and she
and her body did strange and wonderful things to him.

She spread her legs some more, giving him more
access to her and causing his dick to go deeper. He hoped he never had to wear
a condom again. He ran his hands down her back, seeing her body quiver.

He rode her harder and faster, slapping his pelvis
against her ass and thighs, hearing their skin smack against one another,
driving him into an erotic frenzy and then, it took him by surprise.

His climax.

He cried out hoping it had been as loud as he’d
thought. And shit, it might have even made him cross-eyed.

He wanted to stay inside her, but he couldn’t
because he just needed to sit and enjoy the moment. He slumped back on the
chair, breathing heavily, trying to get his focus on Lacey, who had now removed
her dress and bra.

She was perched on the edge of his desk; legs
spread, pussy on full display, her fingers playing with her clit and pussy
opening.

Once he’d recharged it looked like he’d be going
back for more.

****

One thing Lacey never felt when she was around Shane
was inhibited. She ran her finger over her clit, and then down around her
pussy, watching Shane as he sat mesmerized. She let her pinkie slip inside her
channel. His mouth dropped open, and he began touching his cock.

She spread her labia. Shane licked his lips and
touched himself some more. Lacey saw his cock twitch. He stood and dropped his
pants and boxers, his cock now growing erect again.

He pushed her backward and with the very end of his
dick, circled her pussy, catching the edge of her clit in the process.

“Lacey you drive me crazy and I mean that in a very
good way.”

Her legs twitched. Shit, the cowboy was going to
make her orgasm, and that cock of his wasn’t even inside her yet. He was making
her wetter and hotter, and oh yeah, he was hard again and now deep inside her
walls.

She purposely squeezed her pussy muscles, hoping he
felt every little movement.

“Fuck me good, cowboy,” she said, setting her body
down on the desk and giving herself over to him.

Lacey was sure they were moving the desk a little
closer to the wall on each of his thrusts. Every time he did, he hit the
jackpot—her G-spot. He grabbed her breasts and squeezed them, making her
nipples harden and her pussy go into overdrive.