My Cowboy Book 2
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Tinkerbelle Leonhardt
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Cora and Hael's love story is anything but ordinary. From a passionate engagement under fireworks to navigating family tensions and launching a women's magazine, their journey is filled with highs and lows. As they prepare for their wedding, they face unexpected challenges, including a legal battle, a runaway alpaca, and a devastating tornado. Amidst the chaos, their bond grows stronger, leading to a heartfelt wedding and a surprising revelation on their honeymoon.
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CORA
âIs that a yes?â Hael asked, his blue eyes wide with anticipation.
I smiled, pulling him in for another kiss while the fireworks continued to explode overhead.
I ran my fingers through his sandy hair and hitched my skirt up a little so I could straddle him.
He let out a deep groan as I ground into his lap. I could feel him getting hard.
I let my hand travel down until Iâd reached inside his button fly.
I gave his manhood a tug.
That was all the encouragement he needed to flip me onto my back.
He reached one rough hand up my skirt, fingers teasing me over my underwear.
His other hand traveled under my shirt to squeeze my breasts.
I moaned loudly, but the fireworks consumed any noise I made.
âBaby,â I managed to get out.
I tried to grasp his shaft again, but he grabbed my hands in both of his and raised them over my head.
He held me there, just firmly enough that I couldnât get them free without his permission.
âUh-uh,â he teased.
He brought his mouth down to my exposed breasts, his tongue swirling in circles before lightly biting my hardened nipples.
I rocked my hips upward to meet his hard bulge, but I needed more, and I needed it soon.
âHaelâŠ,â I whined.
Satisfied that I was putty in his hands, Hael pulled one hand off my wrists and used it to release his member.
He rubbed the tip against my moistened clit, and I tried to push him inside me but to no avail. He wouldnât allow it yet.
âIs that a yes?â he repeated with a mischievous grin.
âWhat do I get if it is?â
Finally, he met my eyes and pushed himself into my welcoming entrance.
âOh, God! Hael!â I let out, arching my back as his length filled me.
He was still solidly on his knees and I brought my pelvis up to meet his.
I tightened my legs around his hips as he slowly thrust into me, the hand that wasnât holding my wrists gripping the flesh of my thigh.
He picked up his pace, and soon I was becoming desperate to use my handsâto run my nails down his broad back.
Finally, he allowed my hands to come free.
I grasped onto his shoulders and pulled my torso up to be flush with his as he slid in and out of me.
He held all of my weight in his strong arms effortlessly as he sat upright and continued to fuck me.
I was so close to cumming.
My cheeks hot, breathing ragged, I closed my eyes as euphoria flooded through my body.
As soon as he was sure Iâd been satisfied, Hael let himself go.
He let out a fulfilled groan, and I felt his warm seed surge into me.
Finally, I collapsed back down onto the wooden floor of the balcony, with Hael breathing heavily on top of me.
He looked me in the eyes again.
âSo thatâs a yes, then?â he said for the third time, panting into my ear.
âNo⊠Thatâs a fuck yes.â
HAEL
On a sunny Saturday the month after our engagement, Cora and I rolled up and parked in front of Bree-elle and Tobiasâs new house around 6 p.m.
They had moved out of our family homeâwhich was now back in my dadâs careâand into a starter home on the other side of town.
Tobiasâs parents had offered to have a brand-new house built for them in Plainview, but they were happy with a fixer-upper.
That was Ellieâs idea. Took after me and Dad in that respect.
Once theyâd gotten the place presentable enough, they decided to host a family dinner party.
Dadâs rusty truck was already parked in the driveway. Tobiasâs parentsâ Mercedes was there too.
It was the week before Thanksgiving, and I had so much to be thankful for, what with getting engaged and all.
It still didnât seem real. The last few weeks felt like weâd been playing house. Content with our happy, simple life.
We didnât go straight into wedding planning, not yet, which was fine with me.
There was so much more to a wedding than I ever expectedâwith save the dates, catering, rehearsal dinner, sending out the actual invitations, photographers, color schemes, flowersâŠ
It made my head spin just thinking about it.
That said, it still didnât change the fact that I was the happiest man in the world.
I was getting married to an incredible, smart, sexy woman who loved me just as much as I loved her.
What isnât there to be happy about?
âReady to do this?â Cora asked.
âReady as Iâll ever be.â I leaned over and kissed her before we hopped out of my truck and headed for the front door.
Coraâd had her hands really full with her website lately. It was good to see her so active. Sheâd come a long way since that summer, and I was proud of everything sheâd done.
Her online womenâs magazine had finally had what she called a âsoft launchâ a few weeks before, though she was still courting investors.
The G-Spot, as she titled it, was an âopen and safe place for women to read, learn, and share about sexuality, sexual identity, sexual pleasure, and mental and physical health.â
The pictures and graphics on the site looked real nice, as far as I could tell, but as Cora said, âIt needs more content.â
Reviews and articles and stuff.
She said if she was going to make this thing a real business and not just some pet project, she needed others onboard.
Tobias had graduated from Trinity in May and was now working at his dadâs accounting firm.
They were really excited to have Cora as Tobiasâs first big client.
Navigating the ins and outs of finance went way over Coraâs and my heads, but Tobias took care of enough so that Cora could focus on things like talking to potential investors.
She actually had her second investor ready to sign the next morning and she was asking the first batch of subscribers to write reviews so she could put them up on the homepage.
With all the craziness, having a quiet evening with family was a nice change of pace.
âHey, come on in!â Tobias said as he answered the door.
Tobiasâs parents, Doug and Rachel, greeted us too. Rachel immediately handed Cora a glass of white wine while Tobias hurried back into the kitchen.
The tiny home didnât have a formal dining room, but after my dad had knocked out the wall separating the kitchen and living room, the space felt a lot bigger.
âWhereâs Leroy?â Cora asked as she sat down at the table.
âDown here,â we heard Dadâs gravelly voice say.
When I looked over the kitchen island, I saw Dad lying on his back under the sink.
CORA
Ellie almost tripped over her father as she took the cheesy potatoes out of the oven.
âDad, you can look at that later,â Ellie moaned.
âNah, Bumblebee, I almost got itâŠ,â he said, oblivious to the fact that he was in the way.
Tobiasâs dadâs eye roll didnât go unnoticed. âThey could also just call a plumber,â Doug said, sipping his wine.
âNever met a plumber who could fix a problem I couldnât take care of myself,â Leroy replied.
Hael cracked open a beer and took a seat next to me at the table.
âWell, dinnerâs almost ready,â Ellie said.
Leroy eventually made his way out from under the sink and joined us at the table while Tobias and Ellie brought the pork chops, potatoes, and greens over.
âThe damn water pressure,â Leroy said beside me. âAll these city ordinances⊠Ya know, there used to be real falls in Flake Wood Falls.â
âWhat happened?â I asked. âA casualty of that big drought?â
âWe wouldnât have had a drought in the first place,â Leroy huffed, âif those rich bastards up in Plainview hadnât leveed the water back in ninety-two.â
Doug went rigid and raised an eyebrow. âThat so?â
Oh yeah, two of those ârich bastardsâ are sitting across from him. By the look in Leroyâs eye, he realized it too.
He wasnât exactly wrongâat least thatâs what Hael had told me. The Plainview levee system had basically fucked Flake Wood Falls.
If it hadnât been for my father all those years before, the whole town would have been a lot worse off.
âWell,â said Leroy, trying to backtrack, âIâm just sayinâ that Flake Wood Falls could have used some outside help, is all.â
Trying to change the subject, I said, âEllie, Tobias, this all looks incredible!â
âIt was all Ellie,â Tobias said. âIâll have to learn all these recipes once she starts school next semester.â
âThe first Gunners to go to college,â Hael said, raising his bottle.
âAre you excited?â I asked her. âTo start school?â
âI amâŠ,â Bree-elle began as she started passing plates around.
She didnât take much food for herself; in fact, she looked a little green.
âAre you okay?â I whispered to her.
âIâm fine,â she snapped back unexpectedly.
âOh my gosh!â Rachel interrupted.
She pointed to my ring finger. âI just realized I havenât seen you two since the engagement! Show me that ring!â
I held out my left hand to some oohs and ahhs from the Frelts.
âHael picked it out,â I said. âItâs perfect!â
âWhenâs the big day?â Rachel asked.
âWe donât have an exact date yet, but weâre thinking sometime in October, so a year-long engagement. Figured weâd get to the details a little later.â
âI told Hael I was actually fine going to city hall in a cute dress, signing the paperwork, and calling it a day,â I continued, âbut Mr. Softy here wanted something a little more romantic.â
As I spoke, I took his hand.
âThatâs wonderful!â Doug said. âLetâs toast to celebrate! Cora, do you need me to top you off?â
âSure, thank you.â I held out my glass to be filled.
âFrelt Vineyard Riesling,â Rachel butted in. âThe 2018. I brought a couple of bottles for you to take home too.â
âI never did get what people like so much about wine,â Leroy chimed in.
Here we go.
âI could never taste the difference between a five-dollar bottle or a fifty-dollar one,â he went on.
âTaste in wine is something you have to refine,â Doug said.
âWell, I guess itâs a little hard to be ârefinedâ when you have to break your back for a livinâ.â
Dammit, LeroyâŠ
âSo, have you thought about kids?â Rachel asked, defusing another blowup while simultaneously starting another.
âMom!â Tobias exclaimed.
âNow, honey,â Doug added, âthatâs no oneâs business but theirs.â
âOh, I meant no harmâŠjust curious thatâs all.â
âWell, stop being so nosy.â
âItâs fine,â I said, trying to calm the rising tension. âHael and I have talked about it. We think itâs in the cards for the future, but nothing definitive yet.â
That wasnât true.
I would be over the moon to have children with Hael.
It warmed my heart just thinking about it, but I was keeping that to myself for now.
Around that time, I noticed Ellie acting in a very un-Ellie-like way, being very quiet.
Any other time the family got into a tizzy, she was usually in the thick of it.
But she just sat there poking at her food, not eating, looking at her phone.
âWell, I think youâd have beautiful childrenâsmart, too, of course,â Rachel grinned, eyes glazed. The wine seemed to be having an effect. âIâd have more if I couldâŠâ
âPlease, donât,â Tobias said. âOh!â He practically jumped out of his seat. âI almost forgot. Speaking of parentingâŠâ
âNot now, Tobias,â Ellie scolded, but he was already in the other room. When he came back, he had something behind his back.
âEllie and I got you two something.â
Ellieâs reaction was the embodiment of the face-palm emoji.
âSo, as a sort of âWelcome to the familyâŠâ happy weddingâŠthing, Ellie and I got to thinking and decidedââ
âYou decided,â Ellie cut in.
âWeâumm, I went ahead andâŠwell, here.â He handed me a framed photo with a picture of aâŠ
âIs that a llama?â I asked.
âCongratulations! Youâre now the proud ownersâparentsâof your very own alpaca!â Tobias was beaming.
âAre you serious?â I asked, staring at the photo of the cocked-headed little beast. It was actually kind of adorable.
Tobias nodded enthusiastically. âThought itâd be a great addition to the farm.â
âWe donât want it,â Hael said.
âOh, come on Hael,â I pleaded. âLook how cute it is.â
âIt looks like an asshole. We donât need a damn alpaca running around the ranch.â
He looked at Tobias. âNow un-adopt it and send it back.â
âI canât un-adopt itâŠitâs already âin the mailâ.â
âYou already paid for it?â Hael said.
Ellie stood up, her face looking clammy and pale. âI told you to wait! If youâdâve listened to meââ She pushed herself away from the table and rushed to the bathroom.
Tobias got up and went to check on her.
Good boy.
Though he did almost step on Ellieâs phone, which sheâd dropped when sheâd stood up. I quickly snatched it up before someone else smashed it.
Holy shit fucking-fuck! I thought to myself when I turned the phone screen over and saw what sheâd been reading.
âPregnancy Symptoms: 10 Early Signs.â
Is Ellie fucking preggo?
