“Okay.” She hoped this wouldn’t make them late for lunch. She sat down in a chair at the table nearby.
Mark and Tom took the chairs on either side of her at the table. Mark sat on her right side and took her hand in his. “We’ve been having an amazing experience with you since we met you.”
“We’ve never met anyone like you before,” Tom said.
“We feel more comfortable with you than anyone we’ve ever met,” Mark said. “You’re kind and courageous. You care about other people. You’re willing to go the extra mile for people. I’ve never known anyone like you before. I’ve come to love you so much.”
“I feel the same way,” Tom said. “I’ve fallen for you so hard that I can’t imagine my life without you. I admire you, and I love you more than anyone I’ve ever met before.”
“I’m crazy about you both,” she said, feeling a little overwhelmed by what they were telling her. “I feel more comfortable with you than anyone I’ve ever met before. I admire you, too. I think you’re both amazing at what you do for other people.”
“Do you feel strongly enough about how you feel about us to marry us?” Mark asked her.
She was at a loss for words. Marry them? It was one thing to spend time with these wonderful guys she’d grown to love, but was she brave enough to have a relationship with them that was as permanent as marriage? She loved them so much, but they had dangerous jobs in the kind of investigative work they were involved in. What if something happened to them? What if they were injured badly? What if she didn’t marry them? She thought about leaving Wolf’s Crossing and maybe never seeing them again.
She knew right then what she wanted. She wanted to spend as much time as she could with Mark and Tom.
“I love you both so much.” As she gazed at them, meeting their hopeful-looking gazes, tears threatened to fill her eyes. “I never thought I could love anyone else as much as I loved my college boyfriend. But you two fantastic guys have proved that not to be the case. I’m not sure when I fell in love with you, but I feel like I’ve been in love with you, Mark and Tom, for as long as I’ve known you.” She smiled at them through her happy tears. “Yes, I feel strongly enough about how much I love you to marry you.”
She looked from one to the other as they pulled her to her feet. They pressed gentle kisses against her cheeks, and she kissed them back.
“In that case, Brenda, will you marry us?” Mark asked her, meeting her gaze with his warm, serious dark eyes.
She looked at Tom, and he smiled and nodded that he felt the same. His smile reached his beautiful green eyes, which looked suspiciously like he might have tears of happiness gathering just like she did.
“Yes!” she said with happiness. “I’ll marry you. I love you so much.” She reached out to each of them and put her arms around their sides as they wrapped their arms around her and kissed her again. She turned toward each of them and kissed them, first Mark and then Tom. Once was not enough. Happy tears escaped her eyes. She hugged them close.
“Is tomorrow too soon?” Mark asked her.
“No,” she said.
“Where do you want to be married? Will a justice of the peace work?” Tom asked.
“Whoever you want to marry us, wherever, and whenever is fine with me,” she said, feeling happier than she’d been in ages.
“Let’s think about that on the way to lunch,” Mark said.
“Okay,” she agreed. “I don’t want to make Lacy worry. Let’s go.” They both gave her more hugs. She felt like she was floating, as if her feet had wings.
Tom helped her into the passenger side of their truck as Mark got in to drive. They arrived in Heat Springs with no problems and headed to Austin and Rex’s bar and dance hall. After parking, Mark and Tom escorted her inside with their hands at the small of her back. Brenda knew she would always enjoy the touch of their hands.
When they walked inside, Lacy crossed the room from the bar area to meet them.
“Hey, guys, great to see you.” She gave Brenda a hug. “Follow me. I have a nice quiet corner for us to eat and visit over here.” She led them to a table in the corner on the far side of the room away from the entry and the bar.
“I’ve already ordered our favorite lunch, Brenda. Will that be all right with you, Mark and Tom?”
“Whatever you’re having will be fine with us, right, Tom?”
“Right,” he said. “We trust your judgment.”
When they reached the table, Lacy waited for them to take their seats, but first Brenda took hold of Lacy’s hand. “I have some wonderful news, Lacy.”
“What?” Lacy said. “Don’t keep me waiting.”
“Mark and Tom have asked me to marry them, and I said yes,” Brenda told her.
“Oh my God, I’m so happy for you,” Lacy told her and hugged her tight. “When is the big day?”
“They suggested tomorrow, and I said whenever and wherever would be perfect,” Brenda said.
“I’m thrilled for you, all three of you.” She grinned at all of them. “Can I come to the wedding?”
“Sure,” Brenda said. “As soon as we figure out where it will be, I’ll let you know.”
“Oh, I think that’s wonderful. I know you’ll be happy. Please, sit down,” she said to Mark and Tom. “I see our lunch on the way. I’ll go check on the drinks. The usual, right?”
“Sounds perfect,” Mark said.
“I’ll be right back. I want to hear all about this,” she said, smiling at Brenda.
Their lunch was delivered to their table, and then Lacy returned. She turned to Brenda. “Tell me. When did you all know?”
Brenda giggled at Lacy’s question. “I guess we’ve sort of known we loved each other for quite a while. But I didn’t know they wanted to marry me until today. I didn’t even know I wanted to get married to them until today.”
“It’s a big step for you, but I know you’ll be happy. These guys are the best.”
“Yes, they are,” Brenda agreed, smiling at them. Mark and Tom looked back at her with love in their eyes.
They all enjoyed their lunch. Brenda noticed the lunch crowd had arrived and almost every table and seat in the place was taken. She recognized some of the people, Alpha Protectors and their ladies.
Austin and Rex came over to the table. “How are you all doing today?” Austin asked them with a friendly smile.
“We’re doing great,” Tom said. “Brenda has agreed to marry us!”
“Congratulations!” Rex said. “We know you’ll be very happy.”
Austin pointed to a middle-aged man in a cowboy hat standing near the cash register. “We’d like you to meet a friend of ours. He’s the owner of a local wedding chapel.” Austin had a teasing glint in his eyes.
Brenda noticed that Mark and Tom looked across the room immediately. She turned to look, as well. The man looked like a nice person. She turned back around and smiled at Mark and Tom. “That’s convenient, don’t you think?”
Mark grinned at her. “Very convenient. What do you think, Brenda? Would you like to get married right here and now?”
“Why not? What will one day early hurt?” She gave both Mark and Tom a big smile as the happy surprises for her today continued.
“Let’s do it,” Mark said. “Tom, let’s go meet him.”
Austin and Rex escorted them across the room to meet the wedding chapel owner.
Brenda turned back to Lacy. “You took care of that little detail for us so easily. What else have you conjured up, friend?”
“Are you ready to get married?” Lacy asked her.
“Yes, I am,” Brenda told her with no reservations.
“Everything is already in place. You only need a bouquet and a ring.” She took off a ring she had on her right hand. “Here, you can use this for the ceremony. Where would you like to stand to be married?”
“How about right here by this table?” Brenda suggested.
“Great,” Lacy said. “I’ll be right back.”
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p; Brenda watched Lacy head for the back of the building. Mark and Tom returned and sat down. “What’s happening?” she asked them.
“We can be married right now if you’d like to,” Mark said, smiling at her.
“If that’s good with you, Mark, Tom, it’s fine with me.” She smiled happily at them. “I think Lacy cooked this up pretty fast for us. She’s gone to get something and she said she’d be right back. She said we could use this ring as a substitute for the ceremony.” She showed them the plain gold band.
“That should work fine for now,” Mark said. “We want you to pick out a ring you like when you’re ready to do that.”
“You and Tom can come with me when we buy our rings,” she said.
Tom took her hand in his. “Whatever you want, hon.”
The chapel owner came over to their table, and they discussed how the ceremony would be done. When everything was ready, Lacy hurried across the room with a lovely bouquet for Brenda to hold.
“Thank you, Lacy. Will you be my bridesmaid?”
“I’ll be happy to,” she said softly and hugged Brenda.
The sound of chairs being pushed back caught Brenda’s attention, and she turned to see the entire roomful of people stand and move closer. The Alpha Protectors and those who had their wives there came to the front of the crowd. The women smiled at Brenda. She smiled back and couldn’t help a big grin. She was so happy.
The chapel owner gave a short speech using their names and read the marriage ceremony for them, although she didn’t think she’d remember what he’d said. Mark and Tom kissed her, and she kissed them back. She smiled at them and knew she’d always remember their smiles when she thought of this moment. Afterward, they signed a wedding form the chapel owner had for them.
Lacy gave her a big hug. “I’m so happy for you, Brenda. I wish you all the best.”
“Thank you, Lacy. This was amazing. I’m so glad you did this for us and that the friends I’ve already made were here.”
“We’ve put out some cakes for everyone to enjoy, if you’d like to,” Lacy said.
After Brenda and Mark and Tom thanked their new friends for coming, they took one of the smaller cakes Lacy handed to them as she wished them all the best, and they made their way to the entry.
“Wow, that was easy,” Brenda said. “Talk about a whirlwind wedding. That was so nice of Lacy to do that for us.”
“Are you ready to head home, or did you want to visit some more with Lacy?” Mark asked her.
“I’m ready to go home now. I’d like to sit outside near the pool and have a cool drink in celebration.”
Chapter Fifteen
After they arrived back at home, Brenda sat down on one of the stools at the island in the kitchen. “I think we should toast our wedding and our marriage.”
“We don’t have any champagne, babe,” Mark said.
Tom said, “Austin slipped me a few small bottles of their best champagne so we could celebrate.”
“Tom, you were holding out on us,” Mark said.
“You guys,” Brenda said. “I saw that wink. I’d love some champagne since Austin gave you some. I think I could handle one small glass,” she said, smiling at him.
“One small glass coming up,” Tom said. He opened one of the cabinets in the kitchen and took out several champagne glasses. After opening one of the small bottles, he divided the contents between the three glasses. He handed one to Brenda and one to Mark.
“To our marriage,” Mark toasted. “To a life full of love and great times together.”
Brenda and Tom clinked their glasses with each other’s and Mark’s. “To nights full of loving and days spent with each other,” Tom proposed.
“To our happiness, long life, and love for each other,” Brenda proposed. They touched their glasses together and sipped their drinks.
“Would you like to make love to celebrate our union?” Mark asked her, his voice serious and quiet.
“I’d love to,” she said. She took the last swallow of her drink.
Mark and Tom had finished their drinks also. She slipped off her stool, and they joined her and walked down the hall with her.
“How about my bedroom again?” Mark asked.
“That’s fine with me,” she said.
“Me, too,” Tom agreed.
Mark opened his bedroom door wide, and she walked inside with him and Tom following.
As they moved close to her, she started undressing, pulled off her knit top, and dropped it on the armchair in the corner of the bedroom. She sat down in the chair, leaned back and unzipped her jeans, and slid them down her hips, raising her hips to push her jeans down and finally completely off after she slipped out of her shoes. She unhooked her bra and removed it, leaving her upper half naked. She started to push her bikini panties down, and Mark stepped over to her and squatted at her feet.
The nearness of Mark’s face to her pussy as she looked down at him took her breath away with her swift response, her arousal like a punch to her middle. Her breath caught. She wanted him to touch her right then. She held her breath as he reached toward her belly and eased her panties gently down her hips.
“Lift up your hips, babe, so I can slide your panties off for you.”
My God, he aroused her so easily. Her folds and slit felt all hot and swollen already, and moisture filled her opening. She lifted her hips, and he pulled her panties down.
“Babe, have you ever had sex with double penetration?” Mark asked her as he slipped her panties off over her feet. He pressed his lips to her mound right where her folds began. She inhaled deeply with the response of her pussy. He stood and draped her panties over the arm of the chair.
She had to focus on what he’d just asked her. “No, I haven’t.”
“It can be really hot,” he said. “We’d like to make love to you tonight with double penetration if you’re comfortable with it. If you’re not, we can make love a different way.
She thought about it. That could be something new, but she wasn’t sure if it would be comfortable. “I’d like to try it. Can we stop if I don’t like it?”
“We certainly can stop if you’re not comfortable at any time,” he said.
I’ll take you from behind,” Mark suggested.
“I’m good with that,” Tom said, his voice soft. He finished stripping, tossed his clothing on the armchair, and sat down on the end of the bed. He scooted back just a little bit. “Crawl on top of me, hon.”
He helped her up with her knees on either side of his hips. His cock was already hard as a rock and pointing toward her pussy. She met his gaze.
“Come up here so I can taste those pretty breasts, hon.” He steadied her with both hands while she positioned herself so he could reach her breasts.
The touch of his hands, cupping and stroking her breasts, made her nipples swell and the sensitive flesh between her folds pulse and ache in a good way. He took first one and then her other nipple between his lips and licked and sucked each one. She inhaled quickly with the sweet sensations. The broad head of his cock touched her and teased her flesh. She heard Mark open a drawer and take out some things. He put a condom beside Tom where he could reach it when he was ready for it, and he walked behind her and put something on the top of the dresser. She heard him putting on a condom, and then he moved close behind her.
“This is a gel I’m going to smooth outside and inside your tight little hole, babe,” Mark said. “It will make you feel good but be a little cool at first.”
She couldn’t help a shiver as he touched the puckered flesh of her tight hole. He smoothed the cool-feeling gel over her rim. When he pushed a finger inside the tightly closed opening, she felt stretched a little bit. His gentle touches felt good as he worked the gel inside the hole. He spent a while doing that and caressed her inside, and it felt arousing. His finger moved a little deeper each time he spread more gel inside. She felt stretched even more when he slowly slid two fingers inside her, creating a gentle aching feeling.
> Tom caressed her breasts with his hands and then reached down between her thighs and stroked her folds. She shivered, a little moan of pleasure escaping her.
“Do you like that, hon?” Tom asked her.
“Yes,” she said, her voice faint with the wonderful aches they created in her pussy.
Tom dipped his fingers in the moisture pooling at the opening to her channel and stroked upwards, circling her clit, and caressing the sensitive flesh between her folds.
He delved one finger deep inside her channel. “Do you want me to come inside you, hon?”
“Yes,” she whispered, overwhelmed by the pleasure he’d built inside her. She took hold of his tight, hard cock and smoothed her fingers over the slickened bulbous head. He rolled a condom down over his hard cock. Holding his cock with one hand, she lowered her hips down, taking him inside her pussy. He was big, and she took her time until she’d taken him balls deep inside her. Her butt cheeks rested on his thighs. She could feel his hard, swollen balls under her.
“Lift up your hips a little, babe,” Mark said behind her, his baritone voice soft and gentle sounding. “I’m going to come inside you now slowly. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable at any time.”
“Okay,” she said, almost panting with the intense arousal Tom and Mark had created in her body. She felt the broad head of Mark’s cock press against her tight hole. He pushed gently until he’d stretched her rim with the head of his hard cock. He held her hips in his hands and continued to press inside her.
“Are you okay?” he asked her, his voice sounding strained.
“Yes,” she said softly. “I just feel stretched.” He continued to push inside, his big hard cock stretching her even more, stopping short of the point of discomfort. “I feel so full with both of you inside me. I’ve never felt this way before.”
“Are you all right with this?” Mark asked her, sounding concerned.
“Oh, yes,” she hastily assured him. “It’s new and different, but it feels good.”
“Tell me if anything hurts, babe,” Mark said, and he began to move ever so slowly and gently, out a little way and back in.
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