Total pages in book: 248
Estimated words: 236036 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1180(@200wpm)___ 944(@250wpm)___ 787(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 236036 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1180(@200wpm)___ 944(@250wpm)___ 787(@300wpm)
“Time to head back, babygirl.”
“I know. We should do this again soon. Can we?”
“We will. Things have settled, we’ll have more time to do nothing together. Whenever you want.”
Callum stood first and helped me to my feet. We rolled up the blanket and walked to the horses. We untied Glimmer first and he gave me a boost. I settled into the saddle and ran my hands through her mane.
“Is your sweet mare offended?” He kept hold of Cedar’s reins while untying him. We didn’t need a repeat of the other day.
“No, she’s quite content. So am I.”
“I hope so. You’re glowing,” he said, mounting Cedar.
“All your fault.”
“I’ll gladly take the blame.”
He led us to the path home. The air felt warmer even with the sun setting. A huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I hadn’t noticed. I’d been too busy enjoying the moments afterward, something else I wasn’t used to.
The ride home through the meadows, our meadows, I reminded myself, was unhurried.
Cedar matched Glimmer’s pace, the two of them simply moving together as if they’d been doing it their whole lives. And I guess they had. Above us the sky settled into a shade of pink that Nana used to lovingly call Tuts’ favorite color. I was fairly certain he never commented on any colors, yet alone a pink hue, but she said it anyway.
Glancing at Callum, I bit my lip. He rode easy, one hand on the reins and the other planted on his thigh. The fading light brought color to his face adding to his gorgeous features rather than detracting from them.
“You’re staring at me, beautiful girl. See something you like?”
“I love you, Daddy.”
He glanced over at me, a cocky smirk playing on his lips. “Do you only love me because your bottom is feeling every step Glimmer is taking?”
Yes, I felt the lingering sting from his spanking. While he wasn’t wrong, it was bigger than that. “No, Daddy. It’s because my heart is feeling it.”
Callum’s smirk softened into a smile that lit up his whole face. “Babygirl, that’s the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. I love you, Quinn. I’ll love you until I take my last breath on this earth, but that’s not going to be for a long time. Now that you’re mine, I’m not going to let you go.”
“I can handle that.” My eyes must have given me away because he tsked.
“What are you planning?”
Giggling, I squeezed my thighs together urging Glimmer to gallop. “Race you home! Yah!”
“Naughty brat! Daddy’s going to win.”
Tossing a glance over my shoulder, I saw Cedar galloping behind us. “What’s that? You’ll what? I can’t hear you!”
“Laugh it up, little girl. You won’t be laughing when I get through with you,” he yelled across the meadow, his voice thick with amusement.
“Eat my dust, Versace!”
“You’re gonna get it, spitfire!”
Glimmer wasn’t a racehorse, and I wouldn’t push her to stay at our current pace. Callum knew I’d slow down after I had my fun. Slowing my sweet Appaloosa to a trot, I waited for Callum and Cedar to reach us.
The sun set low in the horizon and a sprinkling of stars lit up like they’d been hung just for me. “Took you long enough,” I said when he was in earshot. “I guess you won fair and square, Daddy. You caught us.”
Glimmer snorted as if giving her two cents on the situation. She’d done all the work.
“You’re giving in so easily, babygirl? I guess you’re finally realizing that you can’t beat me, hm?”
“Something like that…”
“Wait until I get you home.”
His promise-slash-threat had me smiling again. I had been furious, drowning in grief in the lawyer’s office less than a month ago. But Callum shifted things in our favor. He’d been thinking and planning ahead for our futures even when I hadn’t given him any grace.
Though I’d been afraid of trusting Callum so fast after so many years apart, he’d quickly become everything I didn’t know I needed. Someone who wouldn’t let me fall, not if he could prevent it. He was my safe space.
Watching him as he settled into an easy stride at my side, my heart beamed.
Callum had become the man of my dreams who loved me unconditionally, the one whom I’d been writing about in my diary. The one who wouldn’t ever abandon me. My cowboy Daddy.
The End
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About Adaline Raine
Adaline Raine is a USA Today Bestselling Author who loves creating stories filled with bratty but sweet heroines and stern but oh-so-loving heroes who always know how to bring the heat. Whether it’s contemporary Daddy Doms, age-play, throuples, steamy Alpha male workplace romance–Adaline’s stories balance heartwarming moments along with witty, sparkling banter.
When she’s not writing, you can find her in upstate NY sipping on coffee, whipping up pancakes, and dreaming up her next big adventure.