Chapter 18
After the third time they made love Trevor told her, "We really should try and get some sleep, I have a big day planned for us tomorrow."
"You mean we aren't just going to spend the day in bed?!" she asked with a grin that he couldn't see because they were laying side by side with her head on his shoulder.
"Well we could, but then you would miss all the sightseeing I had planned and the moonlight picnic on the beach to finish off the day."
Giving him a hug, she snuggled in closer and said, "That sounds amazing! As long as we can make love on that beach tomorrow night, then I am all for it."
"That's a promise," he told her.
"I love you," Mac whispered.
She might have heard him say the same back to her, but she was already asleep.
Gerald and Adel arrived in Texas to be met by her foreman Clemet Steele because leaving her car in long term parking was just too expensive for her frugal personality. He was a barrel-chested man that demonstrated his immense strength when he hefted six of their ten pieces of luggage on his own.
With no reaction at all Adel picked up two of the last four, she took delight in Gerald's open mouthed amazement at Clem's ability. When Gerald saw the look on his wife's face, he gave her a sheepish grin and grabbed the last two bags and headed out of the airport after Clem.
They crossed under the Circle C ranch sign and Gerald looked around for the house. He was shocked when it didn't appear until more than a half a mile later. "How big is your ranch, Adel?" he questioned.
"You do realize that since we got married it is our ranch, and the answer is fifteen hundred acres."
"Adel! There is no reason to call this our ranch! This ranch has been in your family for generations, I don't deserve any portion of this land."
"My darling, we are married and what is mine is yours, that goes for everything, good or bad. Please understand that I want it that way."
Gerald sat there staring at her for a time. She could see the wheels turning in his mind. Finally after a considerable pause, he said, "If that is what you want then that is the way it will be, my love."
A chuckle came from the driver's seat of the car and Clem muttered just loud enough for the couple in the back seat to hear, "Wise man!"
Adel and Gerald shared a look and then laughed.
The car pulled up in front of a large white two story farm house, clearly more than one hundred years old, but clearly well kept and maintained. Once again Clem took the six bags like he did at the airport. Gerald and Adel took the same ones they had before and followed Clem up the wide staircase to Adel's bedroom.
They would have started unpacking right away except Clem's wife Brenda called up the stairs telling them lunch was ready.
Gerald discovered that Brenda was a great cook and that she had met Clem when she came to work at the ranch five years ago. It had been love at first sight, when their eyes had finally met. At first Clem had come into the kitchen on Brenda's first day of work in his muddy work boots.
She began to yell at him when he stopped her by apologizing and removing his boots. He finally looked up with his hand outstretched to introduce himself.
Their eyes met and Brenda later told people that she melted when she saw his deep blue eyes. Clem declared that it was the sparkle in her chocolate brown eyes that stole his heart.
They had their first date that night, were engaged two dates later, and married three months to the day that they met.
To be continued…..