Her Rancher, Her Protector

Chapter 4 - Tyler

I was driving back home after my visit with my mom. It was as painful as I thought it would be. She kept questioning how I was and if I thought about dating again. I groaned at this. The truth was, before meeting Angel at the diner, I haven’t. It never once crossed my mind. I didn’t feel I needed a woman to warm my bed or needed a woman to tame me. I was content alone. But since I saw Angel at the diner, I wasn’t so content anymore. I kept thinking about Angel and the nasty, dirty things I would do to her. She got under my skin and not on purpose. About a year after my wife died, woman did throw themselves on me and I would turn them down. I didn’t want them. I mean, I understood I was an attractive man. I worked on the ranch all my life and with that, I grew strong and it showed. My muscles bulged out in my shirt. I never worked out a day in my life. But work on the ranch was work out enough. I was a prize. But after my Maggie, no woman compared. Until Angel. She was tempting. After my wife died, I swore I would never be with another woman. But now I wanted Angel.

Maggie’s illness was sudden and in a matter of months she was gone. It hit me like a ton of bricks. It was so sudden and I never got to prepare myself for her leaving me that when she did, it left a hole was in my heart. She did leave a letter for me for when she passed. I never read it. It still stayed in my study in a drawer of my desk as I couldn’t bring myself to read it. I just couldn’t. It was all too much for me. Reading the letter made me fear I would hurt more. I barely got myself together after she left me. So the thought of another woman was the last thing I wanted. Until now. I was passing the diner as I thought about Angel. I looked over at it and noticed what looked to be Angel sitting against a car that was still there even though it was closed and dark. There was no way. I turned the truck around and drove back to the diner. I pulled up to the diner and Angel noticed me as she stood up. I got out of the truck and asked, “What are you still doing here, Angel?”

“Shhh.” She quickly told me as she grabbed my arm and pulled me away from her car.

I looked around. “Where is Cory, Angel?”

She looked away. “He’s fine. I promise.”

I knew she was hiding something. I looked at her as I cupped her chin, forcing her to look at me. I noticed her tear stained cheeks. “Have you been crying? And where is Cory?” I became worried that something had happened to him.

A tear slipped from her eye. “We are okay, Tyler. This isn’t your problem.”

She went to walk away. She was hiding something. I grabbed her arm. “Angel, what is going on?”

She turned to me, slowly. “Cory is sleeping, Tyler. I have to get back to him.”

“Where?” I asked.

She looked away, almost ashamed. I noticed more tears fall. She closed her eyes as she softly, “In the car.”

I looked at her shocked. “Wha…”

“Look, Tyler. I was ru...moving when my car broke down here. It took what I had left to fix it. Cory and I have no one, no family, no money, no home. All we have is each other. So, please, don’t tell anyone about us sleeping in my car. I can’t lose Cory.” She begged.

“Why didn’t you say anything? Someone would have helped.” I told her. I couldn’t believe this beautiful woman was in this situation. Her and her son both. This wasn’t right. But why was she here. She didn’t say a word to me. I couldn’t leave her like this, I just couldn’t. I pressed my lips. “Does your car work now?” She nodded. “Fine, get in it and follow me.” I told her.

“What?” She was confused.

“Look, you can’t have Cory sleeping in a car. If someone finds out, they will call the law and they will take him away from you and I won’t allow that. Plus, it can’t be comfortable in there. My house has more than enough room for the both of you. So, you two will stay with me till you get on your feet.” I told her.

She looked at me wide eyed and almost bewildered. “I don’t even know you. You don’t know me.”

“I get that. But if you don’t, you could lose your son and I can tell the kid means the world to you. So, let me help you. Not just for you, for Cory too. Think about the kid.” I pointed out.

She still looked worried and looked over at her car as she fought whatever was going on in her head. She looked at me and nodded. “Okay.” Than she quickly said, “But for Cory.”

I nodded as I smiled. “Just follow me, I will show you where I stay.”

She nodded but she looked scared. I didn’t know why. I got into the truck as she got into her car, I pulled out as she followed. Now, I was second guessing what I just did. I wanted this woman in a way I haven’t wanted anyone in a very long time. Now, I was allowing her to stay in my house. Oh, this could be so bad. So very bad. I wanted to bury myself into her and stay there. If I knew for a fact that this would be a f**k and only that much, I would have probably taken her, f**k her, and get this out of my system. But I knew, Angel, my angel, she was more the that. I could tell. I knew if I tasted her for the first time, had her, that it would all be over, I would want more, crave more. I would want her to stay with me forever than. I couldn’t have that. I just needed to keep my distance until she could get on her feet. We pulled up to my house and I stepped out of my truck. Angel got out of hers as Cory stepped out the passenger side. He rubbed his eyes, he must have just woken up. Angel gasped at she saw my house. It was a rancher house, ampliphy it by three. Yeah, it was pretty big. I did a lot of upgrades while Maggie was in college, knowing we would marry and we planned for a big family, so I basically redid my whole family ranch house to make it ready for the day we would fill it with the noise of children playing, but that never happened. But now I would have guest inside my home for the first time since her death. Cory asked, “Mama, what are we doing here?”

She looked at him and then looked at me, she felt stumped. I looked at the boy and smiled. “Well, my house is so big and I saw you and your mama were sleeping in the car, I thought you two might want to sleep in some warm beds for a while.”

He smiled at this. Then he rubbed his eyes. Poor little guy was still tired. I looked at his mother. “Come on, let’s get him in bed.”

Angel put a comforting hand on his back as we walked in. Once we did, Angel looked around, stunned. “You live here?”

“Yes, ma’am. Wasn’t this big when I was a child. I added onto the house over six years ago. My wife and I hoped to fill the place up with children one day.” I just spilled out. Not knowing why I did.

“Wife?” She looked a little worried.

“She, uh, she passed away three years ago.” I told her. I noticed the look of guilt on her face. I quickly changed the subject. “Come on this way. Upstairs is where I will put you two.”

Angel just nodded as we all walked up the stairs. The two of them stayed quiet as the followed. I got to a room. I pointed to it. “This will be your room.” Than I pointed to the room next door. “And that will be Cory’s. You are welcome to the house and you are more than welcome to anything in the kitchen. Go ahead and settle in for the night.”

Cory looked up at his mother and she smiled at him. “Go on in, sweetie. I’ll be there in a moment to tuck you in.”

Cody nodded to his mother and walked into the room and closed the door behind him. I turned to Angel and before I knew it, she wrapped her arms around me and pressed her body to mine to hug me. “Thank you, Tyler. You have no idea what this means to me and my son. The last couple weeks have been hell. Honestly the last several years have been. I never had help even when I needed it. You and Gretchen are the first two people to ever show me kindness. And I want to thank you.”

I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her, tightly. It felt so good to have her close. My heart skipped a beat and there was butterflies in my stomach. This woman made me weak. I moved into her as I held her, she smelled so good. I could get lost in it. “It’s really nothing, Angel. You shouldn’t be out there like that, even in a small town, never know what could happen. I just want to make sure you and Cory are safe and a warm bed to sleep in. You two can stay here as long as you like.” She pulled back to look at me as if she was going to object. “Not a word about it. As long as you like.” I said, firmly.

She smiled as she looked down, then looked back at me. I smiled at her as I still had a hand on her waist and she didn’t pull away. I moved my other hand to stray hair and tucked it behind her ear. She blushed and looked down. “I, uh, should make sure Cory gets down okay. I will, uh, see you in the morning.”

She looked up at me and I smiled. “Alright, you have a goodnight, Angel.”

She moved in and pressed her lips, softly, on my cheek and almost whispered, “Thank you.”

Before I knew it, she was out of my arm and in the room Cory went into. All that was left was the linger of her perfume and all I could do was walk away.

After standing there for a moment. I decided I needed a drink. I went downstairs to my study. Once there, I poured myself a drink and sat at my desk. I took a swig of whiskey and tried to calm my nerves. This woman rattled me. I looked at the picture of my wife on my desk. I sighed and said, out loud, “What the hell did I get myself into, Maggie?”

Of course, no response. My mind went back to Angel, her scent, her body, her smile, those green eyes. Everything about her drew me in. My c**k was raging inside my pants. I had to do something about it. I sat back in my chair, undid my pants, and pulled out my c**k. I looked at the picture of my wife as I thought about her as I started to pump. My fantasy started off with me mounting my beautiful wife as I pumped into her. I envisioned moving in and out of her in a loving matter. Kissing her, caressing her. Her telling me to go faster. I would. I felt myself pump myself faster. I move in and kiss my sweet angel. When I moved away, it wasn’t Maggie anymore underneath me, it was Angel. I tried to wield my fantasy to go back to my wife but I only saw Angel. She was doing something to me. She was in my head. I stopped fighting it. I allowed my fantasy to veer to her. I wanted her. I could imagine Angel’s legs wrapped around me, holding me tight. She would buck into me begging me to go fast. “Ride me so hard, cowboy.”

I moaned at this. “God, Angel.”

I kept stroking myself as I let the fantasy play out in my head as I imagined her sucking me, riding me, her in front of me as I pounded into her sweet p***y. I felt a raise in my balls as my c**k stiffened. I was panting at this point. I growled out as I exploded and the c*m came pouring out of me and threw my head back against the chair. I breathed heavily as I calmed from my intense orgasm. I heard what sounded to be a gasp. I straighten my head up and looked over at the door. It was cracked but saw nothing. I had to imagine that gasp, maybe something lingering in my fantasy. That had to be it.