This is a first posting for me and my first venture at letting others read my work since I am new to writing. I would appreciate any comment.
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Maria had worked for the Gaston Family for almost 4 years. She had trained their horses for visage and show riding. She was rather petite and didn’t even reach the third rail on the corral. She was not very shapely and at a glance not much to look at, but get up close and she had a jet black mane of hair matched only by her dark eyes, small breasts that barely dented her shirt and trim waist with soft curvy hips. Her eyes could be very inviting and when anger flared in her they showed the storm that was brewing within. Maria was very much the loner and both the family and the hands knew she was not a woman to be taken lightly. She was good at her job and her job is what she did. She didn’t date or socialize with anyone. She rarely left the ranch to see her family or anywhere else for that matter. John Gaston, the head of the house, worried about her often. He felt she was too young to be spending so much time alone.
The Gaston Ranch had twelve horses that Maria worked with on a regular basis, and 22 more that were used on the ranch in various ways. John often contracted to a local stud farm for some stallions for breeding with some of his prize show horses. He had 3 coming that month when the time was right. John had suggested that Maria take some time off when they arrived since he would be breeding seven of the twelve horses that Maria worked with. She refused, saying that would just give her more time with the two newest horses. John just shook his head and walked away.
Four days after the conversation the stallions arrived. The truck and trailer pulled up to the corral while Maria was working one of the horses, Thunders Rage. She stopped and watched as the truck shifted when the driver got out. She thought to herself that two people must have gotten out the way the truck seemed to relax. Maria was used to big men on the ranch most of the hands and Mr. Gaston himself were six foot and something but the man who walked around the truck was more than just big he was huge. Maria actually stopped in her tracks. MY, OH MY! Not only was he a very big man, but he was strikingly handsome. He had strong rugged facial features; broad shoulders, wonderfully long legs and he walked rather gracefully despite his size. He actually had her entertaining thoughts that she had been trying to leave behind.
Maria had come to the ranch trying to recover from a love gone badly and she swore she would never love again. It hurt too much and nothing good ever came of it. She had avoided getting close to anyone nor did she allow herself the physical contact that could lead to things. Things she didn’t want to deal with, but four years was a long time and the man before her was not just any man. She liked big men and he was what she had dreams of. This was surprising considering how small she was but right now she was thinking she just might have to break her own rules. Just for a taste.
He walked up to the corral and called out to her. “Hey where do I find Gaston?” His voice was deep and low reminding her of the wind before a big storm. She saw the chance to get a better look and took it. She called back, “Hold on, I’ll show you.” She let Thunders Rage go and walk toward him. When she got to the rails she came to the other side between the first and second rail, he smiled as he looked down at her. When she stood she was just tall enough to stare him at his stomach. She breathed deeply and looked up to his face. He had the most beautiful eyes, the truest green she had ever seen with hair a deep brown like the bark on a tree. This was a true creation of nature…no frills just, all natural.
She proceeded toward the main house. He adjusted his stride several times for her to catch up. She walked faster but still seemed unable to. He smiled to himself. He had heard about the little spitfire of a woman at the Gaston Ranch. She was more beautiful than he had expected and far more docile than he had imagined. She was the kind of women that needed taming, not breaking like you would a wild colt. Her spirit was very evident to him in her determination to keep up. He watched her out of the corner of his eye taking her all in, the shape of her face, the color of her eyes, the small breasts that barely peaked out of the shirt she wore and the curvy hips that swayed when she walked. They rounded the house and headed for a small building behind it. When they got inside she tried to introduce him to John, she looked at him and with an questioning look and asked,” What is your name?” He looked deep into her eyes, “David.” She felt her cheeks turning red and looked away quickly.