Wild Heart- Extended Edition (The Wild Heart Series) by Jennifer Culbreth Read Free Book Online

with her back to the steering wheel. “Just take me, Cash. Now.”
    Again, her lips crashed down against his as his hand pulled the handle, letting his seat all the way back. Just this once. Just for tonight. His hands traveled back up to her shirt as the old memories flooded back into her mind and with each flickering thought she let them float out into the breeze that blew gently through the windows. Her body ached for his touch and sang out as his fingers trickled down her hips and to her thighs. As her lips closed around his, she let herself succumb to the eruption of bliss that was encompassing them both. And as the pine trees sang out their lullaby, she let herself believe that nothing had ever changed. That she was just a girl, in love with this boy, and that tomorrow they wouldn’t have to answer to anyone.
     

CHAPTER FOUR
    HAIR OF THE DOG
    Ani woke feeling as though her head would split in half at any moment. She blinked her eyes through the pain and digested the new teal and burlap curtains she had hung a few days earlier. How the hell did I get home? She sat up slowly on the bed as the room spun, causing her stomach to flip. She looked over at her clock to see that it was already past eleven in the morning. Damn, how long was I out? She remembered being with Cash last night.
    Cash fucking Roberts.
    She growled out loud at the thought of his name. All she had wanted was just one innocent hook up. Just one night of free will. No feeling, no emotions; but no, he couldn’t do that. She rubbed her throbbing head as she thought back to last night.
    “Ani. Wait,” Cash’s voice was cut off by Ani’s sloppy kisses.
    “Shh. Cash stop talking.” Ani leaned up and ripped her tank top over her head and threw it into the back seat.
    As she came back down to taste more of his lips, he caught each side of her face and held her still just inches from his, staring deep into her eyes.
    “Ani. I can’t do this,” his voice was apologetic.
    “What the fuck, Cash?” she fumed, “You’ve been fucking me with your eyes for the past week and now all of a sudden you don’t want me?”
    “Of course I do, Ani.” He sat up in the seat, wrapping his arms around her now shivering body. “I just can’t do this when you’ve been drinking. I can’t take advantage of you like that.”
    “I haven’t had that much,” she slurred as she tried to cuddle further into his warm body.
    “Yeah, you have.” He held her tightly as he handed her back her shirt, “How about I take you home so you can sleep it off and I’ll call you tomorrow?”
    “Whatever, Cash.” She rolled her eyes, pulling her shirt back on and hopping over into the passenger seat.
    She chanced a glance over at him to find a shit-eating grin that only irritated her even further.
    “Just like old times, grumpy,” he chuckled, putting the truck in reverse and pulling back out toward the road that led back to the party.
    She remembered pulling back up to the bonfire, but shortly after is where it all went to a blur. She was glad Cash hadn’t drank last night, because if so, they would have been sleeping in her truck in the field; that or she would have been walking her ass home. It might have taken her a few days, but she would have been happier doing that then cuddling up next to Cash all night.
    She slowly got up from her bed and made her way into the bathroom. Hot damn, woman. She was a hot ass mess, mud still clung to the ends of her hair, along with a few twigs and some leaves mixed in with it. Her make-up was smeared across the side of her face and she was still wearing the same dirty pink shirt from last night. It felt like high school all over again; except this time she hadn’t had to sneak back in through her window. Her stomach rumbled as she got into the shower to wash off the fun from last night.
    When she finally reemerged, she was feeling almost better than she had when she woke, a clean smelling and dressed Ani made her way into the kitchen