Текст книги "Wanted"

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CHAPTE R SIXTY ONE

E llie……

“The ceremony was beautiful darling. Just beautiful! And you……you are the most precious thing I have ever seen!” Aunt Lacy said to me as she kept pulling me in for a hug and then pushing me out again to do a once over. I was starting to feel sick from the constant pushing and pulling.

I was finally able to break free from her and tried to sneak over to grab some sweet tea.

“ELLIE!”

SHIT! Dammit! I was just five feet from my sweet tea! I turned around to see Shannon and James standing there. Oh I still felt so bad about everything that happened. Gunner actually missed their wedding because of the car accident. I felt my face burning up.

Shannon leaned in and whispered in my ear. “Don’t you even think about it Ellie! I know what you’re doing and you will not feel guilty do you hear me?!”

I smiled as she pulled away and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

“Have you met my sisters yet?” Shannon said as she put her arm in mine and led me away from my sweet tea. I looked around for Gunner. Where the hell was he?

Then I spotted him. He was playing horse shoes with a few of the younger kids. He looked up at me and we smiled at each other. I just wanted to leave…...start our lives together, that and I really wanted some fucking sweet tea! If I had to talk to another person and thank them for coming I think I was going to hurl.

Shannon introduced me to her two sisters, Lynda and Clare. We talked for a bit and then I slowly started to make my way back to the sweet tea. I saw it……oh thank god my mouth was so dry!

Just as I was about to reach for a mason jar and fill it up with nice cold sweet ice tea that only Emma can make…...I was stopped again by someone saying my name. Mother fucker…...now I was going to go off on someone.

“Ellie?”

“Mom?”

Wait….what?

I turned around to see a woman standing in front of me. I instantly recognized her from the pictures in Gunner’s bedroom. Gunner was standing behind her and she slowly turned around to look at him. She ran into his arms as he picked her up and spun her around.

“DREW! Oh Drew! I’ve missed you so much. I’m so sorry baby boy, so sorry!”

OH. MY. GOD…...I looked around for Gunner’s father but didn’t see him. Bastard! I wonder if she had just gotten there. That made me feel sad if she had, she missed a beautiful ceremony.

“Mom……why didn’t you let me know you were coming? Did you just get here?”

“No Drew, I was here for the ceremony. It was beautiful. You look so handsome Drew and look at you such a man now; you’re not my little boy……. Oh my…...” She started to cry as Gunner drew her back into his arms.

My heart was hurting. To think of all the time she missed out because of Gunner’s stubborn father.

“Mom please don’t cry. You don’t know how happy you made me by coming. Thank you so much.”

“Drew, your father would not come I’m sorry. He did tell me to congratulate you though.” She said with such sadness in her voice.

Gunner laughed. “Sure he did mom! I don’t want to talk about him. I want to introduce you to my wife.”

I sucked in a breath of air. Oh god I loved hearing him say that!

“Mom, may I introduce to you my wife, Mrs. Ellie Mathews. Ellie sweetheart this is my mother Grace Mathews.”

I reached my hand out to shake hers but she came up to me and hugged me. More like squeezed the shit out of me. She pulled back and looked me up and down.

“So beautiful! You’re such a beautiful girl!”

“Thank you Mrs. Mathews.”

“No, please Ellie sweetheart, call me Grace. Thank you so much Ellie for making my Drew so happy. I can see by the way he looks at you how happy and in love he is with you.” She said to me with a smile.

I smiled back at her. She really was a beautiful woman and I could see so much of her in Gunner now that I saw her in person.

“Thank you Grace. I feel the same way about him. He’s the most amazing man I’ve ever met.”

Gunner walked around his mom and took me into his arms and leaned down and kissed me. Before he pulled all the way away from my lips he smiled.

“Do you want some sweet tea baby?”

I had to let out a giggle. I wonder if he had seen my many failed attempts to get that tea!

“God yes!”

Gunner let me go and I watched as he poured me a glass of tea. I turned back to look at Grace and she was smiling at us with a big ole smile on her face. I really was so happy she made it and I know it meant so much to Gunner. I just wished his dad would have come.

“Mom, you remember how good Grams tea is, you want some?”

Grace laughed and shook her head no. “Drew I just spent nearly an hour in Emma’s kitchen with her. She filled me up with three glasses of tea! I’m good honey thank you.”

Grace and I took a seat at one of the tables and talked for ever. She told me stories about Gunner when he was little, how he got into trouble in high school with fighting for a bit. It was like she was trying to make up for the lost time we had to get to know each other before I became her daughter in-law. She raved on and on about Emma, told me to learn as much from her as I could if I was going to be a rancher’s wife.

Jenny walked up to us and said Gunner and I really needed to have our first dance. We had both been so busy walking around and talking to everyone that the DJ and band just started up without us. I nodded and got up and followed Jenny into the barn. Gunner was talking to Jack, the DJ. I’m guessing he was telling him what song to play. I saw Jack nod yes to Gunner and smile. Gunner pretty much left all the wedding decisions up to me except for the song he wanted for our first dance. I had no problem with that since he had a pretty damn good track record with songs!

Gunner walked up to me and held out his hand. Jack announced that we were FINALLY having our first dance. Everyone whooped and hollered.

“Will you please do me the honor Mrs. Mathews?” Gunner said as he kissed the back of my left hand and started to walk me to the middle of the barn.

As he pulled me into his arms he leaned down and whispered against my ear. His warm breath sent the butterflies into flight in my stomach and I felt a shiver run through my entire body.

“Don’t ever forget how I feel about you; never, ever forget sweetheart. I will always want you and only you. I would be lost without you Ellie; I love you more than life itself…..”

Then he leaned down and kissed me so passionately I felt the love pouring from his body straight into mine.

Then the song started. Oh my god…….

“Wanted” by Hunter Hayes.

Gunner never let up on his kiss even when the song started. I felt the tears rolling down my face and Gunner grabbed onto me and held me tighter as I was slowly starting to sink down. I’m not sure how long he kissed me for but I started to sob. He pulled his lips away from mine and smiled down at me. He reached up and wiped away at the endless tears running down my face.

“Happy tears baby?”

I couldn’t find my voice. I loved him so much and he just made the most wonderful day so much more special. I didn’t think it could get any better but again he showed me different.

I could barely talk but somehow I managed to speak.

“Yes Gunner, they are very happy tears. I love you so much. Th…thank…um…….” I started to cry again. He pulled me into him and held me close as he started to sing the song to me so softly and sweetly.

I never wanted this moment to end. I never in my life felt so loved and wanted as I did at this very moment. I would love this man with everything I had in me for the rest of my life. I would do everything in my power to make him just as happy as he has made me.

I looked up at him and smiled as he smiled down to me.

“Drew…...it’s another first.”

He looked at me confused. “What is baby?”

“This……this feeling……it’s a first for me.”

“Tell me Ellie.”

“I have never in my life…..ever felt so completely loved and……..wanted.”

Gunner leaned down and captured my mouth again with his. It was perfect.

No, It was……..heaven……

Evening had already come and the lights in the trees were turned on by someone. Probably Jenny by the way that poor girl was running all over the place.

Gunner and I were both exhausted. I had never danced so much in my entire life, ate so much and laughed so much. It was all coming to an end.

“So are you going to change or stay in that dress?” Ari asked with a wiggle of her eyes.

Gunner walked over and whispered in my ear for me to keep the dress on. He wanted to slowly peel it off of at the hotel in Austin.

“I guess I’m keeping the dress on!”

Ari let out a laugh and hit Gunner in the shoulder.

“If you think she looks beautiful in the dress, wait until you see what she has on underneath the dress. Or all the little outfits I packed in her suitcase.”

Gunner pulled me against him and pushed his hips into my backside. OH MY! I think it is time to go……

“Ari, I always knew there was a reason I liked you so damn much.”

“Damn straight ass wipe and you better spoil her rotten on the honeymoon or I’ll punch you in the nuts and not think twice about it.”

With that Ari turned and walked away. I had to laugh. I loved her so much. I thought about the whole situation with Jefferson. Ari didn’t know it but Jenny was working double time tonight. With our wedding and also transforming the hunter’s cabin into a romantic paradise so Jefferson could ask Ari to marry him tonight. I noticed her getting in and out of her truck for the last two hours running back and forth.

“We need to do something special for Jenny and Aaron for everything they have done Gunner.”

“Baby I’m already one step ahead of you. I booked them a room at the Marriott in Austin for the next two nights. I had Jeff go and leave them some gift cards for a few restaurants also and Gramps hired a whole crew to come and clean everything up and take it all down. Jenny does not have to worry about a thing!”

I turned around and looked at him.

“You really are too damn good to be true do you know that?”

Gunner threw his head back and laughed.

Just then Jefferson pulled up in Gunner’s truck. It was completely decked out in cans and ribbons and every window had something written on it.

Gunner grabbed my hand and pulled me to him.

“You ready to go and start our honeymoon Mrs. Mathews?” Gunner said as he wiggled his eyebrows up and down. Then he took his hand and ran it down my face.

I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks just at the thought of what it was going to be like tonight. The thought of making love to Gunner……as his wife for the first time had me blushing like mad.

“I’ll take that as I yes.”

Jenny came over and walked us around to the ranch house. She said Emma and Garrett wanted to speak with us in private before we left. We walked into the house and Emma was holding a bouquet of Daisies and smiling so big. Garrett was holding an envelope and his smile was even bigger than Emma’s. Of course he looked at Gunner and winked which caused me to blush all over again. Emma handed me the flowers and hugged me.

“Welcome my sweet darling Ellie to our family. I loved you the moment you jumped out of Drew’s truck and smiled at me. I absolutely cannot wait for you to move out to the ranch. You truly are the daughter I never had sweetheart. I love you.”

I was at a loss for words……again……I hugged her back as tightly as I could and whispered in her ear how much I loved her and what a wonderful job she did helping to raise such an amazing man.

She pulled back and smiled. “He is, isn’t he?”

I nodded my head yes. I looked over at Gunner and he had a tear running down his face. I reached up and wiped it away.

“A happy tear I hope.”

“Yes baby, happier than you can ever imagine.”

Garrett cleared his throat and moved over to us. He looked like he was about to cry which made me start to cry.

“Drew, you continue to make us so damn proud. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am for you son. You did well, especially with this fine young lady here.”

Gunner pulled me closer to him. I put my arm around him and felt his body shudder.

“I know you had your whole honeymoon planned out and would not let your Grams and I help you with anything so this is our gift to both of you. I want you to open it now before you leave.”

Emma was standing there ringing her hands like she was nervous as hell.

Gunner took the envelope and opened it. It looked like a bunch of legal papers, a check and was that a deed to something? Gunner’s face dropped as he handed me the check and looked at his grandfather.

I looked at the check and almost fell over. Was I reading that right? $550,000…..

“Gramps what are you doing? You can’t afford to give us this kind of money. I won’t take this.”

I looked up at Emma and Garrett and they both looked pissed. I took a step back.

“Drew, don’t you ever again tell me what I can and cannot afford to do young man. That house you lived in for four years in Austin, well I had a gentleman call me four months ago asking if I wanted to sell. I told him he could have the house the moment you and Jeff graduated and moved out here to the ranch. I sold it to him six days ago with the agreement that he give you until July 15 to move out. The money is from that house. Emma and I want you and Ellie to start right away when you get back from your honeymoon on building your home on the ranch. Anywhere on the ranch you like. That deed son, that deed is for the entire ranch. It is now yours and Ellie’s.”

Oh.MY.GOD…I had to sit down before I passed out. I looked up at Gunner who now had tears just rolling down his face. He walked over to his grandfather and hugged him. They exchanged a few more words to each other and then he hugged Emma. I couldn’t think straight. The ranch was ours?

“Gramps, Grams I don’t even know what to say? Are you sure you’re ready to turn it over to me to run? What if I fuck it all up?”

Garrett laughed. “Drew, I will be here every step of the way to help you.”

Gunner turned and took my hand to help me up. We kissed Emma and Garrett goodbye again; thanked them again for the incredibly generous wedding gift and made our way to the truck.

As we pulled away I started to get excited. Gunner looked over at me and took my hand and kissed my rings.

“You ready sweetheart?”

I smiled at him and felt so nervous. I felt like it was my first time all over again!

“I’m so ready you have no idea! Can you possibly speed just a little? I’m not sure I can wait another three hours to be with you!”

Gunner threw his head back laughed as he drove just a little faster.

Chapter SIXTY TWO

G unner…….

“Ellie baby wake up, we’re here sweetheart.” I bent into the truck and started to life her out. She opened her eyes and looked over at the valet who was waiting to get in and park the truck.

“Ummm, where are we?” Ellie asked all sleepy sounding. So fucking cute!

“We’re at the hotel baby. You fell asleep.” I carried her into the lobby of the Driskill hotel. She looked around and smiled.

Ellie giggled as she whispered big spender in my ear. Her hot breath against my face almost brought me to my knees.

“Only the best for my wife, only the very best for you sweetheart.” I said as I kissed her nose.

I walked up to the counter and set Ellie down and told the receptionist I had a reservation for Mathews.

“Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Mathews. Mrs. Mathews your wedding dress is absolutely breathtaking and I LOVE the cowboy boots with it!”

I smiled as I picked up my dress some and showed off my silver gray jeweled cowboy boots. Ari bought them and I almost killed her when I found out they were $350! She claimed they were a wedding gift from her parents. I did love them though!

“Thank you so much!” I said as I willed her to hurry the fuck up! I just wanted to get out of this damn dress and….

“What are you thinking about baby? You’re blushing….” Gunner said against my ear.

I threw my hands up to my cheeks and smiled. Busted…...so totally busted.

“Nothing…..”

“Mr. Mathews we have you booked in a bridal suite with a king bed. Jason will bring your bags up to your room.”

I looked over at Jason who was staring at me. I mean really staring. Gunner turned to look at him, frowned, and then snapped his fingers in front of Jason’s face.

“Dude, that’s not cool to be staring at a man’s wife like that!” Gunner said. I started to laugh because Jason’s face was redder than all get out.

We were standing outside the door waiting for Jason to put our bags in the room. He stepped out and Gunner handed him a tip but not before he gave him another look.

“Um, Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, enjoy your stay.”

Gunner watched as Jason walked down the hall and then called him a fucker. I tried to hide my giggle but it slipped out. He looked down at me and gave me that crooked smile of his. He reached down and picked me up so fast I almost didn’t realize what was happening. He walked through the door and shut it with his foot as he kissed me.

“Mrs. Mathews, welcome to your honeymoon suite.” He oh so slowly slid me down and set me on the ground while he kissed me. Oh god…...I was so nervous. Why was I so nervous?

“Mr. Mathews…...it’s perfect.” Gunner smiled and stepped back and that is when I really got to take a look at the room. Oh. My. God. It was stunning!

Hard wood floors were throughout the room. The first thing I noticed was the four poster bed. It was huge, with a beautiful creamy yellow duvet and the most amazing throw pillows I had ever seen. There was a beautiful white lace fabric that draped down each post and was topped by a creamy yellow fabric that matched the duvet along with tassels hanging down from the fabric. It looked so old!

There was a giant piece of iron art work on the wall above the bed with satin fabric curtains draped across and hanging down on either side of the bed. It was beautiful! The walls were all painted with warm earth toned colors and the room was just so cozy.

I scanned the room; there was a private balcony and a living room. The furniture had such a European flare to it. WOW! Gunner took my hand and led me into the bathroom. I was stunned when I saw it. There was so much marble everywhere, the sink, the walls, the stand up shower, and the tub….oh my god the tub! It was a huge Jacuzzi tub and there were small white LED candles lit all around the tub. In the back corner were three red candles softly flickering, also LED’s. There was a bottle of chilled sparkling wine with two flutes and a plate of chocolates sitting on the side of the tub.

“We will get to this in a little bit.” Gunner said as he walked me back into the other room. He slowly walked backwards as he led me over to the bed. Sitting on the bed was a single yellow rose. And……what the hell was that?

I reached down and picked it up and started to read out loud. “Kama Sutra Getaway Kit…..contains a Vanilla Crème Oil of Love, OHHHH that sounds promising!” I said as I looked up at Gunner. “A Sweet Honeysuckle Honey Dust with feather applicator……that could be fun don’t you think?” Gunner started to laugh. “Hmmm and a French Vanilla Crème Body Soufflé, I don’t think I really need to say anymore with that one!” Gunner pulled me in closer to him. “OH there’s more! There is also a Love Liquid Classic Lubricant and scented romance candle. I think I’m going to have to write a thank you note to someone!”

Gunner took the romance kit out of my hand and set it on the marble side table. He cupped my face in his hands and started to kiss me so passionately I about melted. He rubbed his lips all over my face and went right to my ear where he tugged on my ear lobe and whispered into my ear.

“Right now Ellie, the only thing I want to do is slowly peel you out of your gorgeous wedding dress.”

“Okay!”

“Turn around baby….”

I slowly turned around as Gunner ran his hand down my neck and onto my back.

“My god Ellie you are so beautiful. This dress looks stunning on you.”

I had shivers going up and down my body and my heart was beating a mile a minute. I felt Gunner undoing the Platinum ribbon that was tired around my waist. Then I felt his fingers start on the buttons. If didn’t know any better I would swear his hand were shaking. After he unbuttoned each button he kissed me on the back.

“Jesus Ellie, the way your body reacts to my touch turns me on so fucking much.”

Oh god if you only knew!

“Gunner…..” Was all I could manage to say.

After each painstakingly slow button he undid, he kissed me. I was going mad and the ache between my legs was growing. It was not going to take me long to have an orgasm.

After they were all unbuttoned he used his hands to turn me around.

I stood there looking into his beautiful blue eyes. He smiled and I swear to god I almost had a mini orgasm right there. I actually pushed my legs together to ease the throbbing.

He took both hands and pushed the dress off my shoulders and let it fall to a pool of Silk and Chiffon and whatever the hell else this dress was made out of.

Gunner sucked in a breath and just stared at me. He reached out and took my hand to help me step out of the wedding dress. I stood there……dressed only in my white lace bustier and blue panties, white garter belt and sheer satin thigh high stockings. Oh, and my cowboy boots! SHIT! Why the fuck didn’t I remember to change into the white satin high heels.

“Holy shit Ellie…...you look…...you look…..”

I felt the blush creeping into my cheeks. DAMN it why did I blush so easy around him?

“Do you like it? Minus the cowboy boots I mean, I forgot to change out of them I’m sorry!”

He looked me up and down and started to lick his lips. I’m going to take that as a sign he likes it!

“Ellie my god sweetheart, I have…...I’ve never……never seen anything so fucking sexy in my entire life as my wife standing here in a white bustier and silver cowboy boots. I would have been so upset if you took them off.”

I smiled up at him as his eyes traveled up and down my body in a greedy hungry look.

“Sit down on the bed Ellie.”

I sat down on the bed and Gunner knelt down. He started to take my boots off. After each boot he messaged my foot for a minute or two. Oh my……it felt heavenly! Then he placed both hands on my legs and slowly moved them up and started to unhook my stockings from the garter belt. He slowly…...oh so slowly slid them down my legs and off my feet. Then he placed a kiss on the inside of each of my thighs. Yep……I was going to have an orgasm the moment he touched me.

“Slide back onto the bed Ellie.” Gunner said in the deepest sexiest voice I had ever heard him use. Holy shit! I slid back on the bed and had to close my eyes and squeeze my legs together or I was going to come just from hearing his voice!

I felt the bed dip as Gunner climbed on and was kissing me from the bottom of my feet all the way up my legs, then onto my chest, my neck and then my lips. He was lying to the side of me and I felt his……bare skin? My eyes flew open and I pulled away from his kiss to look at him.

OHMYGOD……he was naked. Beautifully naked. When the hell did he get undressed and how did he do it so fast?

“I want you so bad Ellie, so so bad baby.” He said as he kissed my neck and chest.

“Oh God Gunner……I can’t take much more please……I need you so bad.”

“Anything for you my greedy, greedy wife.” He started to take off the garter belt; slowly he removed it and set it on the floor. Then he removed the white garter that Ari put on right before we left. He left the bustier on though and crawled on top of me but sat back some.

“Sit up Ellie.”

I sat up as he reached his arms around my back. The touch of his fingers was driving me insane. I swear he had magic in his finger tips the way his touch affected me. He took the bustier off and set it on the floor next to my other clothes. I laid back down and watched him just look at my body.

“As hot as you looked in that bustier, it had to come off…...I’ll never get tired of looking at your body Mrs. Mathews.”

He leaned down and kissed me so passionately I was lost in a world of pure passion.

We stayed up all night as Gunner made sweet passionate love to me once on the bed, once in the bath tub and once on the floor in the bathroom. We finally fell on the bed and collapsed in pure exhaustion at 5:45 in the morning.

“Sleep my sweet Ellie. We have a plane to catch at 2pm.” Gunner said has he brought me closer to him. I snuggled up next to him and sighed with contentment.

I yawned and asked when he was going to tell me where we were going. He just laughed and held me tighter against him.

“Baby you will find out soon enough. I love you Ellie, so very much.”

“I love you more…….” Gunner laughed and within minutes we both drifted off to sleep.

I dreamt about weddings, honeymoons, moving into a brand new home and sitting in a rocking chair on a porch watching the sun set while Gunner rocked a baby in his arms.