by Marla Monroe
Tessa could see just how hard that was for him to say to her. It was obvious that he really wanted her and didn’t want her to refuse to be with them. Was it possible that he really did care about her outside of sexually?
“Tessa? Can you live with that? Will you take a chance with us and let us prove to you that we aren’t like your ex? I’ve never had to prove myself before. I don’t like the idea that I’m on some type of probation, but for you, I’ll do it. For you, I’d do most almost anything if it meant having you in our lives.” Tag’s eyes seemed to see right through her. She couldn’t believe that he was bending so far to meet her needs.
She looked back up at Zander and could see the same determination etched on his face. Both men were offering something to her they had never offered another woman. She had no doubt that normally if a woman turned them down or acted unsure of their intentions, they just walked away and cut their losses. With her, though, both men were taking chances that put all of the power in her hands.
It humbled her, making her want them even more. She licked her lips and nodded.
“I want to try. I like you both and I’m tired of being alone all the time. If you’re sure you want to take the chance that I’ll flip out on you or something, I’m willing to try.”
Before Zander could hug her, Tag had grabbed her out of the man’s arms and carried her toward the front entrance hall. She had no doubt that they were heading toward the bedrooms. Both men had shown a tremendous amount of restraint where she was concerned over the last few months. Part of her was nervous, but an even bigger part of her was excited. She had no idea how to satisfy two men at one time, but she’d try. She wanted to try, and that felt really good.
* * * *
Zander followed Tag as he carried their woman down the hall to the master bedroom. He’d had it designed with the three of them in mind but left a few things for Tessa to handle picking out once she’d moved in. He hoped she would be happy with it. The three of them would share the room from now on. She would be moving in with them after this. He wouldn’t take no for an answer. She was theirs to protect.
Zander reached around Tag at the end of the hall and pushed open the double doors that led into the bedroom. He heard Tessa’s gasp and prayed it was a good gasp and not a disappointed one.
“Guys! This is amazing.”
Tag let Tessa slide down his body so that she could look around. His friend turned and looked at Zander only to shrug when he lifted an eyebrow in question.
He tried looking at the room through Tessa’s eyes, but wasn’t sure what she’d see. All he saw was the hardwood floor with cream-colored walls to be neutral until she picked out colors. The bed was specially made to fit the three of them, and right now it was covered in a burnt-orange and gold coverlet with several scatter pillows at the head to make it look nice. There were two chests of drawers, one for him and one for Tag while she had the full use of the massive dresser on the opposite wall from the bed.
He watched her run her hands over the massive posts then walk over to where the two walk-in closets stood. One of them he and Tag would share and she would have the other one to herself. It wasn’t like they had anything elaborate to wear outside their jeans and leathers. She ooed and aahed over them before opening the door leading into the master bath. Her loud squeal had both men racing to see what was wrong.
When he stopped just inside the bathroom, it was to find Tessa standing in the middle of the large walk-in shower turning in circles. He relaxed, realizing she was excited, not upset or hurt.
“I take it that you like the shower,” his friend said. Leave it to Tag to state the obvious.
“It’s huge and I love the bench seat and all the cubby holes that you can put your shampoo and soap on, but some of them are shaped a little funny,” she said, pointing to one of the handholds they’d had designed into the stone walls.
“Those are handholds, kitten,” Zander explained. “They are there to give you something to hold on to.”
“Oh, so you don’t slip,” she said, smiling.
“So you don’t slip and fall when one of us has our mouth between your legs or have you bending forward while we fuck you,” Tag added with a mischievous grin.
Tessa’s face turned a bright shade of pink as her eyes widened in shock. As much as he wished Tag hadn’t quite put it that way, he enjoyed seeing her blush. She was so perfect for them.
“Do you like the tub, Tessa? Most women love the big soaking tubs for long bubble baths.” Zander turned her attention to the massive tub he and Tag had fought over. Tag had wanted the one with jets, but Tag had pointed out that they had the hot tub on the deck.
“I love it. I’ve never really had one to take baths in. Usually we only had showers or a combination that I didn’t like taking baths in.” She stepped out of the shower and eyed the large tub with obvious curiosity. “I’ve never actually had a bubble bath before.”
“We’ll have to remedy that as soon as possible then,” Tag said, surprising Zander. “But not right now.”
Zander watched as the other man took two quick steps into the bathroom and picked Tessa up in his arms. He turned and carried her back into the bedroom and deposited her on the edge of the bed.
“Undress for us, baby girl,” he said.
“What?” she squeaked, jumping down from the bed to stand next to it. “Now?”
“Yes. Here, now. We want to explore that sexy body you’ve got going on there.” Tag smiled and reached behind him to grab his T-shirt and jerked it over his head then off his body.
Zander wanted to curse at his friend’s abrupt demands of Tessa, but he felt the same way. He would have handled it differently though. Instead of arguing with him and sending mixed signals to Tessa, he took a step closer to her and captured her mouth in a kiss. She was so surprised that she opened to him without any persuasion. Not that he wouldn’t have enjoyed that as well, but it kept things moving along the rapid pace Tag had set.
Her mouth tasted like sweet candy with a twist. He explored every area of it, using his tongue to prod and tap until he’d memorized it so he could trace it in his sleep. He wanted to know everything there was to know about her and couldn’t wait to explore other areas as diligently.
Tag had her down to only her panties and bra now. When Zander pulled back from her tempting mouth, she realized that she was nearly naked. Tessa halfheartedly resisted the other man’s efforts to remove those final scraps of clothing, but they soon joined the rest of her things on the floor by the bed. Zander got busy removing his own clothes. He wasn’t going to let Tag have all of the fun.
“You’re gorgeous, kitten,” Zander told her as he removed his clothes.
Tag had her bare to their gazes now, though she’d initially tried to cover herself with her hands. Zander could see how uncomfortable she was, and he worried that she’d back out if they pushed her too much harder. Thank goodness Tag seemed to realize that as well with his next words.
“You deserve a bubble bath, baby girl. Zander is going to run one for you to help you relax while I give you a massage, nothing else, just a massage.” He looked over his shoulder at Zander and jerked his head toward the bathroom.
Normally Zander was more in control, but he let Tag direct things tonight since he’d established the connection with their woman already. Giving the two most important people in his life one last look, Zander walked to the bathroom to start the water in the tub. He was glad he’d insisted on the oversize tub now more than ever. It was sad that someone as sensual and nice as Tessa had never enjoyed a bubble bath before. They’d make sure she had plenty of them from now on.
Once he’d gotten the water to the temperature he wanted, Zander added the moisturizing bath bubbles that they’d picked out with Tessa in mind. They had a soft vanilla and mint scent that would complement her own. Once the bubbles were established and the water was at the right level for her to relax in without overflowing the tub, he turned off the water and adjusted the bath pillow
for her. Then he lit two of the vanilla-scented candles and dimmed the lights to encourage her to relax.
When he returned to the bedroom, Tag had Tessa lying across the bed on her stomach as he straddled her buttocks and massaged her back and shoulders. The man’s cock lay hard and heavy at the small of her back. Zander couldn’t help but wonder how she’d reacted to feeling his shaft resting on her bare skin.
“The bath is ready whenever she is, Tag. I’m going to go open a bottle of wine for her. Do you want to share a glass with her or do you want a beer? I’m going to have a beer,” Zander told the other man.
“Beer sounds good to me, too. Wine would be wasted on my uncivilized taste buds,” Tag said with a soft chuckle.
He climbed off of Tessa after leaning over to kiss her at the base of her spine where he’d brushed her hair over her shoulder and out of the way of his hands while he’d seen to her. Now he stood up at the edge of the bed and gave her ass cheeks a soft squeeze.
“Come on, baby. Roll over. We’ll help you up and into the tub. Don’t want you to lose your balance and fall,” he said.
Zander grinned at the almost sleepy expression on their woman’s face when she rolled over to stare up at them. Tag had done his job well. She looked much more relaxed and not nearly as concerned about her state of undress.
Tag reached out with one hand to grasp hers so he could help her sit up and slide off the bed. As they walked toward the bathroom, Zander headed to the kitchen to fetch the wine. Things were going well. Not according to his original plans, but as long as everything worked out in the end, Zander would be happy.
As he chose a bottle of wine in the wine cooler, Zander thought about what she’d told them about her past. How could someone treat another human being like that, especially a woman? He shook his head. There were sick people in the world, he knew that, but hated thinking about it and hated even more that it had touched their sweet Tessa. Her thoughts and perceptions would forever be tainted with those memories no matter how hard they worked to banish them from her mind.
He poured the wine into a delicate, stemmed wine glass then replaced the recorked bottle back in the cooler. Zander added a bowl of fruit to a tray and carried it to the bathroom. Tessa lay almost completely submerged beneath the bubbles that stood at least six inches deep. All that was visible was her serenely smiling face and neck. Even her shoulders lay beneath the cloud of effervescent foam that spread the scent of vanilla through the room.
Tag sat on the floor with his back to the vanity cabinets just watching her with as much of a contented smile as he ever managed on his face. The other man looked up when Zander walked in carrying the tray of goodies. The quick half smile he gave let Zander know that everything was going well.
“Tessa, honey? I’ve got something for you,” he said, setting the tray on the counter. “Would you like some wine?”
Her eyelids fluttered open and she smiled. “Thanks. I’d love some.”
He handed her the glass then set the bowl of fruit on the shelf side of the tub so she could reach it. Picking out a ripe strawberry from off the top, Zander leaned over and held it just above her wine moistened lips. The tip of her pink tongue slipped out to lick away the excess wine before she opened her mouth to allow him to feed her the succulent berry. When she bit into it, the juice from it coated her lips and gathered at the corners of her mouth.
Zander held in a groan but couldn’t resist leaning over and licking the juice from her lips in one swipe from corner to corner. He sat back on his heels with a grin.
“You taste juicy and sweet, kitten.”
She giggled before taking another sip of the wine. “The strawberry is very good. Thank you for fixing this for me.”
He moved to sit back against the cabinets next to Tag. “You’re welcome. Enjoy yourself. We’re here if you need us.”
“That can’t be very comfortable sitting on the cold floor without clothes on, Tag.” Tessa lifted her eyebrows, showing a hint of tease.
“Don’t worry about me, baby girl. I’m just fine watching you,” his friend said.
Zander had pulled on his jeans though he was naked beneath and hadn’t bothered to button or zip them. The extra room proved essential as turned on as he was now after feeding her that strawberry and licking her mouth free of the juice from it. In fact, if things didn’t progress pretty damn soon, he was going to have a case of the blue balls. He was hard as brick, his need pulsing through his dick with each beat of his heart.
“How long do you plan to let her soak?” he asked Tag in a soft voice.
“A few more minutes is all,” Tag told him. “My balls are aching like a fucking bad tooth. She’s got my blood boiling lying there less than four feet from me without a stitch of clothes on. Add in the fact that she’s wet…well, you get the picture.”
He couldn’t help it. Tag had a way with words when he actually said something. Yeah, he could commiserate just fine. Now all he had to do was last long enough that Tessa wouldn’t fuss too much when they pulled her out of the water. He didn’t want to screw things up when they were so close to claiming her.
The minutes ticked by as they watched Tessa sip her wine and sample the fruit Zander had prepared for her. By the time she’d finished her glass of wine, he was ready to roar with frustration. Still, they sat and waited.
“Which one of you guys is going to help me out and dry me off?”
Chapter Six
Tessa didn’t have to wait more than a half second as both men jumped to their feet and dove for her together. If she hadn’t been so startled by their near frenzy in getting her out of the tub, she might have laughed at the sight. As Tag steadied her with his hands, Zander pulled an oversized bath towel from a warming bar and proceeded to dry her body, using gentle pats.
“Bedroom, Zander. Now.” Tag moved past them into the other room.
Zander chuckled. “I thought I was anxious to get near you. I think he’s about to explode.”
Her nervousness suddenly returned. She’d been so relaxed and ready to explore whatever it was between them, but now she felt anxious again. Zander seemed to be able to tell. Instead of rushing her to the bedroom as Tag had insisted, he slowly bent his head and kissed her, dropping the towel between them and allowing his hands to cup her face as his tongue teased over hers. He moved his hands down her neck to her shoulders where he squeezed them before dropping them to her chest where he began molding and fondling her breasts.
A small whimper escaped when he lightly pinched her nipples. They were already so hard and tight that the lightest of touches sent twitches directly to her clit. With the added pinch, her pussy contracted, releasing more of her juices to coat her inner thighs. Tessa couldn’t believe how wet she’d gotten in the few seconds he’d spent kissing and playing with her breasts.
Without a word, Zander picked her up and carried her into the bedroom where Tag stood impatiently next to the bed. He’d pulled the covers to the foot of the bed while he’d waited on them. He snagged her gaze as Zander walked toward him. The intensity in his dark eyes made her shiver with anticipation if not a little worry. What was she getting herself into?
I want this. I’ve wanted them for a long time. I’m just afraid that I’ll wake up one day and I’m back in the same situation that I was in before. They aren’t like that, though. I know they aren’t.
Still, she had to take a deep breath and swallow down the sharp shards of fear that tried to warn her away from them.
“Easy, Tag. She’s nervous enough without you glaring at her,” Zander told the other man.
“I’m not glaring,” he protested in a deep rumble.
Tessa couldn’t help herself. She laughed. “Sometimes you sound more like a dog or wolf than you do a man when you growl and make those sounds.”
Tag’s face twisted into confusion then smoothed out some to give her that half smile he so often used with her.
“You do things to me, baby girl. Things that I’m not used to. Come here and l
et me do some things to you.”
Zander chuckled when she opened her mouth then closed it, at a loss as to what to say to that. Then he none too gently dropped her on the bed to bounce once before Tag covered her with his big body. She squealed when he buried his face between her breasts and growled. Then all fun and games disappeared as both men settled down to explore and taste every inch of her body.
“So sweet and soft,” Zander murmured as he nuzzled her neck, licking and kissing his way from her ear down to her shoulder. “I can’t wait to find out what your pussy tastes like, kitten.”
“She’s going to drive me crazy until I get inside of her,” Tag told him.
Tessa couldn’t figure out how they were able to talk when she didn’t have anything under her mouth and yet she still couldn’t manage a syllable. The moment they got down to business, all rational thought left her mind and her tongue’s dexterity in forming words had disappeared. They were doing wild and amazing things to her already. What in the hell would happen to her when they finally fucked her?
Tag licked and nipped at her breasts, making sure that his hands stayed just as busy as his mouth. They plumped and squeezed until he finally closed his lips over one nipple and sucked. Then the fingers of one hand found and teased the other nipple at the same time. When he gently nipped at the one in his mouth, his fingernails pulled at the other one. Tessa arched her back and groaned, unsure why she didn’t just come on the spot from his breast play alone.
Combined with Zander’s suck and bite along her neck and shoulders, it was too much. Her pussy leaked her juices enough that she felt it seep around to the crack of her ass. She needed them to take her, now, while she was aching so hotly for them. If they didn’t, Tessa was positive that something inside of her would break. She felt wound tighter than a windup toy that had been left unsprang for too long.
“Please. Do something. I need you,” she panted.
“Oh, baby. We haven’t even gotten started good yet.” Tag’s words sounded more like a warning or a threat than they did anything else.