Taming the Heart (Crimson Ridge #3)

by Elliott Rose

“Honesty moment?” Her voice is dreamy as fuck. “Always.” My throat feels raw. Like I’ve released some sort of primal noise at the same time as unloading inside her. “I don’t want this.” I swear my heart stops dead in the center of my chest. The engine stalls and I start freefalling through space and time with a deafening silence. “Hey, no, not like that.” She shakes her head at the sight of my crestfallen expression saying it all. “I mean, I like you, hot stuff… but I don’t want to be attracted to you while it’s complicated. I’ve always swerved the other way when anything feels too serious or like it’s gotten too intense. Once, I had a guy send me a dozen roses unprompted, and when I tell you, I blocked him so fast I nearly broke my thumbs. I’m not built for commitment. Certainly not if someone is already part of a complicated as fuck package deal. Absolutely not someone who is married.” By the time Sage has finished speaking, my emotions have gone through a loop on a roller coaster. I’ve now got a stupid damn grin on his face. Maybe it’s because all the blood from my body is currently in my cock, still buried inside my girl, but I’m grinning at her through the darkness. “Did you listen to any of that?” Sage huffs and rolls her eyes. “Sorry, I only heard the part where you said you like me.” She tugs on my hair. “Of course you did. It’s this fucking hat, isn’t it? Scrambles your cowboy brain cells.” I let my palms rest heavy on her hips. “Ok, here’s my honesty… Sage, if it...