by Lori King
“You told him about us? Interesting.”
She tipped her head and narrowed her eyes. “Why is that so interesting?”
His shrug was tempered by the pleased smile that turned up his mouth. “Because it means you have strong feelings for us already. You wouldn’t risk his wrath for something that wasn’t important to you.”
Her mouth dropped open, but no words tumbled out. He was right, and she didn’t exactly know what to say about it.
“The way I see it, you’ve fallen in love with the three of us, just like we’ve fallen in love with you, but you’re feeling like it’s too fast. What I want to know is where you got your frame of reference for how long it should take for someone to fall in love?”
“You’re in love with me?” she whispered.
“Yes, very much so, but you didn’t answer my question. Rolando and Emmanuel told me last night how they swept Quinn off of her feet very quickly, and how you fought them for her because you felt like they were pushing her too fast, and that was more than ten years ago. From what I understand about the island, poly relationships are more normal than monogamous relationships, and yet you are scared of one.”
She shook her head. “How is it that you know all of this about me already?”
Austin laughed. “Love, I want to know everything there is about you. I want to know what movies you like to watch, what your political opinions are, what days of the week you wash your laundry, even whether or not you like marshmallows or cinnamon sticks in your hot chocolate. I plan on spending many, many years learning each and every facet of Gabriella Larkin so that when I say, I love you, you know that I mean every bit of you.”
The waiter took that inopportune moment to bring their food out, and Gaby sat still as a stone staring at Austin unable to speak. He hadn’t said anything about her wealth, or the strings she could pull based on her family name, or the way she looked in a bikini, or how she was in bed. He said he wanted to know when she did her laundry. Was it really possible that he loved her as a human being and not as a Larkin?
By the time they had their food settled, and the waiter had left them alone again, she was past her shock and well on her way to making a declaration of her own. But before she did, she had a few questions of her own to clear up.
“Exactly how long have you known that you were in love with me?” she asked, taking a bite of the filet mignon in front of her that was cooked to perfection. The Palace Resort and Spa never did anything halfway, and she hadn’t expected their food to be any less than exquisite.
Austin chewed on a bite of his own for a moment before speaking. “I think I fell in love with you when you woke up on the boat completely flustered and embarrassed about making love with the three of us.”
Her eye brows rose in surprise, and she stopped chewing to stare at him.
Austin just smiled. “That was the moment that I knew you were not a woman who would be easily won over, and that you would be worth the work.”
“But all of this time…and you didn’t tell me, why?”
“Would you have believed me?”
She shook her head. “No, I doubt I would have. Tell me about your time in the Army.”
For a moment a dark look of pain flashed in his eyes, and she kicked herself for asking, but then she reminded herself that committing to a permanent relationship with him would mean knowing the good, the bad, and the ugly about each other.
“We were stationed all over the world. Japan, Germany, Kuwait, and most recently Afghanistan. Jackson Stone was our commanding officer, and he was a damn good one. I trust that man with my life. Afghanistan was like nowhere I’ve ever been before, and I never want to go there again. If it weren’t for the fact that I was with Kendrick and Michael, I’m not sure I would have come out of it a whole and healthy man. As it is I lost pieces of my soul over there, along with a few friends.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. If it weren’t for the Army I’m not sure where Michael and I would have ended up.”
“I know your parents died when you were young.”
“Yeah, Mike was still in high school. He was only sixteen, so I assumed full custody. I don’t know exactly what I planned to do when I got out of high school, but raising a teenage brother wasn’t it. My parents loved each other very deeply, and they loved us just as much. They made sure to show us in every way that our family was strong. I guess that made it easier to step up when the time came.”
“How did they die?”
“A plane crash. They had gone to New Orleans for a weekend for their twentieth wedding anniversary. Dad flew them in his Cessna. There was a malfunction, and the plane went down just outside of Tyler, Texas. They didn’t have any life insurance because they thought they had more time.”
Gaby’s heart broke for the two teenagers who had to have felt their world come crumbling down around them when they got the news. Even if her parents were distant, at least she still had parents.
“Thank you for telling me. I’m sorry I brought up such painful memories.”
Austin stared across the table at her, his gray eyes lit by the candle in between them and the setting sun. She could see the sheen of tears glassing them over, and she refused to sit still anymore. Standing, she dropped her napkin in her seat and went to him. He scooted his chair back, making room for her on his lap, and then they held each other. While the sun set, and their food grew cold, they held on to each other. Gaby felt the bond between her and Austin grow stronger, as though his painful story had fortified the joy they had found together, and she let herself enjoy being his rock.
Chapter 12
“So, what time are Michael and Kendrick supposed to be back?” Gaby asked as they pulled into the driveway at the condo.
Austin jumped out and ran around to open her car door before helping her stand. “I’m not sure. They were playing poker with LT. I mean Jackson, Bannock, and some other guys. Probably late.”
She held her sandals in her hand as they walked up the concrete walk to the front door. “So we have the place to ourselves?”
Austin flashed her a grin. “Yes, ma’am, we do. What do you have in mind?”
She pretended to think as they entered the living room. Dropping her shoes on the floor by the door, she laid her purse on an end table and made her way through to the kitchen. She paused at the sliding glass doors that led out onto the patio and threw a seductive smile over her shoulder. “How do you feel about a swim?”
Austin’s gray eyes lit up, and he followed her outside, stripping his shirt as he went. Gaby glanced around them to be sure they were alone before she tugged her tank top and skirt off, leaving her clad only in her tiny bikini. She ran for the waves, with Austin hot on her tail, and just as her feet touched the seafoam, his arms banded around her waist, scooping her up against his chest with a laugh.
“Gotcha! You didn’t think I was going to let you go for a midnight swim with clothes still on, did you, love?” His fingers danced against her back for a moment, and then her bikini top was dangling in his hand.
“Austin! Someone might come out here!”
He paused and kissed her nose. “Trust me.”
She stared up into his face, conscious of the fact that the moon was shining brightly down on them, and he was able to see her bared breasts as clearly as she could see the desire in his eyes. When she finally nodded her agreement, he stood her on her feet long enough to push her bottoms to her ankles. He tossed the bikini up onto the beach and silently Gaby prayed she could find it later. When he turned away from her for that moment, she realized that he was already naked. Somehow he had removed his swim trunks and still managed to run down the beach to catch her. His cock was already thickening, and when he noticed her eyes were on it, it grew even harder.
The water lapped at her calves as she slowly dropped to her knees in what she hoped was a sexy move. It proved to be perfect when his cock twitched and pointed in her direction, beckoning her to it. She heeded its cal
l and stuck her tongue out, running it around the ridge of the corona and back up to taste the pre-cum leaking from the slit on top.
“Jesus, Gaby!”
He hissed, and she continued to run her tongue from his tip to his balls and back, tracing every vein, ridge, and muscle she could find, until he was rocking his hips toward her. Opening her mouth and relaxing her jaws, she let him slide all the way in. She choked for just a moment when he hit her tonsils, but a quick reset and he was pushing into her throat. She felt womanly and powerful as she swallowed her lover’s cock, and she listened to him murmur and plead for release.
Letting go of her mouthful, she dipped her head down to take one of his balls in her mouth, rolling it with her tongue and then paying the same attention to the other. She felt them tighten against her, so she ran her hand up his shaft, pumping him simultaneously. His back arched, and she knew he was close. Deep-throating him one more time, she swallowed hard again and again, pulling the cum from him with her mouth. He tasted sweet and his whispers of praise drifted into her ears on the breeze. Paired with the gentle murmur of the waves, it was arousingly erotic.
She didn’t have much time to think before he dropped into the water next to her. He pressed a kiss to her mouth, but she was quickly maneuvering her so that she lay on her back in the wet sand, the waves lapping at her. He held her hips in his hands, and his shoulders spread her thighs wide. The arrogant lift to his lips and eyebrow left no doubt as to his plan, but still she gasped when his tongue found her hot core.
He didn’t tease or torment her. He went straight for spectacular, pressing his thumbs into her opening and sucking at her aching clit until she was thrashing against him. If anyone had been walking down the beach at that moment, they would have thought she was in trouble until they noticed the six foot muscular man pleasuring her anyways.
Again and again Austin pleasured her pussy with his mouth, alternating fingering her and tonguing her until she burst into flames and cried out his name. When she fell back to earth, he had moved them into the water, but he held her so that she floated on the surface bared to the moonlight. The pleasure on his face was as much of a turn-on as his fingers and tongue had been, and this time it was she who reached for him. They continued to play with each other in the waves for a little while longer, but the temperature had dropped and after the brilliant orgasms they were both beginning to shiver.
“We better head in,” she said softly, whimpering when he scraped his teeth over her sensitive nipple.
“Yeah, I suppose so. I should probably feed you, too, since we left most of our dinner on our plates tonight.” He stood up out of the water, and she watched in awe as it ran off of him, hugging every muscular contour. In the moonlight he looked like some sort of Greek god. His hair had gotten deliciously mussed during their play, and his lips were puffy. Just thinking about what his mouth could do to her had moisture flowing to her pussy again as she, too, rose from the water.
He held her hand as they left the ocean’s waves and made their way up the beach. They stopped once to collect her bikini, but she carried it the rest of the way, determined to prove that she could handle being nude with him outdoors. He smiled broadly at her as she tossed the bikini on one of the chairs when they reached the patio, but the realization that they weren’t alone froze them both in place. Gaby let out a small scream when a dark figure moved in the shadow of the patio umbrella, and a moment later a second figure stepped into the moonlight.
“We wondered where you two had run off to. Another minute or two and we would have come looking for you,” Michael said softly, his eyes running over Gaby’s dripping nudity.
“Oh my God! You guys scared me out of my skin!”
Kendrick stepped to her side and pulled her against him. His warmth felt good after the cool night air and her walk in the buff. “Aww, we wouldn’t want to do that, it’s such pretty skin.” He brushed some sand off of her cheek and then ran his thumb over her bottom lip. “Did you have a good evening, Gaby-baby?”
“It was fantastic. Austin spoiled me rotten. What about you guys?”
“We had a good time and lost a good chunk of money, and now I think I can speak for both of us when I say we’re glad to be home with you,” Kendrick said before dotting kisses along the column of her throat up to her ear and then nibbling at her earlobe.
“Mmm…I think I’m glad you’re home, too. Austin and I were just headed in to take a hot shower.”
“Well don’t let us delay you, sweetheart. By all means get that sexy ass in the shower. We’ll be right behind you,” Michael said, giving her a love tap on her ass cheek that made her jump. She grinned when she saw the light of mischief in his eyes, and excitement zipped through her, making her skin tingle.
“Give me two minutes, boys. I need a quick pee break.” She left them all laughing behind her as she made her way to the master bathroom that was upstairs off of Austin’s room. After taking care of her business, she turned on the shower full blast and stepped into the hot stream of water.
She could hear them moving through the house to the bathroom. The pounding of feet up the stairs was music to her ears, and she giggled as Michael and Kendrick burst through the door first. Austin was the last one in, so he settled himself on the marble counter top to watch, looking just as pleased with his lot as the other two were to be in the shower with her. It was erotic being watched so closely as the two men soaped her down.
Michael was soaping her front, while Kendrick ran a loofah over her back, making her moan with pleasure. Their hands were deliciously hot on her body, and she felt naughty with Austin’s eyes watching every caress.
“Is her pussy wet, Mike?”
Austin’s husky inquiry was following by Michael’s hand slipping between her thighs to play with her slick heat.
“Oh, she’s dripping. I think she wants to be fucked,” Michael said quietly. Gaby lifted her eyes to his and felt her mouth drop open on a gasp when his fingers plunged into her center.
“Does she now? After the orgasms she has already had this evening? For shame Gaby, you’re making me look bad,” Austin said playfully, and she turned to see he was stroking his now hard cock while he watched.
Kendrick’s hand took over for Michael, plunging his fingers into her pussy as Michael began rubbing circles over her clit. It throbbed with need, and she moaned her frustrations loudly.
“Make her come. Before you both fuck her, make her come so that I can watch her face,” Austin directed, and the two men increased their efforts until Gaby was gasping for air and whimpering. The orgasm was still vibrating through her when Kendrick forced her to bend at the waist and spread her ass cheeks.
She felt him spread some sort of cold lube that Austin handed him, over her small asshole before she felt him press his fingers past the tight muscles. “Oh fuck!” she cried out, biting down on Michael’s bicep.
After a few more thrusts, Kendrick added a second and then a third finger to her rosebud, stretching the sphincter muscle until it began to relax. The moment she was taking three fingers easily, he pulled them away and pressed the blunt head of his cock into her tight passage. She breathed in sharply, trying to keep from thrusting wildly on his dick. She needed him to move, but he remained still and in control.
“Your turn, Mikey,” Kendrick snarled, and Gaby felt a little better knowing that he was at least struggling to maintain that control.
Kendrick’s arms lifted her and helped her lock her legs around Michael’s waist while she was still impaled on his cock. The angle allowed Michael to push his thickness into her sopping wet pussy, until they were both filling her completely.
She hung between them, panting for air, and feeling a little light-headed. Her need for them was so strong, it left her trembling in their arms. Unable to verbalize, she began to move on them, trying to direct them.
“Easy, love. Let them do it, or you’ll hurt yourself. Fuck, you look hot, Gaby.” Austin was gripping his cock in a tight fist, stroking up and
down the length while he watched his brothers both fuck her as deep as they could go.
It took everything she had to stay conscious when her orgasm blasted through her, and by the rippling muscles in her pussy and ass, she knew that her orgasm drove them over the edge with her. Turning her head she watched with pleasure as Austin shot his own release all over his washboard abs. Now that was sexy, she thought while she hung in Kendrick and Michael’s arms limply.
“I love you, Gaby-girl,” Kendrick whispered against her ear, and she held her breath and clenched her eyes tightly together. “You don’t have to say anything. I just needed you to know it.”
With that Kendrick slipped out of her body and turned into the spray to wash up. When he was clean, he helped her out of Michael’s arms and cleaned her gently without meeting her eyes. It was Michael who led her up to Austin’s bedroom and tucked her in under the covers.
“I love you, sweetheart, more than you can imagine,” Michael murmured as they both drifted off into sleep without waiting for the other two to join them.
Chapter 13
Gaby locked the door of the shop behind her and double-checked that the closed sign was still flipped. It was Tuesday, which meant that the shop was closed, but occasionally tourists would attempt to pop in anyways.
Her brain was buzzing as she tried to remember the list of items the guys had asked her to pick up at the store on her way to their place for the evening. Grape soda to appease Kendrick’s ridiculous inner four year old, mustard for Michael because he said he couldn’t eat grilled hot dogs without it, and a can of sauerkraut for Austin because he liked it even though no one else in the foursome did, and if she was lucky, a bag of chocolate éclairs from the deli for dessert, because she liked them.