Free Love Unclaimed by Jennifer Benson

her, but she covered it quickly when she looked down at his naked body above her. “If you want me to stop….”
    “No, I don’t want you to stop; I’ve missed you so much,” she whispered. He was relieved, but felt guilty, nonetheless as he got up and reached for his wallet.
    “I’m going to go slow since it has been a while for you.” He rolled the condom on thinking she hadn’t had sex with anyone in almost a year after their night together while he’d had at least two one-night stands since then. “If you need me to stop…”
    “Gavin,” she moaned and wiggled her body so that he was pressed against her entrance. That was all the encouragement he needed and he moved inside her slowly as her body arched to receive him.
    “God, Audree, I can’t…” he wanted to go slow, but she kept moving against him. He waited for her to come twice before he increased his pace. “Audree,” he grunted her name with his release, then dropped his head to her forehead and kissed her lips. “You’re incredible,” he whispered breathlessly into her mouth as he kissed her harder.
    “Gavin, I don’t know if…” her thought caught in her throat as he thrust into her again.
    “You drive me absolutely crazy. I could go all night with you,” he choked out as he buried himself inside her again and again.
    “Gavin,” she called out again as she came.
    Much to her regret, Audree woke up in her own bed alone and found out that Gavin was already out at the barn with Clint. He avoided her the rest of the week at the farm. Gavin was never again alone with Audree and he either slept in Travis’ room or passed out on the couch in the living room. They went back to the bar two more times and Audree had to deal with his distance and other women boldly eyeing him. Thank goodness, he never took any of them up on their offers and he always removed any wandering hands from his body, at least while she was around.
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    “So are we going to talk about what happened or are we going to go on pretending we didn’t have sex, again?” Audree asked, walking up behind Gavin who was brushing down his horse. It looked like he had been out riding already this morning.
    “Audree, you climbed into my bed,” he huffed. “I was sleeping.”
    “You were dreaming about me. You were touching yourself while you were dreaming about me.” She blocked his path to move around the horse.
    “So that gives you the right to come into my room and fuck me? What if I did that to you?”
    “I’ll leave my door open,” she snapped.
    “Ugh, Audree. I told you that night that we couldn’t happen, that it would only be that night.”
    “Then why didn’t you stop me from fucking you! You are a big strong man. You could have picked me up and moved me. You’ve done it before. You could have pushed me away. You could have told me to stop,” she stomped. “But you didn’t, because you wanted it as much as I did. You want me, Gavin, but you won’t take me. I have made a complete ass out of myself for years. I have thrown myself at you because I feel what is between us. I want to be with you. I want to be in your arms, in your bed, in your fucking heart.” She refused to let the tears banging against her lids fall in front of him.
    “I know you have been with other women, but I want to be yours. I want you to be mine. I am standing here before you making the biggest fool of myself; telling you that all you have to do is say the word. Tell me I’m yours and you have me.”
    “Audree, I can’t! I won’t…,” he barked harshly.
    “You can’t. You won’t. Well, fuck you, Gavin Montgomery. Next time you see me I might not be available and I sure as hell won’t be climbing into your bed again. So you enjoy those dreams about me and you remember the feel of my body on top of you, underneath you and in front of you. Remember how you feel being inside of me, because it can’t and won’t happen again!” She stormed out of the barn and heard the