Chapter 24: Chapter 24

LANCE

I slide out of bed and start making Wren and Penelope strong coffee and breakfast. Wren comes downstairs a bit later and wraps her arms around me.

I pick her up and set her on the counter and start kissing her face and her neck. I so badly want to spread her legs and play, but I know I have to be patient.

“How are you today? You still feel okay?” I ask.

She glances at the guest room door.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Thank you,” she says quietly.

“Listen, I want you to stay here at night, if you want. I’ll feel better knowing you’re safe here,” I say.

“Lance, I can’t just impose on you. No one is going to come to the farm,” she says.

Of course, someone did come to the farm. And since then we have had a guard at the front gate from seven p.m. to seven a.m.

“It’s literally just to make me feel better,” I say. “Totally selfish reason. Please?”

She sighs. “Okay, but only because you have a nice bed,” she says, smirking.

“That’s the only reason, is it?” I ask as I run my thumb over her panties. “What did I say about bratty girls?” I whisper in her ear as she shudders under my touch.

I love to feel her body respond to me.

I pull her off the counter and give her ass a smack. She gives a small gasp, which is a sound I’ll never get tired of hearing.

“You heading over to the shop after this?” she asks.

“Yeah, the tractor we fixed last month is leaking fluid so I want to take a look at that right away,” I say while taking a swig of coffee.

“Plus, I want to celebrate a certain girl’s birthday tonight, so I need to clock out a bit early.”

“But we did birthday stuff yesterday,” she says coyly.

“Not the stuff I have in mind,” I say.

She blushes and then goes to bring Penelope a cup of coffee.

They eat breakfast and then go to get Penelope’s things. I give Penelope a hug and thank her for going along with my crazy plan to surprise Wren.

“Bring your family out next time,” I say.

“They would love that,” she says.

“All right, you ready?” Wren asks.

“Yes. Bye, Puck, love ya buddy,” Penelope says as she scratches Puck’s head.

Wren leaves Puck with me since there isn’t much room in the truck with Penelope and her luggage. As soon as her truck is out of sight, I head to the office in the shop.

The spare key to the apartment is right where I left it on the back of the filing cabinet. I go up to the apartment with a few gift boxes, Puck at my heels.

I open the door and start arranging the gifts on Wren’s bed. Then I take rose petals and sprinkle them all around the bed.

I close and lock the door, then look at Puck.

“Shhhh. You can keep a secret, right, Puck?”

Puck whines and tilts his head. ~Pretty smart for a dog~.

I spend the rest of the morning looking for the leak in the tractor. The airport is at least an hour away so it’s a few hours before Wren returns.

“How was the drive?” I ask.

“Good, and thank you again for bringing her here. That was the sweetest surprise ever,” she says while wrapping her arms around my neck.

I kiss her. “Anything for you.”