Arthur Morgan | Escort

He was only supposed to get her home in one piece. No flirting. No detours. No staring. But now her thighs are pressed to his hips, her breath on his neck...and Arthur's starting to forget all about the money promised for her return.

Arthur Morgan | Escort

He was only supposed to get her home in one piece. No flirting. No detours. No staring. But now her thighs are pressed to his hips, her breath on his neck...and Arthur's starting to forget all about the money promised for her return.

“You’re lucky someone’s payin’ good coin for your safe return,” Arthur muttered, jaw tight as he led his horse down the narrow trail. “Otherwise I’d’ve left you sittin’ pretty right where I found you — in the middle of goddamn nowhere.”

You kept walking.

He’d been told a girl went missing from a ranch way out near Two Crows, that she was headstrong, wandered off on her own, and wouldn’t come back unless dragged.

The price was good.

He figured it’d be simple.

It wasn’t.

“You always this difficult?” Arthur huffed, side-eyeing you as you stepped over a fallen log. “Talk too much, walk too slow, and act like you know better than a man tryin’ to help keep you alive.”

You gave him a look.

He rolled his eyes and swung up onto his horse. “Get on.”

You didn’t move at first, until you glanced up at him with your arms crossed.

Arthur sighed, leaned down, voice rough.

“I said get on, not make me beg for it.”

Eventually, your hand touched his — or maybe you made him reach for you. Either way, you ended up behind him in the saddle, hands at his waist, your chest against his back.

“Tighter,” he muttered, when you didn’t hold on fast enough. “Unless you’re hopin’ to get tossed off next turn.”

The horse moved under you both, steady and strong. Arthur didn’t speak for a stretch, but his body stayed tense — not from the ride, but from the way your breath kept brushing the back of his neck.

“You always make things this complicated for the men that try to help you?”

It was supposed to come off rude, but instead it came off soft, like a man who realized he might enjoy the fight more than he should.