Freedom to Surrender [Freedom, Colorado 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting)

by Melody Snow Monroe

  “You wanted to help them, huh?”

  “I did, but I’m not sure I succeeded.” He glanced back into the recesses of the cave. “The moment I spotted little Andy, I was thirteen years old again. I have to say, I respect the kid for sticking up for his friend, but to go into a fight when you know you’re going to lose isn’t the smartest plan.”

  “What will happen to them?”

  “For fighting, they were given work duty after school. Jordan got two weeks while Andy only got one. It’s not like it’s a real punishment. They just have to pick up trash in the school and on the grounds. It’s supposed to let them know that fighting is bad, but in this case, I had this overpowering urge to slam Jordan against the wall myself.” He got choked up thinking about it. “What I wouldn’t give to show their parents how their actions affected their kids.” He looked away, not wanting Ashley to see how attached he’d become to one of the kids in only a few days.

  Now was the time to change the subject. He reached inside each of his boots. “I have a surprise.” He pulled out two eight-ounce bottles of wine and smiled, though he had to work to keep his lips from wobbling.

  “Are you kidding me? You rode all the way here with those?”

  He’d impressed her. The conflict swirling inside him suddenly stopped. “Yup. If I’d put them in the saddlebags you would have seen them. Then where would the surprise have been?”

  Her smile made the trip worthwhile. He unscrewed the lids and passed her one of the bottles. He held his up and she tapped hers to his. “To Freedom!” he said. “I’m very glad I came here.”

  Her face heated and he was pleased she understood he was talking about how happy he was to have met her.

  While she sipped the wine, he slowly cleared the lunch and placed the empty containers off to the side. He wasn’t too thrilled about making love in the cave opening since he heard engine noises in the distance.

  “What road are we near?” The trees were so thick that he’d been unable to see civilization.

  “State Road 119. It’s less than a mile west.”

  Great. Well, he’d just have to improvise. The horses, he prayed, would sound the alarm if others neared. He stood and lifted his hands over his head as if to stretch. What he really wanted to do was rub his ass, but that wouldn’t have been cool in front of a lady. It was warm enough to get naked, but just taking off his clothes without warning her would be no way to start a seduction.

  Ashley rose to her feet and walked behind him. He was about to turn around when she threaded her arms around his waist and placed her cheek on his back. That little action sealed the deal for him. Before he explored her exquisite body and took her higher than any mountain peak, he wanted to set her straight about a few things.

  He twisted in her arms to face her, and when she lowered them, he picked them up and placed them back around his waist again.

  “I like you, Ashley Milosino.”

  Her chin jutted inward, as if she was waiting for a “but.” That little defensive move nearly broke his heart.

  “I like you, too.”

  Shit. He sucked at this. The women always came on to him and Drex. Starting from scratch was damned hard, but he’d learned one had to fight for the good things in life. Holding her tight, he backed her up. She turned her head probably to make sure she wouldn’t trip.

  “Close your eyes.”

  She stopped. “I’ll fall or trip.”

  “I won’t let you. Trust me.” His heart pounded as he awaited her response. The tension seemed to fill her back, but then her shoulders sagged and her eyes closed. “That’s a good girl.”

  He kept a lookout for any sticks or rocks as he moved her toward the side, away from the entrance. When he was within three feet of the stone slab, he stopped, leaned over, and kissed her. The moment their mouths touched, her body relaxed and she tightened her hold around him. He wanted to delve into every sweet crevice of her body and explore her depths to the fullest. His cock was rock hard, and from the way she was pressing her hips against his, there was no way she wouldn’t know how much he wanted her. Words weren’t needed. But he still had to discuss something with her.

  Too bad the moment she opened her mouth, he lost it. Her tongue met his and his balls turned to steel. He let her take the lead, and when she thrust into his mouth, his control shattered. Needing to touch her, he lifted her shirt out of her waistband. Once free, he slid his hands up her bare back. Her cool, smooth skin turned him on something fierce. Without asking, he unhooked her bra so he could have unrestricted access to her body. He deepened the kiss, but it wasn’t enough. He stepped back, his breath ragged.

  “If you’re going to say no, you better do it now, angel, because my body is throbbing hard, and I’m not sure how long I can last.”

  She opened her eyes. “I want you.” Her words came out breathless as her eyes glazed over.

  He loved that hot, sensual look. He moved his hands to the front of her shirt and tugged it open. The snaps popped one after the other to reveal a red-hot bra. He whistled. “Did you plan on seducing me, angel?” He was only partially trying to lighten the mood. He’d pegged Ashley as being sexually shy.

  “Yes.” Her chin tilted upward.

  His heart jackhammered. Before he sank his cock into her sweet pussy, he had to make sure he wouldn’t run into any roadblock. “What about Drex?” He bit his tongue the second he asked. He should have left well enough alone, but if she was interested, he wanted to be on the up and up that he liked to share.

  “Are you asking if I want both of you?”

  She caught on fast. “I am.”

  She looked around. “He doesn’t appear to be here.”

  That was as good of an answer as any. He devoured her lips as he slid his hands under her loose bra. The moment his fingers touched her divine breasts, a deep moan escaped from his chest. She was sweetness personified. Kissing her was everything he thought it would be, but it only made him yearn to lick her pussy clean and sink his cock into her, pounding her hard until she screamed his name. She was a siren leading him someplace deep, and he was helpless to stop it.

  He broke the kiss once more. “I want to make love with you.”

  “Me, too.”

  She might have said something after that, but he didn’t hear the words. “Stay right there.” He ran to the blanket and dragged it over to where she stood. He unhooked his belt buckle and had it half off when she stepped forward.

  “Can I do that?”

  He inhaled, drawing on all of his military training not to explode. “If you’re quick.”

  If Drex had been here, he would have forbidden her to move or touch him. Since his roommate was someplace else, Tatum decided to do what came naturally—make sweet love with her just as he saw fit.

  She peeled back the buckle and slowly pulled it through the loops. What part of quick didn’t she get? Once she’d freed the leather, she tossed it on the blanket.

  “How about if we both take off our boots?” she suggested.

  She could have told him to stand on his head and he would have obliged. He first dragged the blanket closer to the wall then took off his boots and socks. He held onto her upper arm as she stepped out of hers.

  “Hmm.” She dragged her gaze from his crotch up to his chest. “Which should I take off first?”

  “You’ve got three seconds to decide.” It had been dumb to agree to let her undress him. Maybe Drex did have a point in not giving a woman access.

  She laughed and unbuttoned his shirt. His cock was pressing against his fly to a point of being painful. Now, he wished like hell she’d chosen to relieve the discomfort by taking off his pants first.

  Once his shirt dropped open, instead of removing it, she dragged her hands up his chest. Her fingers pressed against the muscles as if she wanted to see if he was real or some cyborg, and his dick pulsed.

  “You must work out a lot.” Then she drew in her bottom lip, which only made the ache in his crotch worse.

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nbsp; He laughed. “Just what I need to do to get the job done.”

  “I find it very appealing.”

  He was pleased more than he thought possible that she liked his body. He nodded to her breasts. “I find yours equally so, though I am looking forward to taking a closer look.”

  She laughed and her eyes sparkled. “You’ll have to wait your turn. I asked to go first.”

  “So you did.” Grr.

  She continued to explore his chest, running her hands from his pecs to his abs and back up again. Finally, she slipped off his shirt and let it float to the ground. Then she walked around him as if she needed to inspect his ass.

  “I have to say, the back is as nice as the front.” She followed her comment with a moan.

  “I’m hoping that when you take off my jeans, you’ll change your mind.” He wanted her to imagine him naked sooner rather than later. She stepped back to the front and had her hand clamped over her mouth to keep in a laugh. He nodded downward. “Go ahead and check it out.”

  She swiped a hand under her eye, and as she leaned over to undo the buttons, her breasts nearly toppled out of the bra, forcing the tip of his cock to escape over the edge of his briefs. Her breath caught and she pressed on the tip.

  He couldn’t take it any longer. “I said to be quick. Jesus, woman, no one could withstand the torture.” He ripped open the fly and took his briefs and jeans off with one tug. As he stepped out of them, he bent over and retrieved a condom from the back pocket.

  He’d been tested, but he didn’t want to give Ashley any excuse to back down.

  Her eyes widened. “Holy crap.”

  He looked up. “What?” No woman had used that term before.

  “You’re huge.”

  He hoped that wouldn’t be a problem. “I can assure you that by the time I sink my cock into your sweet pussy, your walls will be so slick, it’ll slip right in.”

  When her eyes twinkled, he knew talking dirty had been the right call.

  “We’ll just have to see. Maybe I should help the wetting process along.”

  His brain had basically stopped functioning the second he caught sight of her breasts. It wasn’t until her tongue came in contact with his cock that her words registered. By then, he never wanted to step out of her grasp. The best he could do was latch onto her hair and tug. Her sweet tongue licked him from balls to tip, and he had to grind his teeth to stay in control. If he thought counting from one to one hundred would help, he’d do it forward, backward, and then repeat as often as necessary.

  “Mmm.” Ashley moaned before capturing the tip of his cock and sucking hard.

  He shut his eyes and inhaled deeply. His left hand clamped onto her shoulder but that failed to control the testosterone coursing through his body. When she cupped his balls, he was forced to step back.

  “Enough, angel. Now it’s my turn.”

  Chapter Eight

  Ashley had never done anything like this in her life, but it seemed so right. Making love outside was decadent.

  “There’s one thing you must do for me,” Tatum said.

  When he leaned closer, she drowned in his dreamy eyes. “What’s that?”

  “I want you to close your eyes again and not move. That means no talking unless it’s to tell me I’m making you uncomfortable. I promise I’ll go slow.”

  Tatum would never do anything to make her ask him to stop, or so she believed. Drex, on the other hand, was a total bad boy. She bet he’d be into floggers and nipple clamps and blindfolds and such. While she had no objections to the Lifestyle, she needed to be eased into it.

  “I’ll try.”

  “Good girl.”

  When he didn’t move, she figured she had to close her eyes first. She did so, but not before she caught sight of the pre-cum shimmering in his slit. It took all her control not to grab him, but she didn’t want to break the mood.

  He unbuttoned her shirt and slipped the material down her arms with such care that lust tripped up her body. As soon as her top disappeared, the cool air caused goose bumps to form.

  “Can’t have you cold.” He rubbed her arms until the heat from his palms warmed her thoroughly.

  She was about to say she was fine but then remembered his command. To her surprise, not being able to be spontaneous heightened the thrill. From the heat radiating off his body, she could tell he’d leaned closer. His forefingers slipped under the straps of her bra and anticipation moistened her pussy.

  “I can’t wait to taste you, angel.” He lowered the straps down her arms and when she inhaled, the cups lifted off her nipples.

  His intake of breath implied he was affected as she was, and that made her happy.

  “You are so incredible.”

  Was she allowed to say thank you? She decided to err on the side of caution and keep quiet. She returned a smile to show him how much she appreciated the kind words and hoped he saw it.

  The second his tongue coated her nipple, she squeaked, and her pussy immediately cramped from the intense longing. She stretched her fingers, desiring to touch him.

  “Put your hands behind your head.”

  Darn. Now she couldn’t touch without him stopping her. “Why?” Uh-oh. She kept forgetting the no-talk rule. It was his fault for clouding her brain.

  “It’ll give me better access to your wonderful round globes of beauty.”

  She never would have guessed he’d say something so romantic. As soon as she obeyed, her juices slickened her channel and dampened her panties even more. She loved being at his mercy. All she could think of was how Dani said getting whipped on her nipples had been the ultimate high. Ashley just wasn’t that brave.

  “Tell me what you’re thinking, angel. Your eyes are moving rapidly as if you’re imagining something wonderful.”

  There was no way she’d tell him her fantasies, but she had to say something. “I was thinking about what it would be like to make love with two men at the same time.” She couldn’t help but open her eyes to see his reaction. He had asked about Drex, so she hoped she hadn’t misread the signals.

  He was grinning like a fool. “I happen to know someone who might oblige you, but he’ll take a bit of convincing. How about we discuss that topic a bit later?”

  “Perfect.” Before he asked again, she closed her eyes.

  Seconds later he was sucking hard on one nipple and streaks of pain angled down her belly. He let up a bit and the glory that followed was heavenly. “Yes, yes.”

  He might have said only to speak when she wanted to complain, but every man wanted to know if what he was doing felt good.

  As Tatum moved to the other nipple to give it some attention, his fingers dropped to her waistband. With a sureness that came with experience, he undid the top button of her jeans and had the zipper undone before her next breath. She then inhaled as the anticipation sent excitement through every vein.

  Rather than tug down her pants, he ran both hands over her breasts. His thumbs brushed her nipples over and over again and pure pleasure filled her.

  “I can’t get over how perfect you are.”

  She fought the smile but failed. Now she understood why he wanted her to keep quiet. She’d have told him that he was pretty perfect himself, and that if he let her suck on his cock again, he’d see how much she wanted to please him, but that would take them on a path he might not want to go down just yet.

  He kissed her again, and then pulled down her pants. Wouldn’t he be in for a surprise at her waxed pussy? He stepped back and groaned.

  “Jesus, Ashley, you are full of wonderment today.”

  Pleased, she smiled. She thought he’d ask her to step out of her pants since they were down to her knees, but he slipped a finger into her needy pussy, and an electric bolt of desire permeated every cell.

  Her moan came out long and full.

  “You like that?”

  Dumb question. “Yes.” She wiggled her hips, needing more than one slim finger. He added a second one, but the relief was only tem
porary. She wanted his cock.

  “We need to get you naked.” His words sounded desperate.

  “Please.”

  From the angle of his hands on her legs, he must have dropped to his knees. Erotic cramps pulsed through her needy cunt. Lick me!

  “Place your right hand on my head and step out of your jeans.”

  Keeping her eyes closed, she lowered one hand. He clasped her wrist and guided her palm to his head. When she was balanced, she lifted first her right leg then her left. He grabbed both her jeans and panties at the same time and tossed them off.

  Because he didn’t tell her to return her hand to the back of her head, she kept her palm where it was, and enjoyed the play of his hair under her fingertips.

  “Spread your legs.”

  Oh, my God. His command was so damned sexy that she could smell her own arousal. Keeping balanced, she opened wide. One thumb pressed on her inner thigh and the other opened her lower lips. His warm breath cascaded over her opening seconds before his tongue swiped a wide path over her cunt.

  “Ah, God.” She bent her knees for more contact.

  “Easy, there.” He tightened his hold on her legs, and only when she straightened them did he lick her again.

  She might have been able to keep some semblance of control had he not flicked his tongue over her clit and delved his finger into her pussy at the same time. The combination ripped a loud moan from her throat. She grasped his head with more force and willed herself not to come, but it was so damned hard.

  “I love how you taste. So sweet. So lush.”

  When he added a second finger and sucked on her tiny bundle of nerves, she screamed and then sucked in a breath. In the distance the horses snorted, but right now, she wasn’t worried about anything other than what Tatum was about to do to her.