03 Cutler Brides (6 page)

“I thought you were going for a walk,” Cade said to his brother.

Madoc cleared his throat. “We were, but then we decided to come out to the barn instead so I could show Shayna how to clean the horses’ hoofs. What are you and Riley doing out here?”

Cade glanced at her. “We, uh, thought we’d go for a ride.”

Riley looked at the other couple eagerly. “Do you and Shayna want to come with us?” she said, ignoring her husband’s scowl.

Shayna’s eyes lit up at the suggestion, but Madoc answered for both of them, saying they would take a rain check.

As she and Cade saddled their horses, Riley couldn’t help but glance over at the other couple occasionally. Did Shayna get spanked, too? she wondered. For some strange reason, the thought that the other girl might get her bottom warmed on a regular basis made Riley’s pulse skip a beat.

“Ready?” Cade asked.

Still preoccupied with the idea of her brother-in-law putting his pretty dark-haired wife over his knee, Riley merely nodded and took the hand Cade offered as she climbed onto her horse.

“Where are we going?” she asked Cade as they rode out of the barn.

“Not far,” he said noncommittally.

She said nothing for a moment, but then asked, “You’re going to give me a spanking, aren’t you?”

He gave her a sidelong glance. “Don’t you think you deserve one?”

Riley sighed. “Shayna and I just thought telling the sheriff what we saw was the right thing to do.”

“It would have been if you had actually seen a body,” he said.

It was on the tip of Riley’s tongue to tell Cade what Rosalinda Sanchez had said about all the illegal immigrants who had gone missing in the area lately as well as the conversation she and Shayna had had with the shady head of security for Big Sky Mining, but she didn’t. If Cade found out she’d gone out there, she’d be lucky if she could even sit down after the spanking he’d give her. Well, maybe that was an exaggeration, she thought, but he would definitely give her a hard spanking.

A few minutes later, Cade slowed his horse to a stop. Dismounting, he came over to offer Riley his hand, and then led her over to a large rock situated beside one of the trees.

“But honey, my bottom is still tender from the spanking you gave me this morning,” she protested.

“Well, obviously that spanking I gave you didn’t have the desired effect, so you need another reminder,”

he replied. “Now push down your shorts and climb over my knee.”

Riley hesitated for a moment, but then did as he asked. She’d barely unbuttoned her shorts and wiggled them down over her hips when Cade took her hand and guided her over his knee. She automatically placed her hands on the grassy ground to steady herself. Not that she needed to worry; Cade’s strong hand on the small of her back held her in place quite effectively.

From her vantage point, Riley had a perfect view of the barn and as she waited for Cade to begin, she found herself wondering if her sister-in-law was getting spanked even now. The thought had Riley’s pulse fluttering with excitement just like it had back in the barn. Before she could think on that, however, her musings were interrupted as her husband slowly pulled down her panties. A moment later, his hand came down on her bare bottom with a resounding smack.

“Owwwww!” she yelped and looked at him over her shoulder. “Don’t I at least get a warm-up first?”

His mouth quirked. “I think that spanking I gave you this morning is all the warm-up you need,” he drawled. “Besides, I want you to remember this spanking the next time you want to go snooping around.”

Riley gave him a pout, but turned around to focus her attention on the ground again.

Cade immediately brought his hand down on her bottom again, this time a little harder, and she squealed again. Her husband ignored her protests, of course, bringing his hand down over and over on her bottom until she was squirming and wiggling around all over his lap. Her ass felt like it was on fire! Cade lectured her the entire time he spanked her, too. He seemed determined to get her to understand how important it was to stop poking her nose into places it didn’t belong.

"Owwwww!” she squealed as he administered a sharp smack to her sit-spot. “Okay, honey! I get it!”

Riley really hadn’t been listening to what he was saying. She just hoped if she agreed with him, then he wouldn’t spank her as much.

“Somehow, I doubt that,” Cade said. “So, I’d better give you a couple more spanks just to be sure.”

A couple more turned into a whole lot more, and somewhere in the midst of the smacks, Riley began to protest that she’d learned her lesson, but Cade’s hand continued to come down on her asscheeks. He even gave her a few good spanks on the backs of her thighs, right below the curve of her cheeks. Ouch, those really stung!

When he finally stood her back on her feet, Riley immediately reached around with both hand to cup her throbbing bottom. She was always amazed at how hot her asscheeks felt after a spanking.

“That was a really hard spanking!” she complained, sticking her lower lip out at him.

“You deserved it,” Cade said, getting to his feet. “I just hope this spanking will help you remember to behave yourself. Even if it was a body you saw, I don’t want you getting yourself involved in stuff like that. It’s too dangerous.”

Riley knew Cade was just worried about her, and she couldn’t be upset with him for that, even if he had just given her a hard spanking. “I know,” she said softly. “But my poor bottom is really sore.”

He brushed her hair back from her face with gentle fingers. “How about I give your bottom a nice, gentle rub when we get back to the house then? I’ll even use some lotion. How does that sound?”

Exquisite, Riley thought as he bent his head to give her a tender kiss on the lips. With some TLC like that to look forward to, she couldn’t wait to get back to the house. But then as she considered how sitting in the saddle was going to feel against her freshly-spanked bottom, she decided to suggest they walk the horses back instead.

Shayna couldn’t look at Riley and Cade the next morning without blushing. If the other couple had come into the barn a few minutes later the night before, they would have seen her draped over her husband’s knee with her bare bottom on display. Admittedly, Shayna had forgotten all about Riley and Cade once Madoc had started spanking her, though. She had tried to talk her way out of the spanking, of course, but Madoc had been of the opinion she deserved one for what she’d done, and her poor bottom had felt like it was on fire by the time he’d finally let her up. Her ass was fire-engine red all the way from the tops of her cheeks to the backs of her thighs. She hadn’t done very well at stifling her protests, either. She had no doubt that anyone standing within fifty feet of the barn would have known exactly what had been going on in there.

And afterward, he’d made her sit on a scratchy hay bale while he lectured her! She was just glad he hadn’t known about their visit to the mining company, or her bottom would really have been in trouble.

Of course, Shayna couldn’t complain too much about the spanking he’d given her. They had both gotten so turned on by doing it in the barn that she and Madoc had run all the way back to the house and up to their room. It might have been a bad-girl spanking, but it was still arousing as hell! She and Madoc hadn’t even gotten all of their clothes off before they had fallen into bed and made passionate love for hours. Needless to say, before finally dropping off to sleep, though, Madoc had made her promise again to cut out all the snooping.

Cade must have made Riley promise the same thing because as they were clearing the table of the breakfast dishes a little while later, the other girl mentioned to Shayna that maybe they should just forget about what they’d seen. Shayna was all for that. After all, they were supposed to be there on vacation, not investigating a possible crime. Not that Madoc or Cade were going to give them a chance to do any more snooping anyway. After breakfast, the two men suggested they all go into Fort Worth and do some sightseeing.

Eager to spend some vacation time with their husbands, Shayna and Riley eagerly agreed.

Ten minutes later, they were all headed for Fort Worth.

Though they primarily spent the day taking in the tourist attractions, Shayna and Riley managed to drag their husbands into a several shops in both Sundance Square and Traders Village. They went over to the Fort Worth Stockyards later in the day and arrived just in time to catch the longhorn cattle drive down the main thoroughfare. Never having seen longhorn cattle before, Shayna was amazed at how big the animals were.

Since they were going to the rodeo at the stockyards that night, they decided to have dinner at one of the restaurants there, and then browse around the shops before the show.

Shayna had been looking forward to the rodeo ever since her father-in-law had mentioned it the first night they’d been at the ranch, but she didn’t know how much fun watching barrel racing and bull riding could be. Of course, when she mentioned that to Madoc on the way back to the ranch, he chuckled and told her that she could give it a try herself on the mechanical bulls some of the saloons had. Though Shayna declined, she couldn’t resist telling Madoc that she wouldn’t mind watching him do it. Just the thought of how he’d look had her pulse fluttering wildly. In the back seat, Riley agreed, saying she’d like to watch Cade ride on a mechanical bull, too.

As she fell asleep in Madoc’s arms that night, Shayna had to admit that spending the day sightseeing with her husband, Riley, and Cade had been a lot better than snooping around on federal property.

After breakfast the next morning, Riley asked Shayna if she wanted to go into Riverville for a little while since the guys would be busy shoeing horses. Though Shayna had been considering taking a dip in the pool, she agreed. She could go for a swim when they got back, she decided.

She and Riley were just coming out of the general store later that morning when they ran into Rosalinda Sanchez.

“So, did you find out anything when you went to Big Sky Mining the other day?” she asked eagerly.

When both Shayna and Riley looked at her in surprise, she added, “You did go up there, right?”

“Well, yeah,” Riley admitted. “But we didn’t find anything out. Bill Bingham was less than forthcoming, not to mention a little peeved that we’d been trespassing on private property.

He threatened to have us arrested.”

The Mexican girl folded her arms. “He’s hiding something, I know it,” she said. “I was just about to take a run up there and see what I can dig up. Do you want to come with me?”

Shayna exchanged looks with Riley before answering. “I don’t know, Rosalinda,” she began.

“Everyone calls me Rosie,” the other girl said with a grin.

Shayna smiled. “Rosie. Anyway, our husbands weren’t too happy when they found out we’d talked to the sheriff the other day. They made us promise we’d stay out of trouble.”

Rosie lifted a brow. “Do you two always do what they tell you?”

Shayna saw Riley flush. “Well, no, but...”

“Please,” Rosie said before Riley could continue. “Something terrible is happening up there, I know it.

People are disappearing and I can’t do anything about it on my own. I need your help.”

Shayna glanced at Riley to find her friend giving her a helpless look. She turned back to Rosalinda. “Rosie...”

The Mexican girl looked at them imploringly. “These people who are disappearing don’t have anyone to speak for them. If we don’t get involved, then no one is ever going to hear a word about this, and they’ll just keep disappearing. We can’t just stand by and do nothing while that’s happening.”

Shayna had to admit that when Rosie put it that way, it was difficult to turn their backs on the situation.

She looked at Riley questioningly. After a moment, the blond girl gave her a shrug as if to say, “what else can we do?”

Turning back to Rosie, Shayna gave her a nod. “Okay, we’ll go up there with you.”

Even as she said the words, Shayna found herself wondering if she should do this. If Madoc found out, he’d spank her so hard she wouldn’t be able to sit down for a week. Well, maybe that was an exaggeration, but he would definitely redden her bottom until it glowed.

They took Rosie’s car up to the mining company. When they got there, it was just in time to see the head of security, Bill Bingham, getting into his own car. Since it was around lunch time anyway, Shayna didn’t think it all that unusual for the man to be going out, but Rosie said she thought they should follow him.

Shayna fully expected Bill Bingham to head toward town when he pulled out of the driveway, but to her surprise, he didn’t leave the mining company’s property at all but turned down a dirt road. Shayna was afraid Bingham would realize they were following him, but Rosie was actually very good at tailing the man, and when he stopped alongside a second car, she made sure to stop far enough back so that he wouldn’t see them.

For a moment, neither Bill Bingham nor the person he was meeting got out of their respective cars, but then both car doors finally opened. The second man was tall and thin, but rather nondescript in the looks department, and Bingham glanced around furtively as he walked up to him. Shayna had never seen a more guilty look on a person’s face in all her life. He was definitely up to something.

“I wish we could hear what they were saying,” Rosie muttered.

Shayna silently agreed. For all they knew, the two men could be talking about where they wanted to go for lunch. But at the way Bill Bingham was gesturing, she didn’t think so.

Beside her, Rosie took her eyes off the men long enough to dig around in her shoulder bag for something.

A moment later, she came up with a small pair of binoculars, a notepad, and a pen. She studied the men and their vehicles through the binoculars for a few moments before flipping open the notebook and scribbling down the license plate of the second man’s car.

“I’ll run his plate number when I get back to the station, then let you know what I find out,” she said, dropping everything back into her bag.

At that, Shayna saw Riley give her a curious look from the back seat, but neither she nor the blond girl made any comment about it as Rosie turned the car around and headed out to the main road. If Shayna didn’t know better, she’d think Rosie was a cop and not just a girl who worked in the sheriff’s office.

Back in town, Rosie dropped the girls off at their car, then promised again to let them know what she found out before thanking them for going up to the mining company with her.

Shayna was just glad they hadn’t gotten themselves into any trouble while they were there because she really didn’t want another spanking like she’d gotten the other night in the barn.

Playful, erotic spankings were just fine, but those serious bad-girl ones were definitely not her thing. Of course, it helped that they usually resulted in great sex, but she’d just prefer to skip the serious smacks and go right to the fun kind of spanking. In fact, just the thought of getting a sexy, erotic spanking made her want one right then. Maybe she’d ask Madoc to give her one when she and Riley got back to the ranch, she thought with a naughty smile.

By the time Riley and Shayna got back to the ranch, Madoc and Cade had already finished shoeing the horses and were waiting for them out by the pool. Seeing her husband in a pair of swim trunks was all the invitation Riley needed to hurry upstairs and put on her bikini.

Apparently, Shayna felt the same about joining Madoc in the pool because she went up to change into her bikini, too.

But while spending the day with her half-naked husband was more than a little fun, it also made Riley incredibly horny, and by the time they went to bed that night, she was ready to jump him!

Grabbing her shower gel and body lotion off the dresser, Riley gave Cade a sexy wink.

“Stay there,” she ordered him in a silky voice. “I’ll be right back. And don’t you dare think of falling asleep!”

Hurrying down the hallway to the bathroom, Riley took a quick shower, then put on her shorts and tank top. Back out in the hallway, however, she stopped when she heard giggling coming from Shayna and Madoc’s room. Normally that wouldn’t have been enough to make her stop, but it was the distinct and very familiar smacking sound that followed Shayna’s giggle that made Riley come to a halt. It couldn’t be, she thought. But then her eyes went wide as she heard another smack.

Oh my God, she thought. Madoc was spanking Shayna! And going by the soft moan that her friend was letting out, Shayna was enjoying it!

Riley knew she should go back to her bedroom, but instead, she found herself edging closer to the door.

From inside, she could hear another smack, this time a little louder. It was quickly followed by a squeal.

“Hey, that stings!” Shayna protested.

Madoc chuckled softly. “I’d better rub it and make it all better then.”

There was silence, then another soft, throaty moan from Shayna. Riley’s pulse fluttered wildly as she pictured her pretty, dark-haired friend draped over her husband’s lap while he lovingly rubbed her reddened bottom. It was just like Cade did to her, Riley thought. And it sounded as if Shayna liked it just as much as she did!

“Oh yeah,” Shayna breathed, the words barely audible through the door. “Touch me right there.”

Riley felt herself blush, but still she didn’t move away from the door. She felt as if her feet were glued to the floor; she had to stay and hear more. She couldn’t believe how turned on she was getting! The thought of what Shayna and Madoc were doing just on the other side of the door had her pussy positively tingling. It was all she could do not to reach down and touch herself; if she weren’t standing in the hallway, she probably would have done just that!

Just when it sounded like Shayna was getting into some serious moaning, there came the sound of rapid, solid smacks.

Oooh, Madoc was spanking her again!

Those sounded like some pretty hard spanks, too, Riley thought, and she could just imagine Shayna’s bottom getting all red. She pictured the other girl squirming and kicking her feet in protest as Madoc brought his hand down over and over on his wife’s bottom. Whenever Riley did that, Cade usually held her legs down with one of his own, and she couldn’t help but wonder if Madoc did the same to Shayna.

Thinking of her own hunky husband made her suddenly remember that Cade was still waiting for her in their room. Riley was torn for a moment between staying where she was and eavesdropping some more, or going back to her room. The throbbing between her legs made the decision for her, however. She needed some loving right now!

Whirling around, Riley practically ran down the hallway to her room. Opening the door, she closed it quickly behind her. Cade was lying in bed, his hands behind his head and he looked up at her entrance.

“I was just about to come find you,” he said with a grin.

Riley didn’t answer. Setting the bath gel and body lotion down on the dresser, she walked over to the bed, stripping off her tank top and wiggling out of her shorts as she did so.

The way Cade was eyeing her naked body told her he approved of her quick, little striptease, which only excited her even more.

Throwing back the quilt, Riley climbed into bed and settled herself between her husband’s legs. Giving him a sultry look, she leaned forward and took his rapidly hardening cock into her mouth.

Cade groaned, his cock going completely hard as she slowly made love to him with her tongue. She moved her mouth up and down on his shaft slowly at first, and then more quickly.

Each time she went down on him, she took his cock a little deeper until finally the head was touching the back of her throat. She held him there for a long moment, and then very slowly slid her mouth back up his hard length.

Cade lifted his head from the pillow to regard her with awe. “Whoa,” he breathed.

“What got into you?”

Riley laughed. “Oh, nothing,” she told him. “I was just thinking of doing this the whole time I was in the shower.”

She could tell from the look on his face that Cade thought she was going to go back to lavishing her attention on his cock with her mouth, and though that was tempting, right then she needed feel him inside her. Giving him a naughty smile, she crawled up his body until she was straddling him. As much as she wanted to have his cock inside her, however, she couldn’t resist teasing both of them by rubbing her clit over the head.